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In Hong Kong, many pharmacies sell pain relief "patches" that you're supposed to stick like a giant Band-Aid^© onto your back, your shoulder, wherever you have pain.

Most pain patches contain tons of menthol or eucalyptus which makes your painful area tingle like crazy, and I found one that contained chilies.

Yup, red hot chilies.

The basic premise of these "tingle creams" is to increase blood flow to an injured area. More blood can help with healing (though in many cases, it's just a superficial tingle and not much else is happening).  

So in theory, I figured, chili might work (I realize how stupid this sounds, but hey, it was in the pharmacy!).  

I had a sore lower back, right around my SI joint, so I stuck a chili patch on there and took a nap. An hour later, I woke up with a back that felt like a spicy curry.

Ouch! It was ON FIRE! I tore the patch off and even the skin was inflamed.

Now I have to admit that I didn't notice my SI joint pain at all anymore, but I had a whole new kind of pain – a giant red mark on my back that looked like I'd been singed with a hot iron pan!

That's when I realized that most pain creams are just a "distraction creams" and even those they might feel "icy" or "hot," most of what is happening is only skin deep.

Anti-inflammatory foods do a great job of healing internally, and there are a couple of great creams that do go deep and truly reduce inflammation and aide with healing.

But I'd recommend staying away from the super tingle creams, especially the chili;)

Stay bendy,

Lucas
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