CBD

I use nutiva organic cold pressed hemp seed oil.
Does not contain tetrahydracannibinol :disguised_face:
I get mine from amazon.

And you find it helpful for pain? Soon Amazon will be on the CBD bandwagon. Not sure why they keep skirting around the issue. Supposedly it is legal to ship to all 50 states at the federal level. Maybe state and local laws are holding them back.

Hemp oil does not necessarily contain CBD.

I’d be surprised if there is any amount of CBD worth noting in the “hemp” products sold on Amazon.

Bloody druggies. of differing levels.

ME. I wear a 25? Fentanyl patch. Take Targin pills and used to carry Endone (morphine) in my pocket for when I do things.
To control the pain.
The gov’t has a name for us consistent medical drug users.

Arthritis.
My Missus 73 yesterday.
She has it in back, Hips, and knees.

The best thing we’ve found (for her) Is to keep moving. Heat packs to suit when sitting
and in bed.
and a 32deg 8x4 pool in back yard.

The look on her face after 10 min’s in there. Is a sight to behold.

PURE RELIEF……

I had a stand alone SPA. under deck b4 the pool.
Temp,. set on 38deg.
That was a good cheaper version of relief for anybody
with Arthritis…

People should try one.
Reduces the drug dependency by around 70%.

Although. if you have it in my generation 78yrs.
The imminent coffin effect does a better job.
PERMANENT…. Pain relief. Yep? Chuckle.

WE ALL do it.

I’ll second the 32 degree soak when possible . I soak my ankle every morning for 20 minutes in ice water. Saved me from arthroscopic surgery for 2 years so far. Ice packs on the hip aren’t effective but a total bath in ice water would be. It must hurt though to sit in such cold water. I know my foot gets mighty cold.

Used JointFlex today for the first time and it did help but it is too early to say for sure as I have good days and bad. Might just be a good day plus not much walking today.

Being an Aussie, I’ll bet Macka17 meant 32°C. :wink:

That’s about 90°F.

By upgrading to titanium?!

While aluminum apparently may cause arthritis, it’s not the only cause.

@Macka17:

Be very careful with those opiates.

It's too easy to get addicted, and overdose.

...

I used to have a massive amount of back pain.

I was put on several opiates, I took too many, and I suffered for months.

It was by far the worst experience in my life.

EDIT:

But, seriously, I could have died if the circumstances were just a little different, so I am glad to be alive and I am glad to be able to remember that horrible memory.

penzy; yes, it does help; I did a lot of distance running and bicycling (about 15 miles per day on foot and about 60 miles per week on the bike), back in the day; my knees were blown out; the pain is not entirely gone but it is much less.

You are not the first to call CBD, snake oil. But there is no denying it had worked for a lot of people, else how do you explain what is goin on. Also more than anything it is clear that the creams work for Arthiritis etc

Now arthritis is a bit more complicated as not everyone has the same type of arthritis and often underlying causes are ignored by doctors until too late in life.
I do not see something that needs to taken on a daily base on EOD base as curing anything. It is still working like a pain killer.
However if it helps someone taking it daily or every other day then it helps them.

I am open to arthritis help recommendations? CBD helps but some days are worse than others. Anyone have first hand experience with Cissus? I just stumbled upon it this week. Supposed to help with pain.

What type of arthritis do you have?

I have not been to a doctor about it yet . I am trying home remedies first. I have shoulder, hip, finger and ankle pain. My hip is the worst.

These pains can also be because of vertebrae issue, it is quite common.
For arthritis you are looking at other factors that come into play, either immune system attacking the joints or cartilage issues degrading.

But those symptoms that you have can be even exist from nerves being pressed. Or can be that and a weak arthritis.
How curved or not your spine could tell or not tell you that much. Some people have apparently straight spines and have to have surgery because issues with vertebrae.
Yeah, some people with weight issues could have spine issues, but again people that have no weight issue at all, still have spine issues.

But yeah, it is generally better to go an visit a specialist, not for necessarily taking drugs they prescribe, just to have some diagnostics about you spine, tissues, bloodwork, etc.

What type of specialist would be a good first visit? I hate getting sucked into the system. My small experience with health system was negative. I felt like a number.

People on the internet cannot treat someone, they have no idea of age, weight, cardiac function, thyroid function, spine health, hepatic function, auto-immune diseases (which can basically trigger certain forms of arthtis). Most importantly they do not have the expertise.

For checking your spine and to get a diagnostic you would normally see an Orthoped. Again not necessary to get prescription, but to know what sort of issues are there at the base, is there arthritis or it is some spine issues? Or both . You would see a Rheumatologist for arthritis.

Thanks for the advice. After this crisis is over I will see a doctor. I have exhausted most home remedies.

Sure, no problem.

i think it ‘helps’ things that are chronic, have no real test, and may vary constantly anyway

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