Muscle pain is a very common and often unpleasant experience of discomfort that you feel in your muscles. An extended period of worsening muscle pain is called myofascial pain syndrome. Most pain acts as a warning signal that something is wrong with the body and is very important as a protective mechanism to ensure you don’t further harm your muscles when they are damaged. With so much muscle tissue in the body, it is inevitable that we will all experience muscle pain at some time.

Your pain is probably the result of a small area of your muscle becoming tight or damaged from injury or overuse and is now tender. This small area of tender muscle is called a Trigger Point. A Trigger Point is the part of the muscle that introduces pain into the muscle group.

Trigger points can form anywhere in the body after an injury or if muscles brace against pain or trauma for a long period. They also can result from chronic overuse of muscles due to stress or to poor posture that puts constant pressure on muscles not designed to withstand it. Acute muscle pain can become chronic through failure to resolve the acute problem promptly.

Muscle pain is usually caused by some sort of injury, strain, pull or repetitive stress to a part of the body controlled by your muscles. Along with tendons and ligaments, muscle pain is among the most common type of soft tissue pain most people experience. Your muscles are formed into functional groups that are used to stabilize your body and help you move, like walking and climbing. When a muscle is damaged or strained other muscles around it try to compensate for the injury by taking on more work and often leading to more muscle pain. Muscle pain can be tricky and often feel as though it is somewhere other than the actual injury, what is called referred pain.

REVLEX^® is a topical Roll-On formulation for the relief of pain that is muscular in origin.

REVLEX^® Muscle Pain Relief is specially formulated to help deliver the necessary ingredients, Magnesium and Histamine to the affected muscles. For a muscle to function, there are 2 necessary ingredients: Calcium to initiate and sustain contraction and Magnesium to initiate and maintain relaxation.

Magnesium exerts more than one function;

• Allows the muscle to relax. When applied to the area, REVLEX^® is provides the magnesium needed to competitively inhibit the action of Calcium thus causing the muscle to relax.
• Inhabits the pain signals by blocking the peripheral NMDA receptors. Activated NMDA receptors are responsible for transmitting the pain signal to the central nervous system.
• Blocks the contraction signals from the nerve motor end plate, a main contributor in occurrence of muscle spasms.
• Increases blood supply to the area by blocking the vascular calcium channels.

Histamine has a direct vasodilating effect on blood vessels, that combined with Magnesium, as in the  REVLEX^® Muscle Pain Relief formulation, provide pain relief.

Although Epsom salt (magnesium bath salt) also uses magnesium to relax muscles and elevate pain, that is where the similarities end. With Epsom salt bath, skin hydration and osmotic pressure are the driving forces to get magnesium to penetrate the skin, REVLEX^® Muscle Pain Relief uses a patented delivery system to deliver the magnesium more efficiently and effectively… without the need to get wet!

REVLEX^® should be applied topically on the affected area 2-4 times daily to maximize relief. It is important not to only apply REVLEX^® to the painful area only. Muscle pain is often a referred pain and may not be where the pain is originating from. That is why it is important to apply treatment on areas that you may not feel pain. Please click here to see the REVLEX^® Muscle Relief applications zones. The application zones map is included in each box of REVLEX^® Muscle Pain Relief.

When you are pain free with full range of motion restored, the treatment was successful.

Be aware, that in some cases the muscle pain can come back.  The good news is if you’ve experienced pain relief for some hours or days, you can be assured that  your pain is from a muscular cause and that it can be relieved, at least temporarily.

If repeated treatment is required, then there are unresolved perpetuating factors causing you to experience pain.  Focusing on identifying and eliminating the perpetuating factors is recommended.

Pain location can shift. Sometimes the shift is very slight, and it may seem it’s the same muscle that is causing the issue. It is always helpful to have an initial drawing of where your pain is and compare it periodically to notice if a shift in its location has occurred. Please click here to access the REVLEX^® Muscle Pain Relief application zones to ensure that you are applying treatment correctly.

Successful treatment result is dependent on how long you have had to live with the muscular pain you are trying to treat. The longer you have had the pain, the longer it will take you to see the effects of REVLEX^® treatment. If your pain started less than a week ago, you may be able to see results in 2-3 days.

REVLEX^® relaxes the muscle without the central side effect of other systemic muscle relaxants. It’s roll on applicator makes it easy to apply on your skin and it does not contain the strong smell of other topical rubefacient. It’s odourless!

No, there are a few common causes of muscle pain and aches. The cause of most muscle pain is the result of strain from a stressful activity applying too much tension on a muscle group; a muscle injury received from over extending the muscle group during physical activity; repetitive action results in overuse of the muscle causing pain.

Common causes of muscle pain where REVLEX^® can help:

• Strain or stress
• Falls and accidents
• Sudden movements (e.g. whiplash injuries)
• Muscle strain from poor posture (e.g. slouching)
• Remaining in the same position for extended periods (e.g. sedentary position at work)
• High demand motor tasks (e.g. exercising, gardening, computer or texting tasks)

There are simple changes in your life that can make a significant impact on helping with muscle pain such as:

• Be mindful of your basic body posture
• Be gentle on your muscles. Use them but don’t abuse them! No pain means no gain isn’t always true… especially where your muscles are concerned. The challenge is to learn how to do what one needs and wants to do, in new ways that do not exceed the tolerance or stamina of the muscles.
• Everything is connected…so it’s important to treat existing conditions that can affect your posture such as flat feet or a tilted pelvic.
• Remember to stretch… daily! Tight muscles can often result in muscle pain and can cause it to get worst. A tight hamstring may tilt your pelvis and flatten the lumbar spine which can induce a head-forward posture, placing undue stress other muscles compensating to correct this posture.
• Move! It’s been documented that immobility builds up muscle tension, so it’s important to keep moving!
• Acute muscle pain syndromes can become chronic pain through failure to resolve the acute problem promptly.

The following vitamins and supplements can assist in the management of muscle pain.

• Folate
• Vit b12
• Antioxidants
• Pyridoxine vit b6
• Vitamin c (important)
• Iron

Yes, there are several medical conditions that can result in you suffering from muscle pain including:

• Chronic fatigue
• Fibromyalgia
• Inflammation of muscular connective tissue (Myofascial pain syndrome)
• Low potassium (Hypokalemia)
• Thyroid problems (Hypothyroidism or
   Hyperthyroidism)