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I use Bigeloil for bursitis flare-ups. It's actually a horse liniment made by Absorbine, the company that's been making muscle rubs for decades (Remember Absorbine Junior? That product is owned by a different company now but the company Absorbine invented and sold it before selling to another owner).
Bigeloil ingredients: menthol, alcohol, fragrance, green 5, methyl salicylate, salicylic acid, thymol, juniperberry oil, yellow 5, water
That's it. Asprin, mint oil, juniper oil, thyme oil, alcohol as a base, food coloring, and fragrance (no idea why they'd need to add fragrance, it smells like you'd expect it to without it)
There are special exercises to help that, check YouTube. Example is crossing your leg over your knee and pulling it in to your chest. It can work in a chair or on the floor or even on a mat. And if you belong to a gym, you can also help your pain.
I use Bigeloil for bursitis flare-ups. It's actually a horse liniment made by Absorbine, the company that's been making muscle rubs for decades (Remember Absorbine Junior? That product is owned by a different company now but the company Absorbine invented and sold it before selling to another owner).
Bigeloil ingredients: menthol, alcohol, fragrance, green 5, methyl salicylate, salicylic acid, thymol, juniperberry oil, yellow 5, water
That's it. Asprin, mint oil, juniper oil, thyme oil, alcohol as a base, food coloring, and fragrance (no idea why they'd need to add fragrance, it smells like you'd expect it to without it)
Thanks for this. I've been dealing with IT Band pain along with bursitis. Physical therapy made it worse. I'm supposed to start water (pool) therapy soon. The evaluator at physical therapy thinks it would help since floor therapy exacerbated the problem.
Thanks for this. I've been dealing with IT Band pain along with bursitis. Physical therapy made it worse. I'm supposed to start water (pool) therapy soon. The evaluator at physical therapy thinks it would help since floor therapy exacerbated the problem.
You can get Bigeloil on Amazon for cheap - I think it's something like $10 for a quart of the stuff. That much should last you a year, even if you use it twice a day.
Only important warning - if you take blood thinners, check with your doctor about using it first, show him the ingredients. If he doesn't know whether or not it's safe, check with your pharmacist. All the ingredients increase circulation so you don't want to risk bruising.
If you don't take blood thinners, it's a no-brainer. Get the liniment. The instructions are for horses and since (I assume) you're not a horse - just use a cotton cosmetic pad. Get it wet (I just hold the pad against the bottle opening with my thumb and tip the bottle over), then rub it into the skin ONLY over whatever area hurts. For me it's the back of my hip, around halfway down my butt cheek.
Make sure you're not in an anterior pelvic tilt when you're going about your daily life. This can cause a lot of problems in the hips and lower back.
To fix this you're basically rotating your hip towards you by engaging your lower ab muscles which reduces the excessive curvature in the lower back and also naturally engages your glute muscles more as you walk. A lot of people who walk hardly use their glutes at all because they're unknowingly stuck in this anterior pelvic tilt and once I realized I was doing this many of my problems resolved themselves.
A lot of people who are told to stand up straight for their posture unknowingly put themselves in anterior pelvic tilt without realizing it. They do the opposite of what they should be doing to fix their posture they tilt their pelvis away from them putting excessive curvature in the lower back.
If you're a jogger and you fix your anterior pelvic tilt you'll notice that when you jog you're almost pushed forward with less effort because the spring from the glute activation. It's hard to describe you just have to do it.
Make sure you're not in an anterior pelvic tilt when you're going about your daily life. This can cause a lot of problems in the hips and lower back.
To fix this you're basically rotating your hip towards you by engaging your lower ab muscles which reduces the excessive curvature in the lower back and also naturally engages your glute muscles more as you walk. A lot of people who walk hardly use their glutes at all because they're unknowingly stuck in this anterior pelvic tilt and once I realized I was doing this many of my problems resolved themselves.
A lot of people who are told to stand up straight for their posture unknowingly put themselves in anterior pelvic tilt without realizing it. They do the opposite of what they should be doing to fix their posture they tilt their pelvis away from them putting excessive curvature in the lower back.
If you're a jogger and you fix your anterior pelvic tilt you'll notice that when you jog you're almost pushed forward with less effort because the spring from the glute activation. It's hard to describe you just have to do it.
"Anterior pelvic tilt" is normal. It's not a diagnosis, condition, disease, or illness. If you have acute lordosis, there are exercises you can do to correct it, or surgery if it's severe. If you're young, a brace can correct it. Everyone has lordosis. Lordosis just refers to the curve in your lower spine. An anterior pelvic tilt is what the line from front to back looks like, at your lower spine.
Your pelvic tilt doesn't cause back strain, or weak abs, or weak glutes. You can see a pretty decent explanation here on YouTube from this fitness guy who cites sources including the original source of the myth that anterior pelvic tilt is some kind of nefarious thing:
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