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UF Product
Review
by ez
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Fiery Jack heat rub
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Injuries suck. Nuff said!
From my point of view, I've always firmly believed in self preservation first
and foremost. With Parkour, if practised correctly and safely, you'll get
very few problems along the way. But if you fail to carry out little
safety measures, you'll only be lining yourself up for possible injury and then
having the hassle of sitting out on the sidelines while everyone carries on
practising. This on its own is probably one of the most frustrating things
ever for an active free-runner.
In order to help avoid the injury
scenario, its always advised to make an extra point of warming up properly prior
to starting your practise. For me, I've always been extra paranoid about
the knee area as I know people who've had niggling problems which have sidelined
them for lengthy periods of time. In most cases they reflect on the
situation and admit that their preparation simply hadn't been up to scratch.
How many people reading this can honestly say that they've never turned up to
jam and have skipped a warm up in favour of jumping head first into PK action?
I've done it in the past plenty of times. Most notably at an indoor
session where I ended up picking up a patella inflammation that I've been trying
to get rid of ever since.
Since then I have devised a little check list which goes something like -
Thorough warm up (at least 20 mins) , application of Fiery Jack, wearing
neoprene straps for knees, practise hard, warm down thoroughly at end of
session. So far its worked a treat.
Ok, lets get to the point about
the Fiery Jack stuff.......Basically there are a bunch of creams and ointments
on the market like Deep heat and Tiger Balm. They all have properties that
provide heat to the area applied, but with Fiery Jack, you get an ointment that
can only be likened to Napalm. Its made from hard paraffin and peanut oil
as opposed to the others which have menthol/alcohol properties which don't last
anywhere near as long. At some of the longer Parkour sessions I've had,
the very first application of the day has kept my knees on fire for up to 8
hours solid. My line of thinking is that if the knees are kept hot, the
chances of picking up an injury are kept to a minimum. Going back to the
people I know who've picked up injuries from Parkour - they are generally from
not warming up properly. But a lot are from jamming hard then resting or going
for a food break and allowing the muscles to go cold without paying any
attention. Then when jumping straight back into action without warming up
again......Ping! With Fiery Jack, the area that its applied to stays hot
at all times.
For any sceptics, I'd say give it a try especially as the winter approaches and
the cold/wet weather is looming. If you are serious about your training,
you'll either be working through the winter in a gym or actually doing it like
its meant to be done - on the streets. Either that or you'll be at home on
your PS2 playing the PK game.....ooooops, that's not out yet. ;)
Seriously, I'd advise anyone planning on training through the winter to give it
a go. You can pick some up from any good pharmacist and it'll only cost
you about £2 and will last you about a year.
The key is to apply only a little bit and rub it in well. Use too much and
you'll be in tears. Also, make sure that you wash your hands afterwards,
as if you use the toilet and get any on your nether regions, you WILL
cry. I once stupidly applied some to a groin strain I'd picked up from tic
tac practise and spent an hour in agony with tears streaming down my face.
You have been warned!
Can also be bought in a cream form but I don't think its as good as the tinned
wax variety.
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