Tiger Balm - What's your experience with this?

[Grand Champ]

Ever used it? I'm starting to use it, I feel like it's heating up sore muscles taking some of the pain away after training. Whether or not it really works or if it's just my the tought of it working that makes it better is beyond me. What's your experience with this? What do you use against really sore muscles..?

[fraidycat]

Don't use Tiger Balm for jock itch.

Just something I heard once. YMMV.

[Phenomkidd]

I have heard Cryogel is the best in this category.

[Leakbeak]

Cheap and nasty useless ****! Makes people feel a bit better about themselves when they've smelt it and felt some warmth on the surface, but in real terms it does **** all to penetrate that surface and warm up the muscles underneath. Ralgex and Transvasin are the real deal scientifically formulated alternatives that actually work. Anyone who plays ball on a Saturday morning will know what I mean.

[F A R L A P]

im with leakbeak.

it's basically a placebo, strong smell and tingles/warms the skin up a bit but thats about it. i still use it though, for some reason it helps. think it takes my mind of the soreness.

[peewee1460]

anybody know anything like this for joints?

[Spartacus Sully]

Took wing chun for a while and working the wooden dummy my fore arms oftenly got bruised pretty bad. I found that a mixture of baby oragel and tiger balm really helped with the soreness.

[Leakbeak]

im with leakbeak.

it's basically a placebo, strong smell and tingles/warms the skin up a bit but thats about it. i still use it though, for some reason it helps. think it takes my mind of the soreness.

Because it costs 25 pennies whereas the medicated stuff costs you a few sheets!

anybody know anything like this for joints?

Not really. For swollen joints you can try Deep Freeze or the cold blue Ralgex. Glucosamine gel is helpful and I have used it in the past. Keep it in the fridge. It'll cost you a few sheets if you find it in a abrgain shop like I did

Took wing chun for a while and working the wooden dummy my fore arms oftenly got bruised pretty bad. I found that a mixture of baby oragel and tiger balm really helped with the soreness.

That's why boxing is number one and why martial arts are relics of the past. Why would any form of hand to hand combat training result in damage to your body? Sounds like them silly dolls are similar to the self abuse muaythai fighters do to their shins mate. Either get it padded up or be sensible ane learn efficient punches on a heavy bag. If there was a better way to punch, why didn't that chinese boxer use wing chung at the Olympics?

[Spartacus Sully]

yeah same shin stuff but on my fore arms. I dont imagine it would be ok if say i parried one of your punches with my fore arm that resulted in your fore arm shattering in multiple places. or say a palm hit to the chest followed by ripping off your ear and knife fist strike to your throat cutting off your oxygen. theres a cool snake winding thing i can do that uses my arms to tie up your arms then break them followed by a series of strikes to the head throat and body. though when im wearing gloves some of the moves are difficult though i can still go forearm to forearm and shatter yours and i can still do the snake thing to tie up your arms and then break them with gloves on. though either action may get me disqualified if i attempted that in the olympics.

definately relics of the past only useful when you want to serisouly hurt some one.

[sukhenkoy]

Put it on your g'nadsack before sparring and you'll feel like you can knockout Tyson.