Soothing Your Aches and Pains With Salonpas

I have received sample products to facilitate my post.

I feel like chronic pain is the dirty little secret of the modern world. From young to old, practically everyone I know suffers from some kind of recurring aches and pains. And most either don’t want to go to the doctor, where the remedies are either surgery or getting the patient hooked on painkillers- or else they couldn’t even afford to go to the doctor if they wanted to.

There’s a wide variety of over-the-counter remedies available- which work with wildly varying degrees of success. I was happy to try out the Salonpas suit of products, because I’ve heard good things about them. With fall coming up, my whole family will be needing them- from kids in sports at school, to my own exercise routine, to my parent’s aches and pains that are often exacerbated by cooler, rainy weather.

I love that they have a product for just about every kind of situation, and so many methods of application. I handed out different products to my family members according to their needs and had them report back with their results.

Salonpas is probably most famous for their patches. They offer a variety of different sizes and formulations. They have their regular  Pain-Relieving Patches in normal size and large, as well as a 4% Lidocaine Hot patch, a Menthol and Methyl Salicylate Topical Analgesic patch, and hot patches with capsicum. Most of these have an 8 hour effectiveness range.

My mom found great relief in the patches,  especially the Lidocaine ones. She suffers from arthritis and the normal aches and pains of aging, and the patches helped her walk greater distances and be more active without suffering. Her only issues with the patches is that they sometimes would roll up at the edges and not stay in place, and that they could be hard to apply by yourself in certain areas like the lower back.

For me, I really enjoyed using the Deep Relieving Gel. Between working out and cleaning, which often involves a lot of heavy moving and carrying, I tend to get deep muscle aches in my neck and back. I could feel the gel working immediately and it brought lasting relief throughout my day.

One other product I want to highlight is the Salonpas Jet Spray. I feel like this is such a handy item to have in your backpack or gym bag for instant, easy to apply relief after games or workouts.

From patches to roll-ons, creams or gels, there really is a choice for everyone. And I feel like there’s so much suffering in the world. Any product that helps take some of that burden away wins my approval.

2 thoughts on “Soothing Your Aches and Pains With Salonpas”

  1. I really like their products and hey work well. I wish they would drop the price a bit though.
    As you know every year is more aches it seems!

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