Originally Posted by
Ogsarg
So my wife has been having some knee pain that Doctors haven't figured out yet and one suggested she try CBD oil for temporary relief and she has been using it for a while now.
Saturday night I had some soreness in my left calf muscle after a pretty good ride that day and it was bad enough I was having a hard time sleeping so decided to give it a try. I noticed the pain reduced after about a half hour and when I woke the next morning, there was no pain at all.
Perhaps it was just the muscle recovering but thought I'd mention it. I usually don't experience any serious muscle or joint pain but if I do, I'll use it again.
From what I understand there are lots of fake CBD and hemp oils out there so you have to do some research to find good products. They are not suppose to be psychoactive so no effects like you would get from other medical marijuana products.
My experience is if the doctors can't pinpoint the reason for your pain (as you describe) it usually means it is just basic muscle soreness, stress or just an effect of the aging process. More than likely they're just going to prescribe a megadose of some anti-inflammatory drug and send you home.
Rubbing something on an effected location and then feeling better in 1/2 hour sounds too good to be true. Possibly just laying still for 1/2 hour accelerated the improvement? Although I would consider a CDB topical treatment rather ineffective and would lean more towards the belief it was just a Placebo effect, I will not argue the fact that you said you had pain and it apparently worked for you.
With that said, what would be wrong with ingesting it in edible form and enjoying the light psychotic buzz from the other elements while it heals your pain?