Well, IF there is bone degeneration, I doubt you’ll ever get complete relief on a permanent basis. My wife has a hip socket issue where she’ll always have some minor pain in there. However, as long as she keeps up the daily PT and a good herbal regiment, she doesn’t have “noticeable” pain MOST times (which varies from person-to-person, with age, etc… as we all know).
Just to say, it’s not just a pill though… and even just some good stretching really helps to get blood in places it needs to get to do the healing, and help maintain natural occurring pain. I get my “stretching” with a 1/2 acre farm (all organic) during summer, and hunting ALL winter. My issue is gout— and I had to learn over a few years how to manage it. And I also admit: Allopurinol (an old pill from the 60s) makes a great “crutch” when that shit hit’s me. I pop them twice daily for a few days and stop with beer/steaks— but JUST for those FEW days mind you!
I hate to workout in any form but PT is in my future I guess. Anyway, cats claw is on it’s way. Found the same product on Amazon for a little less since I have free shipping. I didn’t want to commit to a $50 order with Swanson just yet. I have no idea what my hip joint is doing as I have not had a MRI yet. I am waiting for things to settle down with covid before going into the “system”. Thanks for the help Zappaman.
As I am sure you know, before taking any new supplement, herb, etc., I think it’s a good idea to make sure it is compatible with your diet, medications, and other supplements you might be taking, as well as any medical conditions. Any new substance introduced into the body can have negative consequences that have to be weighed along with the possible good it could do.
That is good advice. Mixing anything is a gamble. Part of the trouble with preservatives and insecticides and herbicides is a small dose of this mixes with a small dose of that. All combinations can not be tested. I did a quick look at cats claw and it seems pretty safe and I don’t take any other medications. It is worth a try.
CBD is everywhere in my state (WA) for creams, oils, pills, etc. since recreational marijuana is legal to buy and grow for personal use. Does it work? I say yes, to a point. I had a friend with a foot issue and brfore the operation to correct it was having chronic pain. He started vaping cbd and it worked better for than taking opiates (vicodin, percocet). I know someone else who infuses cbd oil in Bugles (the snack) and eats the to help with anxiety and insomnia and it works great, better than smoking weed and getting high all the time or taking hypnotic meds and SSRI’s that cause a lot of side effects. You can’t remove all of the THC from marijuana, but enough so that you don’t stoned. I never used CBD, so I can’t say for sure.
Correct, as long as something in it is working I’m ok with that. Of course I’m always looking for something better as everything only helps marginally. My future MRI will tell more. Freezing works good too but hips aren’t easy to ice well. My one ankle was hurting me 3 years ago and I was told to get it scraped out. Daily 20 minute soaks in ice water and nice thick merino wool blend socks kept me out of surgery. The hip issue has been around for at least 2 years now so I am running out of alternative remedies.
Most medical folks may recommend cortisone shots as a treatment in the interim for your condition, but those bring their own (often nasty) side effects. Medical science is about balancing the good a therapy does vs the possible side effects. Is it helping more than hurting? methodology. Personally, I’ve been on both emds and I’m alive today due to that methodology (invasive brainstem surgery to remove a tumor). I’m alive and doing significantly better than they expected, but still suffered greatly due to side effects and complications. 3 years recovery It’s better than being dead though. I will say that my recovery was remarkable and unexpected. I was expected to be severely handicapped or have significant deficits (if I lived). I guess they figured it was a risk worth taking.
I use CBD for migraine pain and it helps quite well. It usually depends on how bad the migraine attack is but for normal migraine the CBD helps. I use CBD powder (from amazon) which I think is the best and easiest way to use it because you can decide how much you want and you can easily mix it into food oder drinks. I put it into my tea and that works very well.
I am no expert, but this is wildly inaccurate at best, and I think it odd no one in the thread corrected this. I think you may be confusing CBD and THC with indica vs sativa strains of cannabis.
CBD and THC are two among quite a large number of cannabinoids found in cannabis. CBD has analgesic effects… it is not something that you want a lot of if you are using recreationally, too much is really not a good time at all, but it does have medicinal purposes otherwise used in measure. THC gets you high, and can certainly help with pain, but THC is not exactly a pain killer nor analgesic… with enough of it, you simply no longer care about the pain.
And not all strains will be burdened with paranoia. Too much of anything is a bad idea, and the drive to increase THC to insane levels has already killed, unfortunately. Some people just have no restraint. A little THC is pleasant, a little more makes you high, even more makes you stoned, and going beyond intoxication with it is simply idiotic.
There are really a lot of cannabinoids and terpenes. Hopefully, someday, science will figure them all out… check links above for descriptions of the more well known ones.
Any opinions as to topicals vs oils vs gummies in regard to a arthritic hip? Oil is the only one I have not tried. Topicals and gummies are helpful but not 100%.
CBD for sure brings out the spam bots, it’s interesting how they join a flashlight forum and wait for months lurking in the shadows… just waiting and then BAM spam some links.
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I have arthritis in my lower back, when it flares up I smoke a joint or take a bong toke of some premium flower with high amounts of THC. I also at times get anxiety in the middle of the night as well as I also have insomnia. So know I use flower every night, no more more waking up suddenly with anxiety. Great night if sleep.
I still keep a vaporizer in high thc on my night stand, it offers immediate relief and I am back to sleep in a minute.
I recently was job searching so I had to get clean, after 2 months I was still dirty, yeah I’m a heavy user. Anyway, I went through serious bouts of insomnia. I searched and found some very expensive cbd capsules and tincture without THC, zero. It worked very well, few drops under my toung.
Now that I changed jobs, I’m back to being a heavy user.
Drinks, capsules, tablets, gummies, vaporizers, flower I have all this. If you don’t mind the thc, you should try it.
