I had some shoulder pain over the past few days sufficient that lifting my arm to comb my hair hurt. I tried lots of things I had on hand, like Icy Hot Cream (hey, if Shaq endorses it . . .) and Salonpas patches. Each was accompanied by generic ibuprofen. It finally started to fade away yesterday afternoon and is pretty much gone today.
That’s too bad, because I picked up a small jar of Tiger Balm. I’ve seen it mentioned by friends a few times and thought I’d try it. I used it once today at noon, and it was nothing like what I expected. I thought it would provide some pretty deep heating to the joint, but it did nothing of the sort. It felt fine, but I don’t know how effective it was.
Next time I have an ache I’ll go exclusively with the Tiger Balm and see how it works on me.
I first used Tiger Balm for a similar pain. There was an almost immediate sensation that I can only describe as a cold burn, very intense. When that faded, the pain was gone and did not return. However, I have observed over the years that Tiger Balm only works on muscle pain; if it’s something else, TB does nothing.