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I went to my massage therapist last Friday.  She told me that I should really think about taking an Epsom Salt bath.  I said “What?”  “What is that?”  She said it was to help relieve my aches and pains (or really my knots in my muscles) after a hard workout. 

I teach class sometimes 4 times a day.  Now, I have been lifting off and on since the 80’s.  I know when I should layout.  I don’t go extreme everything I teach a class.  But, I do know that my body is craving for some relief.  This is why I go to a massage therapist who can really get down and dirty and make me jump off the table when she hits the spot and diggs in.  She says she is not doing anything hard.  Right!

So, I go shopping for this Epsom salt stuff.  I thought Bath and Body would have it, uh NO.  But I did pick up some bath salts.  The stress relief one with a nice spearmint spell.  Very soothing.

Okay, so I told my hubby that he really needed to take a bath with this stuff.  Last night, he decided to give it a shot.  I was really shock, because the bathroom I think is the only place in the house beside the front living area that does not have a freakin TV.  The man is obsessed with electronics.  Always has been.  Please everyroom.  So much noise in the house sometimes I can even think. 

He asked me if I wanted to get in after he got out.  No, the whirlpool tub in not big enough for the both of us.  I know what you were thinking.  Would have been nice.  Okay, back to my original thoughts.

So, you are asking what the heck can Epsom Salts do for me.  OMG!  This stuff is like duck tape.  You can use it for anything.

Here is what I got off the Wikipedia.   Epsom is Magnesium sulfate is a chemical compound containing magnesium and sulfate.   Anhydrous magnesium sulfate is used as a drying agent. Since the anhydrous form is hygroscopic (readily absorbs water from the air) and therefore harder to weigh accurately, the hydrate is often preferred when preparing solutions, for example in medical preparations.

Magnesium sulfate is used as in bath salts, particularly in flotation therapy where high concentrations raise the bath water’s specific gravity, effectively making the body more buoyant.

Oral magnesium sulfate, or magnesium hydroxide, is commonly used as a saline laxative. Epsom salts are also available in a gel form for topical application in treating aches and pains.

 In agriculture and gardening, magnesium sulfate is used to correct magnesium deficiency in soil (magnesium is an essential element in the chlorophyll molecule). It is most commonly applied to potted plants, or to magnesium-hungry crops, such as potatoes, roses, tomatoes, and peppers. The advantage of magnesium sulfate over other magnesium soil amendments (such as dolomitic lime) is its high solubility.

If you really want to read more about this you can go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsom_salts.

I truly did love it.  I mixed the bath salts with the Epsom Salts to really get that spa feeling and get my muscles just to relax.  I slept really good too.

Why not try it.  You need to treat your body well as well as working it out hard.