Hot/Cold Compress – Universal Pad: The Ultimate Solution for All Your Pain Relief Needs

Description

Hot/Cold Compress – Universal Pad treats everything from arthritis to pulled muscles to inflammation with ice packs or heating pads all over the body.

Treating pain with hot and cold can be extremely effective for a number of different conditions and injuries, and easily affordable.

The tricky part is knowing what situations call for hot, and which call for cold. Sometimes a single treatment will even include both.

As a general rule of thumb, use ice for acute injuries or pain, along with inflammation and swelling. Use heat for muscle pain or stiffness.

Heat therapy works by improving circulation and blood flow to a particular area due to increased temperature. Increasing the temperature of the afflicted area even slightly can soothe discomfort and increase muscle flexibility. Heat therapy can relax and soothe muscles and heal damaged tissue.

When applying heat therapy, you can choose to use local, regional, or whole body treatment. Local therapy is best for small areas of pain, like one stiff muscle. You could use small heated gel packs if you only want to treat an injury locally. Regional treatment is best for more widespread pain or stiffness and could be achieved with a steamed towel, large heating pad, or heat wraps. Full body treatment would include options like saunas or a hot bath.

When not to use it?

There are certain cases where heat therapy should not be used. If the area in question is either bruised or swollen (or both), it may be better to use cold therapy. Heat therapy also shouldn’t be applied to an area with an open wound.

People with certain pre-existing conditions should not use heat therapy due to the higher risk of burns or complications due to heat application. These conditions include:

• diabetes
• dermatitis
• vascular diseases
• deep vein thrombosis

Minor stiffness or tension can often be relieved with only 15 to 20 minutes of heat therapy.

Moderate to severe pain can benefit from longer sessions of heat therapy like a warm bath, lasting between 30 minutes and two hours.

Cold therapy is also known as cryotherapy. It works by reducing blood flow to a particular area, which can significantly reduce inflammation and swelling that causes pain, especially around a joint or a tendon. It can temporarily reduce nerve activity, which can also relieve pain.

When not to use it?

People with sensory disorders that prevent them from feeling certain sensations should not use cold therapy at home because they may not be able to feel if the damage is being done. This includes diabetes, which can result in nerve damage and lessened sensitivity.

You should not use cold therapy on stiff muscles or joints.

Cold therapy should not be used if you have poor circulation.

Use cold therapy for short periods of time, several times a day. Ten to 15 minutes is fine, and no more than 20 minutes of cold therapy should be used at a time to prevent nerve, tissue, and skin damage. You can elevate the affected area for the best results.

FEATURES:

• Made of flexible plastic that fits comfortably to your body.
• PVC material, flexible after cooling or heated, contact skin largely comfortably.
• Inside each compress, the pack is a special temperature sensitive non-toxic gel.
• Pack with the non-woven or bandage protective cover can provide you with comfortable hot & cold therapy conveniently.
• Can get cooling in the fridge or get heated in the micro-oven.
• Environment-friendly material without any side-effect.
• Non-toxic, non-caustic material inside, reusable.