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Windsurfing and the Walking Wounded
Last April, Warren, the kids and I went to Kaua’I for a much-needed vacation and came back to the real world rested and invigorated. One of our highlights of the trip was learning to windsurf on Anini Beach which is located on the north side of the island. Celeste Harvel was our to-die-for instructor. She’s been windsurfing for 17 years and knows how to get you going in a matter of minutes. Plus Anini Beach is TO DIE FOR. Calm and protected from high surf, it’s a private oasis of clear turquoise water. And don’t think you’re too old or too fat to be able to windsurf, it takes minimum brain function, coordination and strength to learn. Her 3-hour class was the best $100 I’ve spent in a long time.
Okay, Suzanne looks better windsurfing than us ladies
Windsurfing opened up a new window in my heart and my dream, which is to do it every morning. To thank Celeste, I gave her a jar of Elixer Arnica Sports Rub figuring she might try it out since she is so active. Eight months later, on Thanksgiving Day, I got a call from Celeste who wanted to order a jar for herself and one for her daughter. Seems that when Celeste was 19 years old she broke her ankle rock climbing and since then she always has been in pain. But as she says “…with Elixer my pain goes immediately away, and I can go out and party”.
I don’t think I could have said it any better. I can’t wait until we go back to Kaua’i for some more windsurfing classes and especially to see Celeste, my number one fan. Mahalo for your kind testimonial, Celeste and have a wonderful holiday.
Boot Camp and Pain Management
When the kids graduate from high school in the early summer, it seems that many of them decide that they need direction in their lives and enlist in the arm services. I know of several kids that are awaiting their 18th birthday to sign up to the Navy and Air Force. We are all proud of them for taking this huge step, but also worried at the possibility of being shipped out to foreign ports, and placed in harm’s way. Also as parents and friends we worry about the kids making it through boot camp safely without physical injury. Pain management is key for sore muscles and joints.
Last week my husband dropped off my daughter at the Naval Academy to enroll in a 5 day camp that consists of boot camp in the morning and classes in the afternoon, such as International Politics, Economics and Oceanography. The purpose of the camp is for her to find out if she would like to apply to the US Naval Academy in her senior year and become a naval lawyer.
Of course I worry about possible injuries at the boot camp. Mind you, my daughter is a competitive swimmer and is totally at home in the water, but on land, quite a different story. In fact, her swim team dubbed her the “graceful swan” for her series of mishaps on land.
So as a good mom, before she left, I reviewed with her how to give oneself a deep muscle massage to break the lactic acid muscle buildup, and threw in her suitcase a large jar of Elixer Arnica Sports Rub TM. With any boot camp, whether it is for the military, or just at your neighbor gym, muscle injuries easily occur. Just remember to ice, soak in a tub, give yourself a deep massage, and use an arnica gel or cream to reduce the inflammation. Hot pad and if it is really bad, Motrin can also be used to assist in the recovery.
Well, I hope in two days to get her back, happy and healthy. And with Elixer, I know that she doesn’t need to suffer through the pains of boot camp.
Have a great summer and stay healthy too.
Athletes and Pain Management
“Oh, my God. I could sit in the hot tub forever. I am so sore”. How often do we hear that around athletes, whether they be of world class caliber, or a dedicated local team member?
‘Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.’ So goes a well-known but anonymous quote. For many athletes, pain is a normal everyday experience and success is often achieved in spite of pain.
Pain is synonymous with sport. Endurance athletes relish the challenge of ‘pushing through pain’ while boxers expect to fight on regardless of a jarring blow to the chin. Adulation is reserved not just for the star quarterback, but anyone who can play through pain and contribute to the team. Winners and heroes overcome pain. Losers don’t.
Even kids follow this example. When breaking her elbow in a freak swimming accident, my daughter went back to the pool after a week’s rest, and started swimming again. Pain is a part of her life, and the areas of pain will increase as the athlete ages.
The price of pain can be high. Pain both demands attention and creates fear. It can restrict the ability to concentrate on performance and take away the opportunity to compete. Pain can even end sporting careers. The relationship between pain and sport is filled with challenges for sportsmen and women as well as those who support them.
It seems the trick is to minimize the suffering. Hot, tubs, cold packs, massage, and ibuprofen, are part of arsenal used by athletes and their trainer. And so is arnica montana, a botanical used to reduce muscle inflammation.
“You know, that cream you gave me?” said Gillian, one of my sisters-in-law. That Elixer stuff works, I could cover my whole body in it”. Gillian, is a dedicated team soccer player in a league for women over 40. Soccer has been her life since she was nine years old. “You think you could sell me a really large bottle of it with a pump? I feel so much better using it after our workouts”
Can’t think of a nicer compliment for Elixer Arnica Sports RubTM.
If Your Husband is a Week-end Warrior, then Stock up with Arnica Rub!
My 6’5″ tall husband, Warren, injured himself playing basketball by pulling a calf muscle, and like the true weekend warrior, came home to his ministering angel to repair his wounds. He burst through the door limping, barely able to walk, screaming for me to get the crutches and the arnica rub.
When an event like this happens to a friend or family member, you reach into your bag of tricks and pull out everything from ice packs, Epsom salts, ibuprofen, hot tubs to various botanical products, including a super arsenal of arnica pills or arnica tablets and an arnica rub.
Warren knew from past experience that adding arnica pills to a regiment of Epson Salts soaks and deep muscle massage with arnica cream, would greatly improved the speed of his recovery. In the past, Warren didn’t want to use the arnica tablets, arnica rub or ibuprofen pills since he wanted to be tough, but after a week’s worth of suffering from his previous injuries and several months of recovery, he had learned his lesson. Now, he knows better and listens to me right from the beginning.
After the first Epsom Salt soak and deep massage with Elixer Arnica Sports RubTM, he abandoned the crutches since the pain was manageable. Twenty-four (24) hours later, the pain was gone, and no more massages. One week later, in which he used Elixer morning and night, he was back on the court playing carefully (not wanting to re-injure himself) a game of basketball.
And I got a dozen long-stem roses.
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As always I’d love to hear your stories…..Nadine, President, Frush Botanicals
Another Great Week!
Finally, after much hesitation, I got on the phone and started calling. With the current economic news, and resorts tightening their belt, I have been a frozen popsicle at my desk, waiting for the great deep thaw that will happen in about 2.5 years. And that’s being optimistic.
However I started researching NBA teams to find addresses, phone numbers and the names. Then it took me 2 days to get the moxie up and CALL THEM. Result for the first 15 dials: 3 teams said that they would try the product – the Washington Wizards, the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks. So this weekend, out goes the sample packs. And next week I will finish the list and start working on Soccer and Hockey.
I called up one of my favorite Strength and Conditioning Performance Coaches, Greg Marshall of Marshall Sports Performance, who is using Elixer Arnica Sports Rub on many of this clients. Seems that my idea of applying heat to the injured area after rubbing on the cream, is paying off. Not only that, but also he uses the cream on his clients before they begin the warm-up, as to avoid inflammation from the workout. So hearing this great news and with the hope that major players will start using Elixer, makes me a happy woman.
In Other Words, despite my dislike to cold call, it has been a great week. Hope your week went well too and that you are looking forward to the holidays……………….Nadine