Beau, Brotha. UGH! Heal up soon. As far as DMSO, well here we go from memory.
http://www.dmso.com/First off, Luke Iams lived in New Martinsville, West Virginia. Bryan and I lived in New Martinsville from 1971 till the early to mid-eighties. I never met Luke directly, but heard stories of him including the one where in the early 70's on Easter Sunday he drove an eight year old kid that was knocked out from a very bad bicycle wreck to a hospital in Wheeling, WV about 40 miles north at breakneck speed thus enabling doctors to work on him and save his life. That kid was me.
I had heard other stories about Luke, but since I was not in to lifting, I never paid much attention.
As far as DMSO, well here we go from memory.
http://www.dmso.com/DMSO was a horse lineament that was used to help heal them. Its ability to soak into the muscle and act as a delivery device worked wonders on athletes, including runners. The thought was to crush up aspirin and dissolve it into the DMSO and dab it on the sore muscle to speed in healing. Our girls track coach was using it when I ran track back in the eighties.
Words of caution, usually the person being treated will develop the worst garlic breathe and if rubbed in will severely irritate the skin. I attached the website for DMSO that looks like they have a topical human use nowadays. Back in the eighties it was also used to scrub kitchen floors. Strong stuff.