Freeze the pain

As the years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds go by I notice that my body is tormenting me by acting old. One of the worst things is that when I stand up I am really, really stiff and walk like a 90 year old man until I loosen up.

Recently I have been dealing with a cramped hand, due to the use of the trackpad on my laptop. I was lazy and didn't get the mini-mouse out of my backpack until yesterday when the pain got really bad.

Today the pain has been going from my fingers up to my elbow. So I decided to break out one of my samples of Freeze It to see if it would ease my suffering.

The last time I tried a topical pain relief, it was capsaicin cream. I used it on my knee after a really bad day of wearing heels. No one bothered to tell me that it was made of 99% pepper. And it felt like it was made of 99% pepper. I was in pain on top of pain and when I decided to take a bath to try and relieve the pain, it was even worse.

But since Freeze It includes the word "freeze," I figured it would be the opposite of hot. And I was right!

The gel was green, which helped me see where I was putting it, and immediately cool to the skin. I could feel it penetrating down to the pain right away. In fact, almost two hours later I can still feel it.

I usually take an ibuprofen or tylenol when I am in pain, but it takes a while for it to start to work. This gel immediately works.

I have to add a small word of warning: when you apply it to your hands (like I did), do not touch your eyes, no matter how itchy they are from allergies. There is a warning on the package to keep Freeze It from your eyes and you should really, really heed that warning.

Overall, the product really worked and when I get to the drugstore I plan on getting a roll-on or tube to keep on hand.