From CBD Gel To A Massage Gun We Test Three Products To Help You Recover From The Gym - Medical Marijuana Program Connection

AFTER running, lifting weights or playing football, everybody needs to recover.

If you don’t, you could have reduced performance and immunity as well as changes to your metabolism and hormones.

The basics include getting proper sleep, hydration and stretching but there are also plenty of other aids on the market.

Today JANE ATKINSON looks at some of them . . .

CBD

CANABIS extract CBD is believed to help with inflammation and pain.

Recovery gels containing it can be used as an alternative to Deep Heat cream or painkillers.

Prym Health’s CBD Cooling Gel is for targeted pain relief over larger areas of the body, such as the knee or shoulder.

You get the fast, cooling relief from the peppermint and eucalyptus oil.

It contains moisturising vitamin E oil and grapefruit seed extract so it’s easy to massage in.

CBD can also reduce anxiety which is something many people with chronic pain may experience.

I used it on my calves following a run and they were less tight afterwards.

I slept like a baby too.

Be warned, stick to the amount or you will feel like you have a hangover the next day.

50ml for £29.99, prymhealth.com.

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