A veteran in treating a wide spectrum of athletes, Peter Liddy tells us why his professional patients use magnesium oil as their emergency pain relief.

What burdens athletes the most when training? Everything ranging from seizing muscles, stiffness, and fatigue, to recovery time and special dietary requirements. Using natural remedies, Thai massage and utilizing his unique skills in Bowen Therapy, Peter seeks to right the imbalances that afflict his patients, rather than treating superficial symptoms.

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Peter Liddy, owner of Jai Dee Wellness Centre and an alternative practitioner, has been studying complimentary modalities since 1985. During his time at Queensland Institute of Natural Science in Australia, Peter became well versed in touch and energy based healing, building upon that knowledge when he became certified in Bowen Therapy as well as studying traditional Thai massage in Thailand.

Peter Liddy:

Well, some of the signs and symptoms that I see of magnesium deficiency on a daily basis are people come in with tight muscles, whether they are presenting with an injury or they are just tight.

Magnesium For Tight Muscles and Stretching

A lot of athletes that I see are always tight. They often don’t stretch sufficiently.

But I’ve also noticed that when people start to use the magnesium as a daily part of their training regimen, they also find that they get better results with their stretching.

In comparing the use of Ancient Minerals with oral supplementation, it’s far superior. The skin absorbs it beautifully.

Better Magnesium Absorption and Instant Relief

I notice when I’m working with people on the couch – and I use Ancient Minerals on every single one of my clients that presents here unless they specifically ask me not to – their skin just warms and relaxes the muscles.

You can feel the tissue tension actually  soften as you work on it.

And I also do cupping as a part of some of my treatments. And once you cup the body, it opens up the pores of the skin. And that facilitates even better absorption of the magnesium.

You can just apply it and just notice the difference within moments.

No More Leg Cramps

I use Ancient Minerals myself. And I didn’t use it on anybody until I tried it upon myself. And I used to get really bad leg cramps. And I’ve been taking oral supplementation for years basically with minimal results.

Since I started applying the Ancient Minerals daily, I don’t get leg cramps anymore.

I work with lots of tri-athletes. I work with surf club people, plenty of different sports people, and I work with people from a very young age right through to the very elderly.

One of my more elderly clients have said how much they have noticed that their sleep has benefited in that they haven’t been interrupted by cramping in their legs during the middle of the night since they have been using Ancient Minerals on a daily basis.

Better Athletic Performance with Ancient Minerals

With some of the sports people that I have, I have one particular tri-athlete. He’s a long distance tri-athlete – Iron Man Tri-athlete. He carries a bottle of Ancient Minerals with him when he competes.

He carries it on his bike. He carries it on the run leg. And if he starts to feel his muscles stiffen, he just sprays some on and rubs it in. And he reckons it works really, really well.

I have other tri-athletes – long distance athletes that train people. And magnesium is taking off – Ancient Minerals is taking off here on the Sunshine Coast because more of these people are starting to spread the word just how beneficial it is to have access to it whilst they are actually competing.

Rochelle McKay-Masterton describes her encounters with magnesium as it applies to both women’s health and the alleviation of pain in general.

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A Naturopath and fertility expert, Rochelle discusses the natural and beneficial effects of magnesium on pregnancy, for both new mothers and infants.

Rochelle McKay-Masterton, founder of the She Oak Natural Fertility Clinic in Maleny, Australia, discusses the influential effect magnesium has had on her patients during both their pregnancies and the following years with their new infant. Her work at the clinic has brought her a variety of experiences where the simple application of magnesium provided unimaginable relief to the stresses of pregnancy.

Rochelle McKay-Masterton:

The signs and symptoms of magnesium deficiency are cramps, muscular fatigue, fatigue, poor detoxification capacities resulting in many problems including a lot of skin problems as well.

Cramping? Use Magnesium

I have had  any great responses with my clients, especially new mothers with their cramps.

One particular new mother six months into her pregnancy got cramps in both knees, stood up, and couldn’t move, yelled out to her husband to get the spray,  and it worked instantly. So, just fantastic results.

I’ve had a client that had sore back muscles for over 10 years, and he had relief after about a day.

Bringing Calm to Mother and Child

Ancient Minerals has helped many of my new mothers, especially the bath flakes.  Just by putting bath flakes in the little one’s bath, has helped bring a sense of calmness to the baby, and we all know how important that is.

If ever there was a panacea, this would be one.

It’s fantastic for bringing calmness to the baby and, of course, to us all.

The Benefits of Magnesium Applied to the Skin

Magnesium has been benefited both of us, and I’ve been taking magnesium for about 15 years.

And I would say that this is the best uptake I’ve had of magnesium. And I feel that I’ve been doing it every day.

I feel that it will benefit my birth and make it very relaxed and calm.

Dr. William McAuliffe explains the importance of magnesium in our significantly magnesium deficient society.

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Dr. William McAuliffe, DC, CN discusses just how far we as a society have fallen into magnesium deficiency, and the difficulty of trying to reverse it through food alone. Through his work and research, he’s discovered a myriad of issues resolved through simply adding this crucial mineral to your system. From heart disease, to blood pressure, to the absorption of other nutrients, magnesium is essential to overall health.

However, as Dr. McAuliffe describes, adequate intake of magnesium via oral supplements is very difficult to achieve.

Dr. McAuliffe:

The prevalence magnesium deficiency is pandemic in this country.  I can’t speak for the world, but in this country it is pandemic, primarily because of the lack of magnesium in the types of foods people are eating.

Magnesium is Essential for Whole Body Health

Magnesium is essential for the absorption of calcium.

It’s essential for maintaining proper blood pressure.

It’s essential for cardiovascular problems.

It’s essential for a whole myriad of things going on in the body.

Magnesium & CoQ¹⁰ for Heart Disease

I spoke with a biochemist at the University of Texas not too long ago.

He said, “We have eliminated heart disease at the University of Texas by increasing magnesium as well as CoQ10 into the diet of people down there, and in every case people responded.

No Laxative Effect With Topical Magnesium

However, you are limited as to how much magnesium you can give somebody from an oral point of view because of the laxative effect.

You are not limited in a topical form of how much magnesium people take because you can give them – have them put magnesium just sprayed on their entire bodies three or four times a day, if it’s necessary in unusual cases, and they will absorb most of it.

High Dosages of Magnesium Absorbed Through Skin

And at least eight sprays of magnesium will give you at least 100 mg of magnesium in a chloride form.  So, if you’re spraying the entire body, you’re getting maybe 50 sprays, and you’ll be getting almost 1,000 mg of magnesium each time you spray the entire body.

If you can do that a couple of times a day, then you’re getting 2,000 mg or two grams of magnesium that way.  There is no way you can get that much magnesium in an oral intake.

Mark Sircus, author of the book Transdermal Magnesium Therapy, discusses magnesium supplementation and the pros and cons of oral versus topical applications. Transdermal magnesium, he explains, can be as simple as applying lotion or taking a bath.

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Marc Sircus, Ac., OMD, is an author, a nationally certified acupuncturist, honorary doctor of Oriental Medicine, and a founding director of the International Medical Veritas Association (IMVA). His book, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy, explores groundbreaking information in the use of magnesium chloride transdermally.

Mark Sircus:

The problem for many years with trying to supplement orally is that there’s only so much magnesium you can take orally without provoking diarrhea or loose stools.

Magnesium, Diarrhea, and the GI Tract

The different applications of magnesium really require high dosages. So, you’ve got a big limit.

And also, it’s a very iffy thing trying to digest magnesium tablets. You have to have hydrochloric acid and not everybody is very strong in that, and then there are intestinal issues. So it’s not a guarantee.

But if you put it on the skin — just applying it to the skin like you would suntan lotion, or you put a couple of pounds in a bath, it goes right through the skin. So, you can put this on the body and combine it with touch, and you’re getting into an area, I call it “magnesium massage” — magnesium medicine, magnesium massage…

It’s for me the best way of applying magnesium.

Mineral Baths for Children’s Health

I have six kids. I have six healthy kids, and one of the reasons is that I use magnesium.

And what we do is we put it in the bath. We just simply put the magnesium flakes in the bath. We have little baths for our children, so you don’t have to use that much of it.

And when they get sick it helps tremendously. They’re stronger; they come out of it quicker.

And the bottom line is they don’t get sick very often.

Ancient Minerals: Sourced from a Pure Underground Sea

I found to my pleasant surprise in Europe that underneath, starting from England, going on into the Netherlands, and reaching all the way into Russia is an underground sea that has been down there for 250 million years. And they pump this stuff up, and it is as pure of a thing as you can find in this earth.

Ancient Minerals is by far — by far it’s in a class by itself.

Dr. Kathleen Akin discusses magnesium’s impact on muscle spasms, sports injuries, muscle twitching, pain, and detox.

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Dr. Akin is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician with over 15 years of experience in her field. Based on her work with professional athletes and patients with ALS and other disorders, Dr. Akin has seen the dramatic affect that mineral deficiencies have on the human body. By using hair analysis for testing, she is able to track her patients’ progress and the alleviation of their symptoms through the use of topical magnesium.

Dr. Kathleen Akin:

I had such a moment with magnesium oil for the fact that I knew it was an essential mineral to help my patients with their mineral imbalances and heavy metal toxicities that were revealed on this hair analysis.

Magnesium for Twitching & Muscle Spasms

I deal with a lot of patients with ALS, a neurological condition, and magnesium is essential for that.

When these patients would go to their family doctors or their specialists and they were told that their muscle fasciculations, or twitching, or spasms or strength were not going to resolve itself, that it was just something that they were going to have to live with and accept, these patients would say time and time again that this magnesium oil had helped them eradicate or eliminate those issues. So, I was very excited about it.

Magnesium and Detoxing

We live in such a toxic environment.

We’re bombarded by chemicals out there that are in the air that we breathe, to the foods that we eat, to the water that we drink, and even to the medicines that we incorporate. So, we’re constantly bombarded by heavy metals and toxicities.

And magnesium is an extremely important part of detoxing us.

Workout Recovery Time and Magnesium Oil Massage

It’s how I deal with a lot of professional athletes.

I’m a certified chiropractic sports physician, and I like to work out myself. And by using this Ancient Minerals Magnesium Oil as a massage agent, it helps with recovery time. It helps with the sprain strains.

Transdermal Magnesium vs Oral Magnesium

When you take magnesium orally it’s only 35 to 40 percent effective.

I do a lot of GI panels. I see how the digestive system is never working at a 100 percent capacity. So, you know you’re going to get a better chance of having magnesium work transdermally.

Kathleen’s Take: Improve Detoxification and Eliminate Muscle Twitching

I like to research all my products before I recommend them to other patients. And by researching the Ancient Minerals, I found that was one of the purest forms of magnesium chloride.

Ancient Minerals has been very successful for my patients. From what they have told me with their elimination of muscle twitching, the pre- and post-testing of the hair analysis. The mineral content has improved to the detoxification of their heavy metals. It’s an essential part of improving a person’s health.

Mike Mahler discusses magnesium’s benefits to athletic performance, hormone levels, DHEA, and weight training. Magnesium is essential for performance and recovery time, explains Mike, as well as hormone optimization, insulin sensitivity, stress management, and overall health.

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Mike Mahler is a strength trainer and health journalist, and certified Russian kettlebell instructor. Mike does workshops on kettlebell strength training, fitness and hormone optimization worldwide, and has written over 100 articles for publications such as Muscle & Fitness, Men’s Fitness, Ironman Magazine, Planet Muscle, Hardcore Muscle Magazine and Testosterone Magazine.

Mike Mahler:

Magnesium is one of those key minerals for athletes. We sweat a lot. We work out a lot. We’re under a lot of stress, and magnesium becomes very depleted.

I read a lot of research on how a lot of NFL players were magnesium and zinc depleted, and how that really affected their testosterone levels and their workout recovery, and even their moods. So that got me very interested in magnesium.

DHEA, “Testosterone’s Big Brother”

DHEA is a hormone, and it’s very important for stress management. It’s basically testosterone’s big brother.

What happens is when testosterone is low, often DHEA is low as well from the stress – from the stress hormone called cortisol. When DHEA is optimal it kind of serves as a backup reserve for testosterone.

So if a man has low testosterone levels – which is vital for health and vitality, and a healthy sex drive, and just feeling good -  if DHEA is low, there is no backup reserve.

And when the testosterone goes down and DHEA is low from all the stress, then you’re really putting yourself into what is called an andropause state where you’re aging at a very accelerated rate.

Ancient Minerals Magnesium for Improved DHEA Levels

Ancient Minerals Magnesium Oil has definitely benefited my health.

The first thing is, again, it helps optimize the DHEA levels, which is critical for stress and even for life span. Studies show that people who have the highest DHEA levels actually live longer. So it’s not something that we just want to overlook.

And anything that we can do to optimize our own production rather than taking an exogenous source is always going to be the way to go.

So it’s something that everybody can take – men and women – without any side effects.

Workout Recovery Time and Magnesium

But also, I found that my workout recovery was a lot better. I’m not as sore after a hard training, and my sleep is a lot better.

And sleep of course, is critical for growth hormone production and just overall health.

It’s definitely had a positive benefit for me in terms health and vitality.

And many of my clients have noticed the same thing. The first thing that they notice is that they sleep better. That usually happens within the first week.

And the second thing that they notice is that they’re not as sore. You can even apply it to certain areas to get that isolated effect.

So if someone has a really sore back, they can apply the magnesium oil directly to that area, and that can help with the soreness and inflammation and that kind of thing as well.

Magnesium Oil and Insulin Sensitivity

I also think that magnesium oil works very well to optimize insulin sensitivity. The better our insulin works, the less likely we are to become diabetic or pre-diabetic, and also the more likely we are to lose fat more effectively and build muscle.

You want to have insulin very sensitive where we only have to produce a little bit to get all the nutrients into our liver, and our muscles and cells.

Mike Mahler on Hormone Optimization

Hormone optimization is a big interest of mine. It’s something that I help a lot of my clients with. Anything that helps optimize DHEA, and pregnenolone, and insulin, and serotonin are all things that magnesium oil really helps with.

But I think also having optimal levels of magnesium helps with heart health, cardiovascular health, bone health… the lists just go on and on and on.

So magnesium is something that everybody should be taking whether they are an athlete or not, and athletes even more so.

I think magnesium oil in general is a great product. And what I really love about Ancient Minerals Magnesium Oil is that it’s the best quality one that you can find on the marketplace. And it gives you the most magnesium per dose.

So you don’t have to rub on a lot to get it into your system.

It’s high quality, very efficient, and it’s just something that everyone can benefit from. But in particular, athletes are always under a lot of stress with hard training, with competitions coming up.

Mike’s Take: Magnesium Oil for Stress Management and Overall Health

Everyone is under a lot of stress these days with the economy, the job market, and so forth, and anytime we’re in a stressed state, we’re depleting our DHEA, and we’re depleting our magnesium.

So we need to restore. And magnesium oil is the most effective and efficient way to get the magnesium that we need for all the other benefits that come from it.

Daniel Reid describes magnesium’s key role in transdermal therapies, detoxification, self-healing and body alkalizing. Using the skin as a gateway to healing the body is not only deeply routed in human history but a natural instinct seen throughout the animal kingdom.

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Best Selling Author, Writer & Health Educator, Daniel Reid, speaks with us on the science of transdermal medicine and the critical role of magnesium in the body. Dan has spent years studying and writing about Chinese medicine and ancient Taoist health and longevity systems.

His written works include best selling titles such as The Tao of Health, Sex, & Longevity, The Complete Book of Chinese Health & Healing, and The Tao of Detox as well as numerous articles for magazines such as Spa Asia.

Daniel Reid:

The skin is your biggest… one of the biggest organs in your body.  It’s a major excretory organ, but you also absorb fluids through your skin through the pores.  So, magnesium in particular is easier to assimilate in the body through the skin, especially in the form of a bath.  And in addition to being the quickest way to get it into your body, it also is very good for the skin itself.

So primarily, we use transdermal application in our programs.

Blood Composition = Seawater Composition

Life on earth began in the ocean.  And it’s a well-known fact at least to Naturopaths, I’m not sure if doctors know anything about it, but the basic chemical composition of the blood is identical to seawater ? Clean seawater.  When I say identical, it has the same elements in it, and they appear in the same proportions.

So, magnesium, for example, in the ocean takes the form of magnesium chloride.  Which means, obviously, that that’s the form that your cells would recognize and accept.  And yet if you look at magnesium supplements today, it’s hard to find magnesium chloride.  You have a dozen other varieties, sulfate, and oxide, and all these others, but not the one that your cells actually recognize as the natural magnesium of the body.  But the key is if that’s the form it takes in the ocean then, you know that’s the form that the blood wants.

Magnesium Required for Detoxing & Self-Cleansing

We do use magnesium abundantly in our detox programs.  And it’s one of the most popular items among our clients.  And there are many reasons for it.  It is so comprehensive in its use.  Like I said, it’s a primary mineral required for detoxification and self-cleansing.  You’ve got to have a lot of magnesium in there.  It alkalizes.

When you do a detox, your body goes into an acid state because you’re purging so many toxins out of your cells and tissues, and joints.  It’s all acid.  So, your acid level goes up and that makes you uncomfortable.  So, during the program we use magnesium to bring people back down to a state of balance during the detox process.

Magnesium for Sleep & Relaxation

And then there’s the other thing, that magnesium is wonderful for relaxation and sleep.

And of course during the detox your whole body is agitated.  You’ve got all this stuff coming out and most people without any sort of supplementation basically don’t sleep.  They are tossing and turning all night.

So, we use magnesium.  Especially at night if a person is having problems sleeping, we give them an extra foot soak with magnesium, and they sleep like babes.

The Skin As a Gateway

The skin is probably the best path for mineral absorption specifically.

I think that’s one reason for thousands of years one of the main ways of getting your health back was to soak in a hot springs.  This is known in Europe.  It’s known in Asia.  You go to a hot springs.  You soak in a bath.  It’s not just because the water is hot.  You can do that at home.  But there are these minerals in it.  And the minerals absorb very quickly into your skin and have an immediate therapeutic effect on your entire body, and particularly your nervous system.  So, it’s very, very efficient.

I don’t think its even known to modern medicine that you can do… you can apply a nutrient this way.  You’ve heard of things like nicotine patches.  A chemical they put underneath a piece of plastic, which they stick on the skin.

But that’s not what we’re talking about.  We’re talking about the natural function of sitting in water, which humans have been doing for thousands and thousands of years.  And all animals go to the river and elephants spraying water on their backs.  It’s an ancient way for mammals to get nutrients in their body is just to soak in water.  And often it’s muddy water.  The mud is where the minerals are.  It’s not dirty.  So, all of this has been lost.

Untouched, Pure, Magnesium

Ancient Minerals brand magnesium chloride, which is what we’ve been using, has got to be one of the purest nutrients on earth because it’s been underground.  It’s been kept underground in this ancient seabed 2,000 years below the ground for about 200 million years.  And it doesn’t get any more pure than that.

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Product Application and Usage

Ancient Minerals Magnesium Lotion is a smooth, quickly absorbed emulsion of magnesium chloride in a skin-nourishing base of certified organic oils. Ancient Minerals is fragrance free and does not contain any formaldehyde releasing preservatives.

A gentler concentration of magnesium chloride than our magnesium oil or magnesium gel products, Ancient Minerals Magnesium Lotion supplies therapeutically effective amounts of magnesium to the cells while protecting the most sensitive of skin.

Ancient Minerals Magnesium Lotion is ideal for addressing skin conditions such as:

• Psoriasis
• Eczema
• Dermatitis
• Acne

Simply apply desired amount into a cupped hand and rub into the skin thoroughly. Repeat as appropriate to treatment regimen, covering any areas needing special attention.

Magnesium Lotion and Your Health

Studies show that most Americans have magnesium deficient diets, with one in five getting less than half the RDA for magnesium in their daily diets.¹

Magnesium works within our cells — the powerhouses, factories and regulators of the body’s systems. Its crucial role in over 300 fundamental biochemical reactions affects the brain, the muscles, the heart and blood vessels, and ultimately our overall health and well-being.

Yet magnesium has been placed on the short list of nutrients of concern by the U.S. Department of Health² due to widespread low intake. While many are aware of the importance of calcium, the parallel and in some ways even more crucial role of magnesium is less widely known.

Dr. Carolyn Dean, M.D., naturopathic doctor, and author of The Magnesium Miracle has said:

The real miracle is that that modern man gets by as well as he does with so little of this essential nutrient. A hundred years ago — before we depleted our soil with greedy agricultural practices — the average person received at least 500 mg of magnesium a day, according to the US Department of Agriculture. Without supplementation, in 2009, even on a pure organic diet, you’re looking at only 150 mg at best. Those on a pure McDonald’s diet may be lucky to get 50 mg. And we may need between 600 and 900 mg… per day!”³

Oral supplementation, on the other hand, encounters difficulties of absorption due to problems in the GI tract. Because all magnesium taken orally is potentially laxative, the ability to absorb magnesium through the GI tract is limited by shortened transit time.

Oral magnesium can be inconvenient as well, due to the amount needed for adequate dosage, and of course the need to swallow large pills. And sufficient magnesium is usually not added to multi-vitamins.

Considering these difficulties, topical magnesium shows clear benefits. Magnesium lotion, the gentlest form of topical magnesium, is:

• Formulated for the most sensitive of individuals
• Delivered through the skin, easily assimilated, and well-tolerated
• Directly available to muscular systems that require magnesium to function

Experts such as Dr. Mark Sircus, Ac. O.M.D., author of the book Transdermal Magnesium Therapy welcome topical magnesium as an exciting new way to enhance your intake. According to Dr. Sircus:

Just applying it to the skin like you would suntan lotion, it goes right through the skin. So, you can put this on the body and combine it with touch, and you’re getting into an area, I call it “magnesium massage”… It’s for me the best way of applying magnesium. ”⁴

Magnesium Lotion: Bold Health in an Effortless Cream

We introduced our latest product, magnesium lotion, in response to the need for a simple and effective lotion that would combine the easy, everyday ritual of caring for the skin with the important benefits of magnesium. Ancient Minerals Ultra Pure Magnesium Lotion delivers magnesium directly to the cells, while encouraging healthy skin tissue and protecting the most sensitive of skin.

Our complete line of topical magnesium products, including our magnesium bath flakes, magnesium gel, and magnesium oil spray, combine the healing power of the body’s largest organ — the skin — with the life sustaining properties of one of our most vital minerals.

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