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2. Can weighted stuffed animals help you sleep? - AOL

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   When shopping for a weighted stuffed animal, experts told us to consider the following factors: Weight: Most weighted stuffed animals are between 1 pound and 5 pounds, experts told us. Adults can ...

3. What is ‘toasted skin syndrome'? Heating pads and blankets ...

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   Skin changes can occur after prolonged exposure to any heat source, Camp noted, including laptops, heated car seats, hot water bottles, electric blankets, space heaters and heating pads used to ...

4. Heat therapy - Wikipedia

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   Heat creates higher tissue temperatures, which produces vasodilation that increases the supply of oxygen and nutrients and the elimination of carbon dioxide and metabolic waste. [12] Heat therapy is useful for muscle spasms, myalgia, fibromyalgia, contracture, bursitis. [12] Moist heat can be used on abscesses to help drain the abscess faster. [13]

5. Physical Therapists Say Heating Pads Are One The Best Ways To ...

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   Siena Large Heating Pad. Even many of the largest heating pads we tested measure no wider than 20 inches on any one side. Serta's Siena heating pad is a whopping 35 x 20 inches, so it's basically ...

6. Weighted blanket - Wikipedia

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   A woman underneath a DIY 12 pound (5.4kg) weighted blanket.. A weighted blanket is an especially heavy blanket that is used to aid sleep and reduce anxiety.Initially, weighted blankets were most commonly used as therapeutic tools to assist autistic people, individuals with dementia, and mental health conditions.

7. Heating pad - Wikipedia

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   A heating pad is a pad used for warming of parts of the body in order to manage pain. Localized application of heat causes the blood vessels in that area to dilate, enhancing perfusion to the targeted tissue. Types of heating pads include electrical, chemical and hot water bottles. Specialized heating pads (mats) are also used in other settings.