All Terrain Recovery Rub
Initial Report
8 October 2009
 
Name: Dawn Larsen
Age: 48
Gender: female
Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)
Weight: 165 lb (75 kg)
Email address: vicioushillbilly AT yahoo DOT com
Florence, South Carolina USA

Backpacking Background:
I used to backpack in college a zillion years ago and just in the last few years have backpacked some private trails in Tennessee, Missouri and most recently South Carolina. I have been an avid car-camper for eleven years and I have kayak/canoe camped for four years, both in South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas. I use a lot of the same equipment for both. I hike hilly/rocky trails especially in Missouri (my home state) and Arkansas. I live in South Carolina and am busy checking out the terrain here with my sixteen year-old son.

Product Information
Manufacturer:  All Terrain
Year of Manufacture:  2009
URL: www.allterrainco.com
Listed Manufacturer's Volume: 3 fl oz (90 ml)
Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price: $9.99 US
Made in USA



Ingredients listed on the back of the tube: Amica (Arnica Cordifolia) Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Caprylyl Glycol, Ceteareth-20, Cetyl Alcohol, Cinnamon (Cinnamonmum Zeylanicaum ) Leaf Oil, Citric Acid, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Kava Kava (Piper Methysticum) Extract, Olive (Olea Europaea) Oil, Sweet Almond (Prunus Amygadalus Dulcis) Oil, Sweet Clover (Melilctus Officinalis) Leaf Extract, Shea (Butyrospermum Parki) Butter, Steareth-2, Water, 1,2 Hexanediol.  I wish the company listed the ingredients on the website.  It would be nice to know what they were before I might buy the product.
 
The first night that it got cold here in South Carolina, I must have slept wrong (probably in a ball) because I woke up with a giant lump in my back between my shoulder blades, as well as with a blinding migraine.  Coincidentally, that day I had just gotten the package with the Recovery Rub in it.  When I got home from work that night, I rubbed some Recovery Rub on the knot in my back.  It really helped me.  I was surprised as the cream's smell is very subtle so I figured it would not be strong enough to take care of the big knot in my back.  After about 30 seconds, the area got warm and tingled and really relaxed the knot.  There was no greasy residue. My skin absolutely absorbed it all.  However, the feeling didn't last very long,  maybe 2-3 minutes. The relief is not nearly as helpful once the tingle is gone.  I used the cream for the next 3 nights with the same results.  

I have just begun a regular exercise routine.  I will bike to work 2-3 days per week and use the Wii Fit system when I can't bike.  I will also keep up my regular outdoors activities.  I have just been named the faculty sponsor of my university's camping club.  I hope to get the students out in the woods at least once a month.  I plan to test this product on sore muscles, as well as to loosen up muscles before exercise, like the information on the box states. 
 
What I Like
It works to loosen up sore spots.
 
What I Don't Like
The heat and tingle don't seem to last very long