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Moist Heating Pad |
Neck Pain Relief  Moist Heating Pad |
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Moist Heating Pad provides high quality heat therapy for the neckSoothing, comforting moist heat therapy for pain. It's such a basic idea, well-known and trusted through the ages, that we often forget how fabulous it can feel to just heat up those sore, aching muscles and joints! Even medical professionals can get so busy they don't think to mention using moist heat to relieve your pain. The Moist Heating Pad is designed to deliver the kind of intense, moist heat that can penetrate deeply to really bring relief from pain, muscle cramps and stiffness for hours. Designed for the neck our Moist Heating Pad is also wonderful for applying moist heat therapy to areas such as the sinuses or TMJ area, elbow, knee or ankle. The 17" x 4" unit with a long velcro fastener allows adjustment for a snug fit on any small area.
Doctors and physical therapists know that the intense, penetrating moist heat of Moist Heating Pad is a convenient, effective way to give patients hours of soothing relief. Having a Moist Heating Pad of your own, to use at the first sign of pain, muscle spasm or stiffness, can often let you treat a minor problem before it has a chance to worsen and require professional attention. When you have an arthritic condition, injury, neck pain or muscle spasm - it affects everything you do. Our Moist Heating Pad provides the convenience of professional quality heat therapy - on demand, to significantly improve your ability to manage your own pain. Nothing to add, no unpredictable microwave bags or smelly creams. Just press the switch and relax, as the soothing heat begins to relieve your pain. The Moist Heating Pad unit has a specially woven fleece cover. Between uses, this cover traps moisture from the atmosphere in the air spaces between the textile strands. Although the fabric does not feel wet, the application of quick, intense heat will generate this moisture into water vapor to increase the benefit of heat therapy. When activated, the Moist Heating Pad heating unit becomes intensely hot very quickly. Through what is known as "hygroscopic action", the moisture moves away from the source of heat to the cooler body tissue. When properly applied, a light layer of moisture is produced between the Moist Heating Pad unit and the neck, to allow a deeper, more effective transfer of heat into painful areas. Treatment is so soothing and relaxing that users often doze off as their pain and tension eases. If the user does fall asleep while using the Moist Heating Pad their hand will relax, automatically turning the unit off. No other product has a safety switch quite like the Moist Heating Pad.
The moist heating pad is also available with a hands-free control featuring a user-friendly on/off switch and built-in timer. Just press "on" for heat, "off" to cool and alternate as often as you like. If you happen to doze off or are interrupted and forget the unit is on, the 20-minute timer will shut the unit off for your protection.
When the unit becomes as hot at you would like (normally within 5-10 minutes or less), simply press the “Off” button to begin a cooling cycle. When the unit begins to feel cool, just press the “On” button to repeat the cycle as often as you like to maintain the optimum heating temperature for your specific needs and preference. You can restart the 20-minute timer any time by pushing the green “On” button, or end the session by pushing the red “Off” button. If you happen to doze off or just forget to press the “Off” button, the built-in timer will automatically shut the unit off for safety.  More information on the Moist Heating PadYou don't need to be dripping wet for effective moist heat therapy - just a light layer of water vapor is all you need, and most homes have plenty of humidity in the air to provide the necessary moisture. In some regions of extremely low humidity, it may be necessary to store the Moist Heating Pad cover in a humidified room or the laundry or bathroom, where there is more moisture in the air. Often, just washing the cover will allow the fabric to re-absorb plenty of moisture. There are no chemicals to wear out, and no special treatment of the fabric is required - it can be washed and dried as needed. To check that your moist heating pad is producing enough moisture, after placing the hot pack unit inside the cover, plug the unit in and lay it out flat on a glass or Formica table or counter top. Hold the switch down and let the unit warm for about 5 minutes to activate the moisture in the fleece cover. When you pick up the pad at the end of 5 minutes, you should see tiny moisture drops on the glass or Formica surface. If you run your hand over the surface, you can feel the moisture and see streaks of water. We recommend using the Moist Heating Pad directly on the skin, if possible, so that the moist heat can penetrate most effectively and deeply into the neck tissue. Using it over pajamas or a shirt will also work if that is more convenient for you. Metal buttons, clips or buckles on clothing under the Moist Heating Pad may become quite hot, and should not be allowed to contact skin directly until they have had a chance to cool. We recommend that you do not lay on top of a Moist Heating Pad, because it will reduce the effectiveness of your moist heat therapy and may damage the components inside your Moist Heating Pad. The first thing many users notice is that our units do not have the typical "low/medium/high" temperature settings. The Moist Heating Pad is so effective because it gets much hotter, and heats much more quickly, than ordinary heating pads; it would not provide such effective moist heat therapy at significantly lower temperatures. To be most effective, moist heat therapy must be intensely hot and alternate with periods of cooling. For best results, the painful neck tissues need to be heated enough to greatly increase the circulation of blood, reduce inflammation and relieve muscle spasm. To relieve aches and pains, it is necessary for the heat to effectively transfer deeply into body tissues. To make the Moist Heating Pad more efficient, we have positioned weights to cause the Moist Heating Pad to conform to body contours. This reduces air spaces between the Moist Heating Pad hot pack and body, so more heat is transmitted to the body tissues. Ordinary stiff plastic heating pads leave air pockets, which result in uneven transfer of heat. The fabric and electrical components of the Moist Heating Pad sometimes give off a bit of an odor, especially the first few times they are heated. This is normal. If you need assistance or have questions regarding the moist heating pad, please feel free to contact Neck Solutions. |
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The Moist Heating Pad is designed with a special hand-held switch. Just press for heat, release to cool and alternate as often as you like. If you happen to doze off and your hand relaxes, the unit will cool as a safety feature.
Press the green “On” button on the hand control. The time indicator bar will show four bars, each bar indicating five minutes (20 minutes total). The moist heating pad will heat up very quickly and begin to release moisture from the fleece cover.
