In 2003, claims were made that Paula Radcliffe owed her spectacular London Marathon success in part to the healing properties of Emu Oil. Emu Oil is a traditional remedy used by Aborigines to alleviate pain and speed healing - indeed , it was athlete Cathy Freedman, a gold medal winner at the Sydney Olympics, who introduced Emu Oil to Paula Radcliffe's physical therapist, Gerard Hartman. When Radcliffe suffered severe injuries after being hit by a bike on a training run just five weeks before the marathon, Hartman ordered a supply of the oil for next day delivery after researching Emu Oil. Hartman's worry was that if the wounds from her scraped shoulder and knees got crusty and hard, they would make it difficult for Paula to flex her knees properly. But the oil kept them soft, and definitely speeded up the healing process. Hartman applied the Emu Oil four or five times a day and in three weeks the wounds were healed. Articles were carried on this miracle at the time in the Daily Mail, the Times, Athletics Weekly, The Herald, Zest for Life and Muscle & Fitness amongst others.
Stars such as Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith and Goldie Hawn supposedly swear by Emu Oil's anti-aging properties.
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