Use KT Active and Recover for Scoliosis and muscle pain relief

Scoliosis is a very painful and difficult and disabling journey. If it’s not treated or taken care of, it can cause not just damage to the spine, but the rest of your body.

While I’ve had several spinal fusions in an attempt to correct my double curve, it ended up just causing more problems than helping. After many, many, MANY years my rods and screws were removed from my spine. And to my doctor’s surprise, I remain fused.

Running has become a challenge because Scoliosis is to running, like oil and water. They don’t mix. But being a runner and having the love for it, when there’s a will there’s a way. So trying to find the tools to help me succeed in running marathons wasn’t that hard. But I had to do it on my own because I couldn’t find anyone that ran with Scoliosis. The whole reason I started this blog. That’s how I found KT Tape. It has been such a useful, necessity in my everyday life. Not just for running.

KT Tape promotes healing by lifting the skin up and away from the inflamed or damaged tissues underneath it. It helps increase circulation, improves muscle function and movement, reduces swelling, less muscle or joint pain, and speeds up recovery time. KT Tape does offer other useful products that have become a must for my running and when my Scoliosis pain flares up. They just released 2 new products that prove to be pretty effective. 2 magnesium creams.

KT Health magnesium creams have been 2 new additions I now use when my pain is high. At times my Scoliosis pain gets so bad, I am unable to stand upright. I thought this was the perfect time to give KT Health Active cream a shot. This cream was designed to be applied before your workout. It’s meant to warm up your muscles and reduce any stiffness you might have. “Hi hello! I do! 🙋🏻‍♀️ me! It’s made with Magnesium and Arnica and it looks and feels like you are applying one of your regular body creams. So it isn’t oily or greasy. It has a nice warm feeling. After I applied it, I did some stretching to try and reduce the stiffness I was having and did some light walking. I slowly came out of the stiffness and pain I was having.

When I came home I stretched again and while not completely out of pain, I knew that the best way for these creams to be effective is to use them together, one after the other. As a pair. So after I washed off the Active, I applied the KT Health Recover. This one is meant to be applied after you work out. So if you have soreness, or the area in question is still a bother, this is your cream. Same feel, same scent, maybe a little menthol smell but a good cooling sensation as if you put some ice on the area that is hurting or sore. It feels amazing and the coolness feels great and it did relieve the pain in conjunction with the Active. I used one of the creams alone to see if I had the same effect and while it did work, the effectiveness was much stronger by using both together. And FYI, it won’t mix or work with the tape.

I also decided to give their new KT Tape PRO Ice a shot as well. I bought the whole kit and caboodle. So this is just like their regular Pro tape except it’s menthol-infused. So just like any of their tape, don’t put it over an open wound. I used one of my custom Scoliosis applications that work for my curvature and this app is probably on me more often than not. Remember, the tape works by lifting the skin enough to allow those toxins to flow away from the swelling, sore muscles, pain, etc so they can recover quickly and reduce your pain and soreness. So my apps will stay on for about 6 days before the edges start to lift. This PRO Ice one I took off sooner. Not that there was anything wrong. When my husband applied it, I felt the cooling and soothing on my back. It felt great! I felt like I was getting a double dose. The work of the KT Tape, and it’s support plus the work of the menthol infused in it. I’m kind of digging this whole Ice thing! But I don’t think I would use this to run a race or in the heat. I would rather use it as a recovery tool. Post run or for when my Scoliosis is extremely flared up. Like today.

You should sign up for KT Tape email list. Gosh that makes me sound like an ad. No seriously though because they offer so much for pain relief and I know you guys catch on and ask me if I’ve tried it yet and I can’t get my hands on it as quickly as I used to and I apologize. I know you call me the KT Tape Guru and I appreciate that from you all. I am still here to help you with anything KT Tape, but sometimes you beat me to the punch with new products. I will do my best to answer and try the new goodies so I can better guide you through them. 🙂

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