I spent several months foolishly forgoing my regular massages. This came with a price—namely, some serious pain issues after my LMT worked out the kinks and knots I had neglected for so long. It was bad, people. So bad, I had to skip a concert I had just bought tickets for. So bad, I was unable to turn my neck without pain, or shrug, or really do much of anything that required movement.
I knew I had stumbled into a new territory of pain, because a vape session with some high-THC indica gave me scant relief. As I don’t tolerate opioids or most any painkillers terribly well, I was considering a megadose of edibles when I recalled receiving a product sample that seemed designed for just this occasion: a THC-infused pain patch.
To be clear, I’m not talking about duct taping an eighth of bud to your body. (But in the interest of seeing someone actually do this, by all means, give it a whirl. Try affixing it to your forehead. Send me a photo so I can make sure you are doing it properly.)
No, I’m talking about the Synergy Skin Worx pain patch. This locally produced item comes to us from Bud (no, really) and Mandy Seybert.
“After running dispensaries and seeing how much people needed a different way to use cannabis to manage and ease pain,” says Mandy, “we developed the pain patch with the assistance of a doctor and chemist. We found that we were able to control the delivery rates of the cannabis to the bloodstream, and that we were actually getting a 95 percent absorption rate, which was fantastic compared to other delivery rates of using cannabis such as edibles, smoking, and vaping.”
