Are topical treatments for tendins and and muscles really able to be absorbed through the skin?

I recently had tendinitis and found a product called "tendin resscue". Its a cream which you apply to the affected area and its supposed to be "deep penetrating"' and will actually help your tendins and connective tissue in some way. But I have trouble beliving that a cream I apply to my skin can actually seep through into my tendins. Am I wrong? Do products like this work?

Are topical treatments for tendins and and muscles really able to be absorbed through the skin?
My doctor told me that topical creams are able to "penetrate" but only if you rub them hard enough. The cream will then sorta "pass through" the skin when you rub the cream. But you have to keep rubbing for a couple of minutes. However, the amount that goes through is minute compared to oral medicines like pills.





You should ask your doctor about "tendin rescue" though, incase the situation is different.





Hope this helps.
Reply:Topical patches and creams do seep into the pores of your skin and do help the problem, but do not solve the problem. They help relieve the pain- usually you feel cold and warmth, which is what is relieving the pain. For inflamation (minor/acute) you want to use cold and for chronic you want to use warmth. Or both would be just fine. Also, you need to look at the active ingredients to see what is working and why. Extra strength is usually just that- so if the pain is really bad look into the extra strength formulas