Hey everybody, it's Doctor Jo, and it's product review time again. The folks at
MuscleCare sent me their MuscleCare extra strength pain relieving gel
roll-on. So let's get started
MuscleCare is really cool.
What it is is a roll-on, and you can use it for minor aches, pains, arthritis, if
maybe you have a strain in your muscle, you've overused something,and it's just
really sore. A lot of time after work out, or maybe step wrong on your knee and you
get that soreness in your legs.
It really works very well. Even my Mom said "oh my gosh that stuff is so good, do
you have some more?" And so she's really excited about it because what it allows
her to do and everybody else to do is, let's say I worked my forearms a lot, and
I've got those wrist extensors really tight and sore. You can roll it on, and it
kind of takes that pain away. It's that that menthol in there that gives a
cooling effect, that it almost numbs it out, it feels nice and cold. It feels
really good. But then it takes that pain away, you don't feel it anymore and then
you can stretch it out. You can do some gentle exercises to help get those
muscle fibers back in place. So it's a great addition to some therapy exercises
anyways. What I also really like about the MuscleCare is they back it up with
research. They've done a lot of independent studies by third parties to
show that it really does a better job than a lot of the other brands of the
gel pain-relieving things that you can buy in the store. And so it's really
exciting because you might say, "well yes someone says it works but does it really
work?" and they've done these studies, not buy them but by somebody else, to show
that actually works really well. And they have a lot of those studies on their
website if you want to actually check those out and that's musclecare.net.
So i'm going to show you some stuff on the forearm and just roll it on there
and show you how everything works. And it has a nice healing smell to it. It is really
good because one of those things that kind of cleans out the sinuses, but I
like it's really nice. And so just kind of rolling it on, and you're supposed to
do a nice generous amount of rolling on.
And make sure you get it all around the area. Now i'm gonna go ahead and start my
stretches right away, but i would give it maybe five to ten minutes just to let it
kind of set in. Once you see that gel is dry, then you can start doing your
stretches. But the immediate effect, what I'm feeling right now it's just cool I
feel kind of like a gel or something wet is on my arm and the air is kind of
making it nice and cool. But then slowly what you're going to start feeling is
it's going to kind of get, not numb, but your that pain is going to kind of start
going away a little bit. It feels really good you're like I don't really feel
that spot anymore, and it's not necessarily that it's gone away,
it's just taken that signal away to your brain that doesn't really hurt anymore,
and that's when you can start the stretches. So for example, for your wrist
extensors, you want to take your wrist and bring it down. So
elbow nice and straight,
hold it down for about 30 seconds, let it get a nice good stretch and then relax.
And then do that
about three times, just getting it nice and stretched out and then relax again.
You can also bend your elbow and do some supination/pronation exercises. Just to
kind of rotate back and forth. Again getting those muscles doing what they're
supposed to be doing and making those fibers kind of lay back in place. And
then do that may be about 10-15 times, and then just at your wrist with your
elbow bent and your fist closed, just kind of an up-and-down. And again if you
feel a little bit of that pain, give a few more minutes to set in because it's
really strong, it works really well. And most of the time if it's just that minor
strain of the muscle or that arthritis kinda achy feeling, it's gonna it's gonna
take it away, and you're not going to feel that pain when you do that stretch.
So it's really going to help work everything out. And then you can even do
some extension to that will get those which is kind of getting the whole area
getting it moving. And you can see it's kind of starting to dry up a little bit
now, and that's when is good you can go. And you,
it does have a bit of an aroma to it that you're if you're walking around
someone might smell it, but again it's not a bad smell,
it's just that kind of crisp, clean smell that that's mentholly kind of smell. And
I like that cause it makes you breathe a little bit better. So there you have it,
if you have any questions leave in the comment section. If you'd like to find
out more about MuscleCare and their other products, go to MuscleCare.net
If you're interested in purchasing the product, you can go to our product store
at AskDoctorJo.com/MuscleCare And remember, be safe have fun rolling it all
around stretch it out, and I hope you feel better soon.