Bruise Control

Feeling Bruised From Deep Tissue Massage?

I frequently receive massage and am amazed at how much bruising pressure has to be endured to heal a stressed body. It seems to me that a relaxing massage should be pain free. It's not until the masseuse digs into the deeper layers of tendon and muscle, however, that true healing can begin.

The day following my massage, I often feel bruised but there are no bruise marks on my skin. What feels like a bruise is the tender muscle healing. To avoid this aching feeling, I drop a No Bruise! towelette into a hot tub with Epsom salts. This natural, herbal remedy reduces any swelling immediately and, the next day, there's no bruised feeling.

That's why we called it No Bruise!

How to Get Rid of Bruises

Me No Bruise Big Toe*

No Bruise!® really works! I was hiding the vodka in the pantry from my son (Don't ask.) and, inadvertently, jostled the pantry-size box of eight cans of Amy's Organic Soup. Three cans of low-fat minestrone dropped onto my big toe.

It took a millisecond for my brain to register the bruising pain. I hollered mightily then ran for the box of NoBruise!® I keep in the bathroom.

Firstly, I thought my toe was broken. And, no matter how effective NoBruise!® is for preventing bruises fast, it cannot heal a broken toe.

I rubbed the moistened towelette on my toe and stepped into a hot bath. The throbbing pain ceased immediately. I was reserving judgment on the rest because the potential for bruising was great.

Oddly, the "toe incident" happened just after I returned from a Saturday morning massage. I'm beginning to wonder if there's some connection between massage and bruising because the last time I received a massage, I suffered from a painful bout of Morton's Neuroma. Hmmmmm.

I wrapped the towelette around my big toe, sweated for 20 minutes, toweled off and took a nap with my right foot elevated.

When I awoke, I checked out my toe. No bruising, no swelling, no ugly, black and blue toe nail. I even went for a long walk with my husband. Unfortunately, I wore new flip flops and developed blisters.

But, as far as I know, NoBruise!® can't help heal blisters. Oh well. You can't have everything. Go to www.StopBruises.com to order a supply.

* Poor grammar inspired by LOLCats.

Reduce Swelling : Prevent Bruising

How To Reduce Swelling

Ever hear of Morton's neuroma? It's a painful swelling of the foot or ankle which can radiate into the leg. It's breathtakingly painful. Yesterday, as I eased off the massage table, I felt a stabbing, glass-like pain in my foot. In fact, I thought I'd stepped on a piece of glass.

I hobbled out of the room and asked my masseuse if she could take a look. The spot was on the fleshy part of my foot, just below the Achilles heel. The area was swollen and, as I mentioned very painful.

She tells me it's called "Morton's neuroma" and recommended that if the pain didn't subside to see a podiatrist for a shot of cortisone. Extreme cases often require the assistance of an orthopedic surgeon.

Not being too keen on a big needle being inserted into this "tenderfoot", literally and figuratively, I sought out a more natural healing approach to this foot swelling.

I intended to take a hot soak when I returned home from my massage, which I thought might also help with the foot swelling. I had just taken delivery of a new product called No Bruise! which is designed to reduce swelling as well as prevent bruising. (I thought this would be a great bruise preventive to the deep-tissue massage I just had.) Plus, it's 100% natural.

I knew this product worked on bruises because I've seen it work with my own eyes. I decided to test its ability to reduce swelling. Within minutes upon applying the moistened towelette, the swelling and pain were reduced by 75%. I then soaked in the tub, letting the towelette float in the water (my own little invention.) After drying off, my foot pain was almost completely gone.

Today I'm completely pain free and the swelling is gone. So if you want to try a natural healing product that reduces swelling, I recommend NoBruise! wholeheartedly.

For a clinical description of Morton's neuroma, a painful nerve inflammation in the foot, visit the Mayo Clinic.