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Got an achy back, neck, shoulder, or other sore spot? Shop the best heating pads to soothe your muscles, tested by editors and vetted by a physical therapist.
ThermaCare is a type of Continuous Low-level Heat-wrap Therapy (CLHT), that activates upon contact with air, providing approximately eight hours of heat directly where the heat-wrap is applied. Thermacare heat-wraps are designed for specific applications, including neck or wrist pain, lower back pain, knee pain, and menstrual cramps.
Heat therapy, also called thermotherapy, is the use of heat in therapy, such as for pain relief and health. It can take the form of a hot cloth, hot water bottle , ultrasound , heating pad , hydrocollator packs, whirlpool baths , cordless FIR heat therapy wraps, and others.
A microwavable heating pad is a heating pad that is warmed by placing it in a microwave oven before use. Microwavable heating pads are typically made out of a thick insulative fabric such as flannel and filled with grains such as wheat, buckwheat or flax seed. Due to their relative simplicity to make, they are frequently sewn by hand, often ...
Stand up straight and align your head, shoulders, hips and ankles — most people jut their neck forward without knowing it, creating static tension there, so consciously move your head back so it ...
Microwave diathermy-induced hyperthermia produced short-term pain relief in established supraspinatus tendinopathy. The physical characteristics of most of the devices used clinically to heat tissues have been proved to be inefficient to reach the necessary therapeutic heating patterns in the range of depth of the damage tissue.
Photothermal Therapy, use of infrared radiation to treat cancer; Thermotherapy, use of heat for treating other conditions; Coley's toxins, a bacteria mixture used to generate fevers as an alternative cancer treatment; Tronado machine, a device that uses microwave radiation to generate hyperthermia for cancer (no evidence of benefit)
Cold compression therapy, also known as hilotherapy, combines two of the principles of rest, ice, compression, elevation to reduce pain and swelling from a sports or activity injury to soft tissues and is recommended by orthopedic surgeons following surgery. The therapy is especially useful for sprains, strains, pulled muscles and pulled ligaments.