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Recovery Rub
Temporary relief from aching muscles, joints, and arthritis pain.
Andrew Buskov
Initial Report: October 7, 2009
Tester
Biographical Information
| Name: |
Andrew Buskov |
| Age: |
34 |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Height: |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight: |
223 lbs (101 kg) |
| Email: |
Rescue(at)Corridor9(dot)net |
| City, State Zip |
Madisonville, Kentucky
USA |
Backpacking Background:
I’ve been backpacking for years now,
and have
slowly started
developing my ideal style. I’ve gotten my pack weight down to roughly
25 – 30
lbs (11.3 - 13.6 kg) before water, and am whittling it down every hike. Day hiking is
nice, but
getting out over multiple nights is really what I enjoy. I like to take
my
time and enjoy the scenery as opposed to hiking hard. I also like being
comfortable and insist on an air mattress. I usually tent or hammock,
but stay in shelters when needed.
Product
Information:
| Item: |
Recovery Rub
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| Manufacturer: |
All Terrain
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| Website |
http://www.allterrainco.com/
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| Year of Manufacture: |
2009
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| MSRP: |
$9.99
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| Listed Weight: |
3.0 fl oz (90 ml)
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 Product
Overview:
(From Label & Website)
The All
Terrain Recovery Rub is designed to give temporary relief from
sore muscle and joint pain. It quickly provides cool penetrating
relief, using all natural ingredients. Some additional uses include
pain associated with: bruises, sprains, strains, arthritis, and the
simple backache.
Some of the warnings include not to apply this
product to open wounds or damaged skin, near the eyes or mucous
membranes, and not to use it with heating pads. Additional warnings
include consulting a doctor if your condition worsens, a rash develops,
or if symptoms worsen over a period of 7 days.
Active Ingredients include: Menthol 5%
Inactive ingredients include:
Arnica (Arnica Cordifolia) Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides,
Caprylyl Glycol, Ceteareth-20, Cetyl Alcohol, Cinnamon (Cinnamomum
Zeylanicum) Leaf Oil, Citric Acid, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Kava Kava
(Piper Methysticum) Extract, Olive (Olea Europaea) Oil, Sweet Almond
(Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis) Oil, Sweet Clover (Melilotus Officinalis)
Leaf Extract, Shea (Butyrospermum Parkil) Butter, Steareth-2, Water,
1,2 Hexanediol.
Initial Impression:
This product came in a retail paper box which included various facts
about the use of this product, the warnings, and the directions for
use. Inside the box was 3 oz (90 ml) of white cream in a plastic
squeeze tube. The top was a flip style cap that was easy to open, and
the tube was quite full as the product started gushing out as soon as
I opened the cap.
The
cream has smells a bit like the vapor rub that my mother used to put on
my chest when I was a child and had problems breathing. It comes out of
the tube relatively easy, but didn't continue to flow out after I
stopped squeezing. My first use came after a relatively short dayhike
in Rocky Mountain National Park. I had a catch in my calf that just
wasn't working itself out so I decided to give the Recovery Rub a try.
I
squeezed about a palm size amount of the Recovery Rub into my hand and
rubbed it generously against my lower calf. In the beginning I
didn't notice too any change in my calf; no heating, cooling, or relief
was noted for quite a while. It wasn't until after roughly 15 minutes
that I actually started feeling a bit of heat on my calf. It was nice
not to have an overabundance of heat as I would receive with some of
the sports medicine rubs available on the market. However, I would have
liked to feel that it was working sooner than 15 minutes after
application.
In the end, it did seem to help my calf loosen up a
bit. The smell wasn't overly noxious, nor was the residue left on my
hands greasy feeling. The relief was noticeable, and the rub did seem
to work over a period of time. I was glad to have this with me during
my dayhike, but am curious about the weight to relief ratio when taking
this on backpacking trips. I'll definitely be testing this over the
next few months.
I'd like to thank BackpackGearTest.org and All Terrain for
allowing me to
participate in this test.
This
concludes my
Initial Report. Please check back in approximately two months for
information regarding the Field Report testing phase.
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