To preface this, I suffer from acute bursitis of the shoulder, and the only thing I have ever found relief from had been a copious amount of ibuprofen that was slowly destroying my stomach – until I discovered the natural remedy of Faerie Made’s arnica muscle rub. I had not really thought it would help at first – the shoulder pain was terrible and deep reaching, often leaving me unable to move that arm or even use it normally. I first received a sample of this miracle with some facial products that I had ordered from there – and as soon as I put it on, I could feel it working.

It turns out that Arnica, which is a type of flower, is known to have anti inflammatory properties, and the menthol that is also used in the rub makes for great penetration. Since my discovery of how wonderful her rub is, my boyfriend’s mother and sister have also used it for their arthritis, and my boyfriend for various aches and pains of the muscle. A friend of mine has also mentioned using arnica to treat severe back pain when he had a bad snowboarding accident.

All in all, I have to say that the muscle rub has literally changed my life. Before this I spent most of the winter in chronic pain except where I was popping ibuprofen all the time, and unable to use my arm even when I was taking the pain killers because it was too weak to work. After I started using it, my arm was strong enough to start working again in both crafting and yoga, helping it to get stronger and stronger. And its certainly good at the other aches and pains that you don’t want to use painkillers for, but you could use relief with.

She was nice enough to send me out a sample with one of my other orders, so if you want to see if it will work for your pain, you should send a convo before ordering to see if she has any sample sized available. I remain amazed to this day at how much it has helped me, and I get tears in my eyes at how happy I was to be able to craft pain free throughout the winter. I have been suffering this for 6 years, since I was 20, and my only choices had been ibuprofen or a costly cortisone shot. Now I have a solution that is much easier on my body and my wallet. You can order it through her etsy shop.