In this video I'm going to give you my honest physical therapist opinion of Biofreeze Pain
Relieving Gel. As a physical therapist dealing with people that have arthritis,
aches and pains, torn ligaments injured irritated ligaments and tendons and all
kinds of other musculoskeletal injuries. People are always looking for pain relief options,
and Biofreeze is a commonly available and widespread use one, so I'm going to tell
you exactly how it works. And if it might be right for you. My name is Dr. David Middaugh,
I'm a specialist physical therapist with El Paso Manual Physical Therapy. And this channel is
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videos that we post every week. So let's answer some of our most common questions about Biofreeze.
The number one question that we get is, what is it and Biofreeze? It makes it feel so cold
and gives that effect that it's cooling your body wherever you put this? And to answer that
question. You can check it on the label, but it's mental is a magic ingredient that is in Biofreeze.
And mental is made from a mint plant. And it's been around for a long, long time as an
option for pain relief. It's been used in ancient times by ancient people, they figured out that by
rubbing mint leaves on your body gives that cooling effect. And with modern science,
we've been able to extract the mental from the mid leaves and create products like bio freeze. So
the next question I get is, is there any research behind mental and things like bio freeze as being
effective as a pain reliever? And the answer to this is yes, there's tons of research out there
showing that mental products like bio freeze can effectively reduce pain when compared to
an other option. There's tons of research studies out there that have different comparisons. And
they do find that consistently mental can reduce pain when it's rubbed on an area that hurts.
Now specifically I get asked is this good for arthritis like knee arthritis,
shoulder, hip or back arthritis? And the answer is yes, you can put this on for sure. And
this is pretty safe stuff. Since it's made from menthol. There are other ingredients on there,
you can take a look at it. If you look up on the website, you'll find all the ingredients as well.
And it's actually pretty natural stuff. There isn't any crazy ingredients in here
that I would question a lot. And you can check it out for yourself. I mean, it's so safe that on the
directions here, it says adults and children two years of age or older are allowed to use this. So
that's pretty cool. There's no concern over kids using this. I think the concern with children two
years younger is that they're going to lick it off and ingest it, you know, put it in their mouth.
So that's the concern with them. That doesn't say that on the bottle here. But that's what I would
think of as you don't want to eat this stuff. And you don't want babies eating this stuff,
either. And the next question I get is, is are there any side effects to using bio freeze?
And my answer to that is, it's rare. The only side effects that I've heard of is people
getting way too intense of burning, cooling sensations, because things can get so cool that
it's our sunburn. I know that's a weird thing. But if you've ever experienced that you know exactly
what I'm talking about. And it's likely from using too high of a dosage. And everybody's different.
Some people have more sensitivity than mental than others. So you have to experiment and try it out
and see what works best for you. rashes, redness, irritation are the only other side effects that
I've seen as well. But I've never had a patient come back and tell me that Biofreeze set them off
into an anaphylactic episode where they had to go to the hospital and get special medication because
they're having that severe of a allergic reaction. So I've seen it to be pretty safe with my clients.
I've used it myself in past years, and it's pretty effective at giving you that cooling sensation.
Now, one thing to note about this is it is pretty instantaneous. So as soon as you put it on,
you'll feel cooling right away. So this is pretty good for quick short term instant relief, it may
not take away the pain 100% This is just supposed to take the edge off. And please understand that
if you're dealing with something like arthritis or torn cartilage, some chronic problem that's
developed over months, years or possibly even decades, this is not going to cure it, you're just
looking at getting some short term pain relief. And this is a good option versus using some sort
of prescription strength pain medication, or going to the doctor for an injection, or even
using over the counter medications that are known to have dangerous side effects like damage to
your kidneys, liver and other important organs. So let's look at how to use this instructions. Simply
say rub a thin film over the affected areas not more than four times daily and a massage is not
necessary. So I guess you can massage it if you want, but it's not necessary. And just to show
you what it looks like This is the green one, they do have a colorless looking one as well.
And you could smell it, it smells kind of minty has that strong smell. And so I've just gotten a
little dollop there, maybe not more than an inch a couple of centimeters long. And let's say my elbow
hurt who he just rub it in like so. And that's it and I can feel it instantly cooling, it's cooling
my hand that I rubbed it in with and it doesn't hurt. It's not super intense, but you can feel
a cooling effect right away. Now this does have an odor because of the mental in it.
It's not odorless, like some of the other creams out there. So that might be a turnoff for some
people as they don't want to smell like this stuff. Some people are really sensitive to
the smell of this too. But it's a trade off, you have to figure out if this is worth it for you.
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problems. Thanks so much for watching friends, and hopefully we'll see you in the next video. Bye