Total Relief Magnesium Cream: What’s in It, Where It’s Sold and Does It Work? (UK)

What is Total Relief Magnesium Cream?

Total Relief is a magnesium cream marketed for feet, hands and joints that feel tired, stiff or tingly. What HiRelief’s own site said on 9 November 2026:

• Key ingredients: magnesium chloride (which HiRelief calls “Nano-Magnesium”), MSM, vitamin B6 and arnica. No full ingredients list.
• How to use: massage a small amount into the area twice a day, morning and before bed.
• Packs: 1, 3 or 6 jars, priced in US dollars, with an optional “Subscribe and Save” plan that sends a new supply every 30 days until you cancel.
• Delivery: ships to most countries; HiRelief’s shipping policy says remote or international orders can take 15 to 28 days.
• Returns: a 90-day money-back guarantee; approved returns go by post to an address given by customer support.

We didn’t find Total Relief at UK high street or online health retailers; it’s sold through HiRelief’s site, with third-party listings on marketplaces. For UK-sold creams, see our guides to magnesium cream, Sweet Bee magnesium butter and BetterYou magnesium.

Does magnesium cream absorb through the skin?

Not in amounts shown to matter. A 2017 review in Nutrients found no good evidence that magnesium passes through healthy skin in useful amounts, and a 2017 pilot study of a magnesium cream found only small changes in blood and urine magnesium. A 2025 trial of a magnesium gel found no effect on muscle recovery after exercise.

A cream can still feel pleasant to massage in, and moisturising helps dry skin on the feet. If you want more magnesium, food or a supplement you swallow is the route with evidence behind it. The NHS says most people get enough from a varied diet, and that 400mg a day or less from supplements is unlikely to cause harm. More in does magnesium cream work?, magnesium spray and Epsom salt baths.

Burning or tingling feet? See a GP first

Burning, tingling or numbness in your feet or hands can be a sign of peripheral neuropathy, nerve damage for which diabetes is the most common cause in the UK. The NHS says it’s important to see a GP with early symptoms, because the sooner it’s diagnosed, the better the chance of limiting the damage. Diabetes UK advises checking your feet every day if you have diabetes. A cream won’t treat the cause, so get it checked before you buy one. Night-time leg symptoms have their own guides: restless legs at night and leg cramps at night.

What to check before you order Total Relief

Arnica is used in many creams, but it isn’t for broken or irritated skin, so patch test first.

Evopure alternative: a magnesium drink

Magnesium contributes to a reduction of tiredness and fatigue and to normal muscle function. For forms and amounts, see magnesium glycinate, how much magnesium per day and our guide to choosing a magnesium supplement.

Check with your GP first if you have kidney disease, and with your GP or pharmacist if you take any regular medicines, as magnesium can affect how some antibiotics and osteoporosis medicines are absorbed. We don’t recommend our products during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Adults only.