The maddest thing you have tried to overcome an injury

TheRoadRunner

I'm sitting in front of my TV with a bottle of poitin* to my left and a jar of goose fat to my right. On the recommendation of one of Ireland's top surgeons (via a friend) I've just taken a sample from both and made a paste like substance which I then rubbed into my inflamed shin tendon. I'll be honest I'm very skeptical but I'll try anything.

Anybody have a story to top or rival that ?

*Drank some poitin last night as I've never sampled it before. Had an interesting night and awful first half of the day to today.

donothoponpop

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

Anybody have a story to top or rival that ?

Chicken sh!t rubbed into a bald head makes hair grow back. Oddly enough, there was drink involved then too.

Peckham

Did this recommendation come after both of you sampled the poitin? Bizarre!

TheRoadRunner

donothoponpop wrote: »

Chicken sh!t rubbed into a bald head makes hair grow back. Oddly enough, there was drink involved then too.

Since when was baldness an injury

ger664

Common enough down west. Ive used it mixed with wintergreen, just dont get it on your ballz.

corny

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

I'm sitting in front of my TV with a bottle of poitin* to my left and a jar of goose fat to my right. On the recommendation of one of Ireland's top surgeons (via a friend) I've just taken a sample from both and made a paste like substance which I then rubbed into my inflamed shin tendon.

hmmm..... I might try that.

Jnealon

I too have a bottle of holy water and some oily substance in another bottle.
I have yet to try them but at my most desperate I was very tempted.
What part of the country did this remedy come from, mine came from the north west.
At the height of my desperation I bought one of those wacky bracelets

BeepBeep67

Rest!

TFBubendorfer

Running through it. :rolleyes:

Tombo2000

Spending ridiculous amounts of money on physio .....

madness

ecoli

ger664 wrote: »

Common enough down west. Ive used it mixed with wintergreen, just dont get it on your ballz.

Was given a bottle of this before as a last resort

Have also tried a poultice of solid soap and sugar. Seemed to heat the muscle pretty well so as a result of this I felt it was working.

Worst I think i did was positive reenforcement within meditation ( I was desperate )

At the end of the day treating injuries is 50% physical and 50% mental as long as you are doing something you feel it is having a positive effect

shels4ever

Prayer or soul selling!

littlebug

I've seen poitin work really well on animals (though I don't how exactly ) so why not humans.
also drinking it numbs the pain...or maybe it's just that you get distracted by the other pain of being burned from the inside out:eek:.

TheRoadRunner

littlebug wrote: »

I've seen poitin work really well on animals (though I don't how exactly ) so why not humans.
also drinking it numbs the pain...or maybe it's just that you get distracted by the other pain of being burned from the inside out:eek:.

The jury is still out on topical application. Regarding ingestion, I wouldn't recommend it. My stomach is still in ribbons. Feels like somebody gave me a full force punch to the stomach.

RayCun

Does poitin work like rubbing alcohol (is supposed to) - increasing blood circulation where you rub it in?

littlebug

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

The jury is still out on topical application. Regarding ingestion, I wouldn't recommend it. My stomach is still in ribbons. Feels like somebody gave me a full force punch to the stomach.

Ouch! it's been a while and I never drank much of the stuff in one sitting but I do remember that burning feeling.

Example of topical application and animals- an old dog collapsed with apparent loss of use of limbs. He was completely paralysed. Vet recommended he be put down. The owner refused and reckoned he still had a couple of good years. He spent a few days repeatedly and vigourously rubbing the dogs back and legs down with poitin and bit by bit he regained control of his legs and did live another couple of good years. But who knows if it was the poitin or rubbing or combination?

TheRoadRunner

RayCun wrote: »

Does poitin work like rubbing alcohol (is supposed to) - increasing blood circulation where you rub it in?

That's the theory. I guess the rubbing does this anyway so I wonder if the alcohol actually has a real effect.

kennyb3

Spent plenty of days recently standing in the sea looking like a spanner with water up to my glute, freezing my town halls off getting strange looks from dog walkers.

Bugsy2000

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

The jury is still out on topical application. Regarding ingestion, I wouldn't recommend it. My stomach is still in ribbons. Feels like somebody gave me a full force punch to the stomach.

Maybe you lost track of yourself after a few swiftys and took a swig from the wrong bottle.....I doubt goose fat would be to easy on the tummy

Peterx

kennyb3 wrote: »

Spent plenty of days recently standing in the sea looking like a spanner with water up to my glute, freezing my town halls off getting strange looks from dog walkers.

Yeah, I did did exactly that every day for a couple of weeks (with a newspaper to stave off the boredom) a few years ago.
Worked wonders for a puffy ankle.

dahat

Peterx wrote: »

Yeah, I did did exactly that every day for a couple of weeks (with a newspaper to stave off the boredom) a few years ago.
Worked wonders for a puffy ankle.

Bet there is a picture of that somewhere on the web....weird man standing in the sea reading a paper,somebody had to catch that on camera!!

opus

RayCun wrote: »

Does poitin work like rubbing alcohol (is supposed to) - increasing blood circulation where you rub it in?

Not sure but one of my cousins who played in the Kerry football team used to use it a fair bit to fix the various muscle niggles he picked up (externally rather than internally!).

TFBubendorfer

opus wrote: »

Not sure but one of my cousins who played in the Kerry football team used to use it a fair bit to fix the various muscle niggles he picked up (externally rather than internally!).

Can't be true. I've never heard of a Kerry man who would waste poitin externally.