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How to Use Liniments

There are two primary types of liniments, the oil based and alcohol based. Aside from using oil or alcohol to extract specific therapeutic properties from the herbs, there are several other ways liniments can help facilitate a curative result. To read more about this topic please see my article on how liniments work here.

Liniments can be made at home from raw herbs or they can be purchased. In this article I will address some very inexpensive, over the counter liniments, that can be useful to any serious athlete’s or martial artist’s training kit. Liniments are best used to help with minor bruises, strains and pulls, as well as recovery from injury and should not replace proper medical intervention.

The following are a few of the many over the counter liniments that I really like, and some basic guidelines on how and what to use them for.

October 24, 2011
by Sam Kressin
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The Short Life of Athletics

The world is full of “has been’s!” Washed-up out of shape former athletes many of which accomplished something remarkable years ago but have never done anything significant since. The majority of great high school, college and even professional level athletes fall out of shape shortly after their career ends. Many of them will try to relive their past glory through their own children and memories. Some will join recreational sports teams or leagues in an effort to relive lost days. Unfortunately most of these athletes find themselves slower, weaker and fatter. Rather than having the admiration and respect of their piers these people are often disliked seen more as over confident, hyper-competitive, ego maniac, “has been” than anything else.