Don't Do This

[Purple Fencer]

Originally Posted by HDG

This reminds me of the guy in my High school marching band who after a long parade asked for some aspirin to put on his feet b/c they were sore... Sadly, I'm not even kidding.

Was he having pain in his arches??? Happened to me a lot a couple of years back (marching backwards with the straight leg technique....no good for older buys)

Susie...I got really worried when Chris ran into the bathroom crying like a little girl....when he finally came out he looked REALLY bad. The last time I saw that kind if almost defeated look on his face was when he first started out at SwordPlay and was having troubles getting the hang of fencing.

NOT a good sight...he looked like a lobster.

Bob is hereby never allowed to put any of that stuff on Chris again!

(btw...did Bob check his shorts out the following morning...just to be safe?)

[HDG]

Originally Posted by Purple Fencer

Was he having pain in his arches??? Happened to me a lot a couple of years back (marching backwards with the straight leg technique....no good for older buys)

Would putting an aspirin on his foot have helped?

[Purple Fencer]

Originally Posted by HDG

Would putting an aspirin on his foot have helped?

Probably not...the real issue was he probably didn't think to stretch the foot before going out...rolling your foot over something like a tennis ball for a bit seems to help some people....helps to loosen the tendons.

[whtouche]

Originally Posted by Peach

A girl died last June from overuse of a sports cream like Ben Gay or Icy Hot, creams that contain methyl salicylate.

I read that story too. I also saw that in order to have absorbed enough to overdose like that she must have either completely lathered herself with it, or had some sort of genetic anomaly which accelerated her absorption of the active ingredient.

I wish I knew which it was.

[fencerbill]

Originally Posted by HDG

This reminds me of the guy in my High school marching band who after a long parade asked for some aspirin to put on his feet b/c they were sore... Sadly, I'm not even kidding.

I've heard of aspirin being used topically on a toothache.

[Purple Fencer]

Originally Posted by fencerbill

I've heard of aspirin being used topically on a toothache.

Yeah....but that's a small area....if teh foot pain his friend was going through was anything like I had....a small topical won't do it.

it was all I could do to not break during a show that year....I was in a GREAT deal of pain around the 3/4 point in the show.

[lefty_monster]

Originally Posted by fencerbill

I've heard of aspirin being used topically on a toothache.

The skin on your gums is a little bit thinner than the skin on the bottom of your feet.

[DE_Strip_Tease]

Originally Posted by HDG

This reminds me of the guy in my High school marching band who after a long parade asked for some aspirin to put on his feet b/c they were sore... Sadly, I'm not even kidding.

Asprin left on corns long enough will give some relief and also help to remove them.

Maybe that's what he meant?

But that's just something that I have been told for years... maybe it's just a southern backwoods remedy?

[irishfolker]

Standard topical treatment for corns is salicylic acid. Asprin is acetosalicylic acid. A very close cousin. I can see it working and being a bit milder than the usual treatment.

[4qtrs]

Originally Posted by Purple Fencer

Bob is hereby never allowed to put any of that stuff on Chris again!

Oh, I don't think there is any need to worry about that. We were all so sick of the smell of methol that it won't be an issue. I had to wash his shirt five times to get all of the smell out. I should have thrown it away, but it was my favorite Proprintwear NAC tee shirt.

[parrythis]

Originally Posted by jjefferies

Maybe it was a headache or maybe a touch of arthritis but he decided that he would take one or two - internally.

Definitely not smart, but he probably did no damage. The active ingredient listed is Ilex which is a type of holly plant. I don't know what part of the plant they use to make the product. The berries can be mildly toxic causing an upset stomach or nausea, but I am not finding anything that indicates that they would be deadly or cause permanent damage.

[Purple Fencer]

Originally Posted by 4qtrs

Oh, I don't think there is any need to worry about that. We were all so sick of the smell of methol that it won't be an issue.

I know! I could still smell it before you guys left!

I had to wash his shirt five times to get all of the smell out. I should have thrown it away, but it was my favorite Proprintwear NAC tee shirt.

Well of COURSE it had to be the fave!

[Beloit Fencer of Old]

Originally Posted by H Man

I have used every embrocation you can think of and Bio Freeze is nuttin. Put it on your knuts.

Try Cramer's Red Hot. Now that is sumptin that will fix an acute sprain. You will scream so much that the sprain is the last thing you are concerned with.

I've never heard of a chronic sprain.

[Nicksmom]

Nick has eaten: the gel from an ice pack, a stick of sidewalk chalk, a tube of lip gloss, the silica gel packs from shoes(that say do not eat), a Barbie shoe, wheel off a Matchbox car, and a fishing lure. Poison Controll was on speed dial, and the knew who it was when we called.

Atomic Balm by Cramer is hotter than Red Hot. Try that on freshly showered skin. OUCH.

[HDG]

Originally Posted by Nicksmom

Atomic Balm by Cramer is hotter than Red Hot. Try that on freshly showered skin. OUCH.

You've got it the wrong way 'round (as per Cramer's catalog). That said, I prefer Atomic Balm, it is a better deep heating product, where Red Hot is primarily capsaicin, and just burns the surface.

[Nicksmom]

Really? Well, I have been out of the training arena for a while. Do they still make "cramergesic"? I used to put a hot pack on the boys backs, then rub down with atomic balm. They were good to go.

[HDG]

Originally Posted by Nicksmom

Really? Well, I have been out of the training arena for a while. Do they still make "cramergesic"? I used to put a hot pack on the boys backs, then rub down with atomic balm. They were good to go.

Yes; that's their mildest product, followed by Atomic Balm and Red Hot.

[Dev]

Tiger Balm did good things for my arm after long days of taking cut-off throws in short left field and heaving the relay in the general direction of the plate--especially since I had(/have) an infielder's throwing motion and a tendency to rip up my elbow from long range.

However, it's not a good idea to handle one's sliding shorts immediately after administering the Tiger Balm. I'm just sayin'.

[H Man]

The best. It warns you that it is a Skin Irratant and not a pu y linoment. Atomic Balm is a linoment.

The good stuff comes in Mild and Hot. Take the Hot.

H

[Warrior Princess]

Originally Posted by veeco

I've always thought of Sam as a smart fencer. I may have to revisit this opinion :-)

You can be a smart FENCER and not be smart. Just because you fence smart, doesn't mean you are smart. (teeheehee)