Natural Pain Remedy for Skateboarders
03/26/2007
On a recent trip to one of the local skate parks I was amazed to see so many older skaters in the bowls and on the ramps. They certainly weren’t doing 900s, but I saw some truly righteous lines and grinds. I even had the great fortune of seeing a handstand on the rim of the bowl.
Upon engaging in conversation with the senior skaters I found that most of them had skated when they were young and now that they are older have come back to the sport for exercise. They also told me, one for one, that they still really enjoyed skateboarding but they didn’t “bounce as well anymore.” In other words, there was now more pain involved.
Of course, a lot of these skateboarders are experiencing pain from early injuries that are part of the experience of skateboarding. Old injuries have a way of catching up with you later in life if you don’t properly take care of your body when they do happen.
I also found that a lot of the more mature skateboarders were interested in finding natural pain relief for their discomfort. These are seasoned athletes who know that pain medications can be addictive and detrimental to their athletic abilities.
This set me off on a research trail to see what kind of natural pain relief was out there. Ideally, the product would be easy to use, easy to transport, easy on my pocketbook and (most of all) effective.
I was surprised to find, that in this modern day and age, so many people are still turning to harmful medications with adverse side effects for pain relief. There are some truly fabulous natural pain remedies available.
One of my personal favorites is a spray product called, “Naturally Painless.” I tracked down the inventor, Judy Cutler. She was kind enough to give me a few minutes of her time to talk about pain and older athletes. She told me that, “All athletes need to be maximally alert and have fast reaction responses and an ingested pain drug greatly reduces those two vital factors. A natural pain relief remedy that can be sprayed directly onto the area of pain is so much safer and more effective for use by athletes. It eliminates the potential drowsiness, dizziness and digestive difficulties caused by drug remedies. These side effects are even more prevalent in senior athletes.”
So, next time you are thinking of taking up skateboarding …. again. Grab your helmet, your pads and … a natural pain remedy.
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