I'm so sorry to hear about your chronic pain @myjob! I'll share some of what I've learned researching for my Mom's arthritis and neuropathy. CBD oil and Delta 9 gummies work amazingly well for pain. The Delta 9 (5-10mg of the Indica strain) can be used at night before bed and the CBD oil or Delta 9 (5mg Sativa strain) during the day (Cycling Frog is one of my favorites).
I also was turned on to an amazing homeopathic remedy for my own rotator cuff injury— it's Young Living's Deep Relief. This stuff was a Godsend for me while my shoulders were healing.
Also, we learned researching for my Mom's conditions that it helps TREMENDOUSLY to get on an anti-inflammatory diet. Sugar is the biggest culprit and seed oils. Anything in the diet that causes inflammation makes chronic pain a whole lot worse.
Thank you for this information. I will look into the CBD oil and Delta 9 gummies, if they do not have THC in them. My doctor said no to anything with it in it.
Did she rub the oil on where she hurt or take it orally?
My Dad would buy a horse liniment from the feed store for his arthritis. I do not recall the name, but I can recall the smell.
You're welcome! The Delta 9 does have THC but the CBD oil doesn't. CVSciences has the best CBD oil we've found. You take this orally and it helps if you hold it under your tongue for a few seconds before you swallow it, it gets into your system a little faster that way. Did your doctor mention why he/she advised against using THC? It's beneficial in so many ways.
The Young Living oil is topical so you just rub that into the joints or areas where you have pain. It works pretty well. It's the only thing that would calm the soreness down at night when I had rotator cuff injuries.
My grandfather used to use all kinds of remedies like that too. I remember a product in a little green tin called bag balm. They used it on the dairy cows but it was great for dry skin in the wintertime.
Let me know if you have any other questions and I hope you find some relief for that pain.
My doctor is against anything marijuana, I even tried hemp edibles, and he said no. He will not give me the pain meds if I eat them. I also had hemp oil and did what you said with it, but my doc said no to it, too.
I remember my aunt had bag balm, get stuff. It was made for putting on cow tits when they got cracked and sore.
That's too bad. The THC provides so many benefits over pharmaceutical pain meds. Yes! I still remember how Bag Balm smelled. We used to use it for dry skin in the wintertime. When we were young we'd be out for hours sledding through the snow and would come in with chapped skin.