Tested: ALCiS Daily Relief Cream
from www.triathletemag.com
By Brad Culp
Aug. 30, 2007 -- Once you rub ALCiS Daily Relief cream onto your sore
joint or muscle you won't feel a thing. You won't feel instant relief,
you won't feel the tingling sensation that accompanies most other pain
relief creams and you may even wonder what you paid for.
What you paid for may be
the most technically advanced, minor pain therapy we have yet to see.
That's right - even sports creams have gone high-tech.
Unlike Bengay or Icy-Hot,
which use methanol to numb pain, ALCiS utilizes trolamine salicylate to
gradually ease your joint or muscle pain away. This is hardly a medical
breakthrough - trolamine salicylate has been used for decades, most
notably in Aspercreme, but it's ALCiS' unique delivery system that
makes the product totally unique.
ALCiS relies on their
patented liposome delivery system to ensure that the trolamine isn't
just absorbed by the skin. These high-tech liposomes actually carry the
medicine from the skin and into the muscle or soft tissue.
"Trolamine salicylate is a
proven product," said ALCiS CEO Brian Berchtold. "We've just combined
it with this new technology to make it more effective."
So, from a medical side it
sounds great. But, as triathletes, it's our job to be skeptical about
new products, especially when we can hardly pronounce the active
ingredient.
Our panel of testers worked
ALCiS into their daily training and recovery and the reactions thus far
are quite promising. All testers reported mild to moderate relief and
we felt it was most effective on relieving pain associated with minor
tendon inflammation (in our case, minor Patella and Achilles
tendonitis).
One tester also noticed a
refreshing sensation when rubbed on the larger muscle groups. This may
be useful to loosen up before or after hard training sessions.
Oh, and for the true
skeptics, everything in ALCiS is completely safe and legal. This isn't
the same kind of cream you'll hear about on ESPN relating to Barry
Bonds.
The best place to find ALCiS is on the web at
www.alcisracing.com,
but there's a chance you may find it at your local pharmacy, especially
if you live in California or the New York area. You may also ask a
medical professional about it, as there are currently over 5,000
medical practitioners nationwide enrolled in ALCiS' professional
sampling program.
So, if minor pain and inflammation is holding you back, ALCiS might do a little more for you than those old-fashioned creams.
"Why would you use your
grandfather's pain cream, when technology has provided the opportunity
to use something better," Berchtold said. "You won't feel it right
away, but just put it on and let it work."
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