In this video I'm going to give you my honest physical therapist review of the blue emu pain
cream. Now, I want to start off this video by just saying that I am not being paid by blue
emu to do this. So I'm just doing this for the own benefit of all the people that want to learn
about this stuff. Coming from a Doctor of Physical Therapy I think it's beneficial to hear with an
expert thinks about this kind of product that you can buy at any store that sells any sort of first
aid items. My name is Dr. David Middaugh, and I'm a specialist physical therapist with El Paso
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talk about Blue Emu Oil. The first question that I always get is what is emu oil. And if you've never
heard of an emu, it's a flightless bird, kind of like an ostrich, but it's small, and they're
originally from Australia, but they're farmed for their meats and oil. And the birds do not survive
the oil collection process. They're used for a bunch of other things cosmetics, you can Google it
and find all the different things that he moves are used for. You can also find them at zoos,
various petting zoos and big zoos as well. Now the next question I get is what's the research behind
emu oil it to tell you the truth I dug and I did not find much. Most of the research I found was
geared towards treating cancer and intestinal problems. There was some on pain relief. And
I've linked the ones that I found relevant in the description below. For those of you that want to
go research it. What I can tell you based on the research is that there isn't much supporting its
help in relieving pain. But that doesn't mean that it doesn't work. It just means it's not very well
researched yet. We hope to find some more research studies that maybe prove this as a potential pain
reliever. But one research that I found that was interesting was where they combined oil with
curcumin. Curcumin is another type of supplement and they were looking to see if it became more
effective as a result of using the emu oil with the curcumin, they found that there was promising
results. There's also a study in there that used Emu Oil for hand arthritis. And they also found a
decrease in pain but not an increase in strength or mobility. And one of the things they did note
in that study about strength is the way that they measured it ended up to have problems with
it so ended up not being used for the research study. And what I can tell you from my patients
experiences is that some people benefit a lot from Emu Oil. I've had a lot of patients tell me about
all the pink creams they use. They told me that they have the whole store in their home in their
closet, wherever they keep their, you know, their medicine cabinet, wherever they keep their stuff
like this pain relieving stuff. They've got all the different varieties and brands and different
types of pain creams. And some every once in a while get a patient that tells me that blue emu
works best for them. And I think that's key here to pay attention to is that if you're looking for
some sort of short term pain relief, that's an alternative to going to the doctor and getting
an injection or using some sort of high power pain medication. This might be a great option
for you. It's technically natural, though, if you look at the ingredients list, there's tons of
ingredients in there. So I don't know how natural everything is. They use aloe in here so it's got
that that cool, slightly cool feeling. It's not like some of the other topical creams pink creams
out there. They give you like a very intense cooling sensation. This is much lower intensity,
almost barely noticeable. And just to clear up some of the confusion. Emos are not blue,
they're kind of brownish, grayish birds. But the reason why this is called Blue emo is because
the cream itself after they put everything in there, it looks blue, but it's active ingredient
that they tout is the emu oil. So besides that hand study hand arthritis study, we don't I didn't
find anything else that talked about it being beneficial for arthritis. But I can tell you I've
had patients that do have arthritis that have used it on their, their backs or necks, their knees,
on their hips on all kinds of body parts hands, of course, and they say that they benefit from this.
I have yet to find a person that used it that told me that it didn't work. So I think that's a good
sign for you if you're thinking of trying blue Emu Oil. The other question I get is what are the side
effects of using blue Emu Oil and the only ones that I could find I haven't had patients tell me
that they've had side effects but the only ones that I that I could find are people that have
allergic reactions to some of the ingredients that are in here. So you're looking at like redness,
irritation. Trouble was skin but I haven't seen any major side effects like you might
see on some of the prescription medications out there. Now keep in mind that blue emu cream is
not intended for use as Long term pain relief. If you've got some arthritis problem like knee
arthritis, arthritis in your back, or your neck, or shoulder, or some torn ligaments, or
if you're just dealing with aches and pains from exercising, maybe your cartilage is not too happy,
then this might be a great option to use in the short term as an alternative to a pain medication.
But it would not be a good idea to be putting this on indefinitely. And that being said, on the label
here, it does not give any limits on how often to use it, it does give a recommendation. But being
that it's oil in there, and animal fat oil, it probably goes rancid after a while and it does
come with an expiration date. I just bought this and at the time of recording, we're in the middle
of February 2021. And this goat is set to expire in August of 2023. So we're looking at about to
a little over two years to a third of a year, which is a pretty good shelf life for something
like this with fat. Now as far as how to use this, what the direction say here is, of course,
it's for external use only, although some of the research studies that are studying the intestinal
value of oil show that you have to swallow. Yep, take it in. But you would not swallowed this,
you don't want to use this for any intestine problems. This is designed to be rubbed on skin.
It says apply liberally two to three times every day for two weeks, and then after that as needed.
And I did see that on some studies that that you need to be using this kind of consistently for a
while I saw one study that reported three months before begins to take effect. So in case you
decide to use blue emu, and you don't really feel a big effect, the first couple times you use it,
you might need to give it a couple of weeks to really determine if it's going to be beneficial
for you. And it doesn't have menthol in it or other medications like you know the lab
develop medications like lidocaine. And so it's not going to give you that instant sensation of
like it's working. The only thing might be the aloe. And then of course the Emu Oil is supposed
to penetrate your skin, and then eventually give you the results. Now me personally, because I
always want to give my personal experience I have tried this on I don't really have any pain,
thankfully, that I can tell you that it helped me with. So I can't tell you exactly
my direct opinion on it. As far as it worked for me. I can't give you that. But what I can tell you
as my patients I see people in pain for a living. I see him all week long. And I've been doing
it for many, many years. And consistently this comes back as a recommendation from my clients.
If you're interested in getting some there's a link from Amazon in the description below. So you
can go find it from Amazon and get it delivered to you can also find it at Walmart, Walgreens,
probably grocery stores will carry this as well. It's pretty ubiquitous, you can find it almost
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