Of all the venues he could have chosen to discuss his status, why a relatively obscure radio station north of the border, where hockey was the talk of town for most of the three-hour broadcast (Brady appeared via telephone for 10 minutes in the show’s final half-hour)?

At the outset, the show’s main host, Bob McCown of 590-AM The Fan, explained that he was given a product called Myo-Med to sample back in September. A few months later, the company called back to see how he liked it. He said it worked for him, and they then asked if he’d like to interview Brady, who also endorses the pain-relieving cream.

McCown said he would, but it didn’t occur to him, he claimed, that this was Brady’s first media interview since his injury.

They talked briefly about Myo-Med, with Brady telling listeners that he uses it frequently on his throwing arm, to help ward off tendonitis, and that he applied it to his injured ankle during Super Bowl XLII last February.

"I was fortunate to find it, and I’ll be using it for the rest of my life," Brady declared.