X-post- Total knee replacement and pain management

Sorry that I am hijacking the thread but I too broke my sacrum and the pain was really excruciating.  Much worse than before or after my hip replacement.  A massage therapist I was seeing made me an oil using black pepper as one of the ingredients to rub on it.  It provided so much pain relief and I think it was pretty natural.

Thanks.  I will see if my massage therapist knows any thing with black pepper.  I have used icy hot a couple of evenings when I couldn't stand it any longer and that seems to help some.