Back pain relief
Back pain can be debilitating, what you need are our
heat packs that will offer fast natural relief for your back pain, these
can be used hot or cold depending on the injury.
Use it cold to reduce swelling and heat for aches and pains.
Back pain has never felt so good.
Warm Buddy
heat packs have been made locally in Vancouver BC since 1996.
What heat is for
Heat is primarily for muscle pain, and for stress relief. Warm Buddy heat packs and heat wraps
offer a warm moist penetrating heat, that penetrate the muscle tissue
and relieve aches and pains fast and without the need of any over the
counter pain medication.
The
trick is knowing what muscle pain is. Muscle causes much more pain than
most people are aware of. Some kinds of muscle pain are obvious enough —
like the pain you get after the first ski trip of the season, or
charlie horses in the night — but these are relatively isolated and
obvious examples. Also, heat isn’t especially useful for them. Charlie
horses are pretty fast, and for most people a rare problem, thankfully.
And that post-exercise muscle soreness is virtually immune to any kind
of therapy.
"IMPORTANCE of WARM-UP AND STRETCHING"
Remember “Everybody needs a Warm Buddy”
Warm-up is one of the most important elements of an exercise program. It is particularly important to prevent back pain injury:
Warm-up is low level activity, such as a brisk walk or a slow jog,
which should be completed prior to stretching and more strenuous
exercise. The objective of the warm-up is to raise total body
temperature and muscle temperature to prepare the entire body for
vigorous activity. The warm-up period prepares the cardiovascular
system, respiratory system, nervous system and the musculoskeletal
system by gradually increasing the demand on those systems so that they
are able to accommodate the demands of more strenuous activity.
Passive Warm-up:
The main goal of passive warm-up is to increase body temperature,
either total body temperature or local body temperature, without
physical activity. In passive warm-up the body temperature is usually
increased by some external means, such as wearing heavy apparel, like a
sweatshirt, and/or using our Warm Buddy
Sports Therapy wrap or Body wrap.
One of the advantages of using a passive means of warm-up is that
energy is not expended in the warm-up activity. However, for best
results it's recommended that passive warm-up be used in combination
with active warm-up.
Active warm-up:
Is composed of two types: general and sports specific warm-up. The
general or non-specific warm-up utilizes low intensity movements such as
walking or slow jogging general warm-up, involving low level activity,
is usually more effective than passive warm-up in increasing deep muscle
temperature. Specific warm-up exercises actually involve the body parts
that will be used in the subsequent competitive event. An example would
be swinging a tennis racket in a practice stroke.
The advantage of the specific warm-up is that the temperature is more
effectively increased in the specific body parts that are to be used.
THE PURPOSE OF WARM-UP: PREVENT INJURY - ENHANCE PERFORMANCE
Experts agree that the main purpose of warm-up is to increase the blood
circulation in order to raise both the general body and the deep muscle
temperatures, which in turn help to heat up the muscles, ligaments and
tendons in preparation for more vigorous activity.
A proper warm-up provides many benefits due to elevated temperatures
associated with it. The likelihood of any back pain injury is reduced.
Athletic performance can be improved. The warm-up increases muscle
efficiency, reduces potential for muscle pulls, improves reaction time
and improves the speed of movement of muscled and ligaments.
Proper warm-up can also help reduce the severity of post-exercise
muscle soreness. The higher temperatures and increased blood flow
resulting from warm-up are important for delivery of oxygen to the
muscles and for prevention of build-up of unwanted waste products which
can lead to muscle soreness.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WARM-UP and STRETCHING: WARM-UP THEN STRETCH
There is an important difference between warm-up and stretching. Many
people stretch and call it warm-up. This is incorrect. It is important
to warm-up before stretching. If one stretches the muscles without prior
warm-up, the muscles are cold and are more prone to injury, such as
muscle tear or strain. Before exercising, begin with a warm-up period to
raise the body temperature.
You want to get the heart pumping and increase blood flow to the
muscles before stretching. Slow running in place, a slow aerobic dance,
or a walk-jog (all with ball), and the application of an external heat
pack, is an ideal warm-up regimen to help prepare the muscles for
stretching and therefore reducing the posibility of
back pain injury.
Back pain in early pregnancy:
Here is a heart felt story from Kristina
@
swankmama which will resonate with anyone going through
lower back pain in early pregnancy.
Being pregnant the
second
time around has pretty much been the same as when I was pregnant with
my son: fast, easy and free of any morning sickness or nausea. The only
thing that I didn't have with my first pregnancy that I now have with
this one is lower back pain. It comes and goes but the turning point was
when I strained my back on our recent Disneyland vacation. I could
hardly move and yet my son still wanted to be picked up constantly
during our trip.
That's where Wildflowers Aromatherapy & Gifts came in to the rescue!
Wildflowers is a Vancouver based eco-conscious company run by Peter and
Patricia and serving customers worldwide. They carry a full line of
Warm Buddy products which provide back pain, neck & shoulder pain
and stress & tension relief. Filled with natural milled rice, Warm
Buddy heating pads and wraps are aromatherapy scented with pure lavender
flowers and essential oils making it a relaxing and soothing experience
for your body. Wildflowers also prides themselves on buying all locally
made products to share with the world.
To heat up your Warm Buddy, you simply put it in the microwave for the required time {my
Warm Buddy Body Wrap
takes 2-3 minutes - I've been warming it up at just under 3 minutes}
and it will retain its heat for hours. I love that I can use it on my
back as soon as I take it out of the microwave since the heat has been
distributed evenly and it's not super hot to the touch. Usually, I wake
up a few times a night for a bathroom break {another pregnancy
"symptom"} and my Warm Buddy is still warm! The website says that it
will retain its heat for 1 hour or longer and it seems like mine is on
the longer side.
In addition to heating up your Warm Buddy, you can also throw it in your
freezer {in a Ziploc bag} to reduce inflammation and relieve
lower back pain related to sprains, bumps and bruises, inflamed muscles, etc.
When my
lower back pain was at it's worse, all I could
think about during the day was coming home, putting my heated Warm Buddy
Body Wrap on my back and waking up virtually pain free. I found that it
helped alleviate the pain during the night so I could sleep better and
the pain wouldn't return until halfway through the next day. I would
highly recommend Wildflowers and their Warm Buddy Body Wrap as a
natural, pain relief alternative to taking pain medication to relieve
the pain. In addition, the Body Wrap comes with a washable cover that
can be hand or machine washed.
Thank you Wildflowers you are a life saver with your
Microwave heating pad for back pain relief.
