What makes a baby safe stuffed animal

What is a baby safe animal.
At Warm Buddy they have been making baby safe stuffed animals since 1995.

Baby wooly

All animals have stitched eyes and small heat packs.
Here is a link to a baby safe cheat sheet
You can also see the rest of our complete line of warm Buddy products here.

Thanks
Wildflowers Aromatherapy and Gifts

Back pain,stress,lack of sleep solutions

Heating pads - back pain

We have the best selection of  Warm Buddy - heating pads & Warm up stuffed animals,all approved medical devices for back pain relief & comfort.
Our Sports Therapy wrap is one of our most popular back pain relief heating pads, can be used hot or cold depending on the therapy required.
We do have other smaller heat packs, our body wrap has a removable cover and a variety of fabric colours to select from as does our spa wrap which is perfect for the back and neck pain and we can't forget our ultra-shoulder wrap for neck/shoulder and stress relief. Plus many other heat wraps for back pain relief and comfort.
Made locally in Vancouver BC

Do you suffer from back pain?

Back pain can be extremely debilitating,painful and frustrating as the simplest of actions can pull or strain a muscle.
Warm Buddy have been making therapeutic heating pads since 1995 and they are all approved medical devices for the relief of muscle pain and stress.
The heat pack can be used hot or cold depending on the required therapy. (Hot for aches and pains and cold for swelling).
For aches and pains, just pop the heat pack into the microwave for the specified amount of time and the warm moist heat will penetrate the muscles and ease the back pain fast.
Sports athletes use them to maintain muscles by keeping them warm prior to stretching and warm ups.Thus reducing the chance of pulled muscles.
Weekend warriors also use them to warm up before weekend chores, because we all know how the simplest of chores can damage our muscles.

Do you suffer for neck & shoulder pain from too much computer work?

Working on the computer for too long can create neck and shoulder pain, stiff muscles and stress. A quick reference check, just take a deep breathe, exhale and relax the shoulders, you will notice that your shoulders will drop and you will start to feel more relaxed, prolonged use of computers and other electronic devices can cause severe neck and shoulder pain if not treated. One quick way to help relax is to take periodical stretch breaks away from the computer, if your neck continues to hurt then try one of our ultra-shoulder wraps to relieve the pain. Worksafe BC use these for there staff when they are feeling stressed out, they have noticed that after using the heat wrap they are more relaxed and productive.

Migraines and headaches?

We all get these from time to time,they can be caused by stress or in my case weather, when it is going to rain I start to get a migraine.
Each one is different to everyone who suffers from them.
Our sleep masks and eye pillows are a perfect remedy for headaches and migraines, you can use them at room temperature, put them in the freezer if you like it cold or in the microwave for 30 seconds to give you a bit of warmth.
The combination of weight to the acupressure points and the natural herbs will take the edge off the pain and help you relax and help take you back to your normal state.

Difficulty sleeping?

With all the stress in our lives sleep can be a rare commodity. We have recently developed a sleep therapy kit to help you get a more relaxed nights sleep. The kit contains a roll on, some stress relief bath salts and our sleep mask. A perfect solution for those of us who can't get that full nights sleep.

Still can't sleep?

Then maybe you need one of our world famous warm up animals. These are designed for the child in all of us ages 1 to 103.
Each stuffed animal has a removable heat pack that can be heated or cooled as required. We have a variety of animals and sizes to select from.

How to keep warm this winter

How to keep warm this winter.
Warm Buddy have been making heat packs since 1995. There main purpose was to relieve aches pains and stress.


The fact that they are heat wraps lends themselves to keeping people warm for long periods of time.
Just pop the pack in the microwave for a couple of minutes and the pack will keep you warm for an hour or so.
This will also keep your heating bills down,when using the heat packs turn the thermostat down by a couple of degrees and save money.
here’s to a warm winter.
WA+G

Back pain relief

 Back pain relief

Back pain can be caused by many things,stress, lifting heavy items incorrectly, even doing warm ups when your muscles aren't warm.
Our solution since 1996 has been using our Warm Buddy Sports Therapy Wrap

Back pain relief sports therapy wrap

plus any of our other heating pads to relieve muscle pain and to use as a heat therapy to keep muscle supple and less liable to over stretching and damage.

Sleep Sheep

 Sleep Therapy

Do you count sheep to get yourself to sleep?
How many do you count to get to sleep?
Well we have the answer, you only need one.
Our sleep sheep was designed specifically to create a warm comfortable environment to fall asleep.
It has only just been released to the market and is oh so popular.
For the child in all of us 1 to 103 year


                                                                                                                                

Add this to our sleep therapy kit and sweet dreams

Warm Buddy sleep solutions

 Sleep solutions

Kids need a good nights sleep, here is a video on how a Warm Buddy warm up animal can help them achieve this.

Pain relief and heat therapy

Warmth and heat have long been associated with comfort and relaxation, heat therapy goes a step further and can provide both pain relief and healing benefits for many types of lower back pain.
In addition, heat therapy for lower back pain - in the form of heating pads, heat wraps, . - is both inexpensive and easy to do.
We examine how heat therapy interacts with the body to alleviate pain as well as options on how to apply heat therapy to help alleviate many types of lower back pain.

Heating pad for back pain relief

How Heat Therapy Works

Many episodes of lower back muscle strain result from strains and over-exertions, creating tension in the muscles and soft tissues around the lower spine. As a result, this restricts proper circulation and sends pain signals to the brain.
Muscle spasm in the lower back can create sensations that may range from mild discomfort to excruciating lower back pain. Heat therapy can help relieve pain from the muscle spasm and related tightness in the lower back.

Heat therapy application can help provide lower back pain relief through several means:

• Heat therapy dilates the blood vessels of the muscles surrounding the lumbar spine. This process increases the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the muscles, helping to heal the damaged tissue.
• Heat stimulates the sensory receptors in the skin, which means that applying heat to the lower back will decrease transmissions of pain signals to the brain and partially relieve the discomfort.
• Heat application facilitates stretching the soft tissues around the spine, including muscles, connective tissue, and adhesion's. Consequently, with heat therapy, there will be a decrease in stiffness as well as injury, with an increase in flexibility and overall feeling of comfort. Flexibility is very important for a healthy back.

There are several other significant benefits of heat therapy that make it so appealing. Compared to most therapies, heat therapy is quite inexpensive (and in many circumstances it’s free - such as taking a hot bath). Heat therapy is also easy to do - it can be done at home while relaxing, and Warm Buddy heat wraps also make it an option while at work or in the car.
For many people, heat therapy works best when combined with other treatments, such as physical therapy and core exercise. Relative to most medical treatments available, heat therapy is appealing to many people because it is a non-invasive and non-pharmaceutical form of lower back pain relief.

Why Warm Buddy heat packs are the best for you

 Warm Buddy heating Pads

We are often asked why Warm Buddy products are superior than other heat products, below is  a chart that explains why. 

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Why Warm Buddy heat packs & heat wraps are superior for pain & stress relief
Drug Free(dom)	Warm Buddy	Gel Packs	Flax Seed	Hot water bottle	Electric heat pad	Oat grain
Heat Retention	Best	Too hot	Poor	Poor	Good	Poor
After smell	None	None	yes	None	None	yes
Moist heat	yes	None	None	None	None	None
Scalding	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Electro magnetic field (EMF)	No	No	No	No	yes	No
Washable	yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Caution!	None	Stiff & hard to mould to body	Fire hazard if over heated	Leaking	Over heating	Can overheat and catch fire
*Electric blankets create a magnetic field that penetrates about 6-7 inches into the body. Thus it is not surprising that an epidemiological study has linked electric blankets with miscarriages and childhood leukemia...more info
* Moist heat is used primarily for old and chronic injuries. It helps to loosen and relax sore muscles, tendons and ligaments, as well as increase blood flow to bring more red blood cells to the injury to facilitate healing.

Warm Buddy medical devices

Warm Buddy have been making medical devices since 1996 and we have been associated with Warm Buddy since 2000.
Warm Buddy products are designed to help with the relief of stress and pain relief.
All Warm Buddy products are approved medical devices by Health Canada for the relief of stress and pain.

Warm Buddy natural pain relief products:

Thousands of customers around the world have or are enjoying the benefits these products offer, from back pain,neck and shoulder pain,headaches,migraine ,this is my popular product as I suffer from Migraines, I just put on my sleep mask and the weight of it works the pain from the sinuses and within 10 to 15 minutes the edge has been taken off the migraine.

Pain and stress relief products

If you suffer from cramps then our warming pillow is the perfect companion for you. Sports enthusiasts enjoy the Sports therapy wrap to warm up muscles prior to work-outs and if muscle pain occurs, this is also perfect for those suffering from sciatica.
Lets not forget our world famous warm up stuffed animals, these have offered comfort to so many people, these are designed for everybody.
Plus our baby products have brought peace into many households, these are all baby safe,(stitched eyes).
Once you buy one of our Warm Buddy products they will last for years and years, we keep telling warm Buddy they need to build in obsolescence into their products as they last too long.lol
Enjoy your Warm Buddy

Pain Relief Products:

All Warm Buddy products are approved medical devices for the relief of back pain, muscle spasms, muscle pain, sciatica & stress relief. All relieved fast & naturally. Our Warm up stuffed animals offer warmth - comfort & stress relief. All our Natural pain relief products can be used hot or cold, depending on required therapy.

How to keep warm on these bitterly cold winter days

Keeping warm can be hard, high costs of hydro.
We have used our Warm Buddy heat packs to keep warm on cold winter nights.
Just pop the heat pack in the micro wave for 3 minutes and it will keep warm for an hour or so.

Sports therapy wrap heat pack

We have put together some combination packages of our most popular Warm Buddy Aromatherapy Warm Gifts at special prices.
At these prices you can afford to pamper and indulge yourself, give yourself some, you time.
Fill the bath, use some of your favourite oils and bubble bath and our bath salts and relax. After.. you can use our sumptuous bath robes and our warming slippers to add that extra bit of comfort.
Shopping couldn't be easier or faster. We ALWAYS have all the Warm Buddies in stock,, So you will never be disappointed..

Customers often ask us how we gift wrap for shipping through the postal system here is how we do it.

Corporate Wellness Gifts

Corporate Gifts

• Are you looking for  corporate wellness gifts,then let us know how many of these packages or any of our other products you require and we would love to prepare a quote for you, please send us an email with your requirements.
• Say thank you to staff and clients with a natural wellness, gift that will be appreciated for many years.
  Corporate wellness gifts will last for years, offer healthy living choices,all made locally.

Company corporate wellness programs

• Employee wellness programs are a growing need for office and business life across North America. Corporate Wellness is one of the the most vital investments that a company can make. Businesses that incorporate Corporate Wellness programs aren’t only investing in the wellness of their employees, but are taking preventative measures that will DECREASE the company’s health care costs and INCREASE the employees’ productivity.
• Worksafe BC incorporated the use of our Ultra Shoulder wraps for their employees to use should they feel stressed during work.
  • Emma Chritensen their corporate ergonomist found that individuals using the wraps had a more relaxed posture while working at their workstations, their shoulders were lower, not hunched up around the ears and productivity increased.
  • Have a look at our products here and let us know here what your needs are and how many you need and we will prepare a quote for you.

Back pain relief - Hot or Cold Therapy

This is the question we are always asked..Should I use Hot or Cold therapy for a back pain problem.
Hopefully this should answer your questions:

Heat or cold also shut down the nerves that fire the pain signals—heat relaxes them, cold numbs them. When the brain doesn’t get the pain signals, it doesn’t act to contract muscles and constrict blood flow. After applying heat or cold consistently and continually for a certain period of time, the pain-spasm cycle is broken. Then, real healing can begin. - See more at: http://www.losethebackpain.com/treatments/ice-or-heat-for-back-pain/#sthash.Q6K0Dgif.dpuf

When an injury first occurs, use ice first. This is true whether the injury is acute (caused by some trauma like lifting something heavy or sitting too long) or subacute (a flare-up of a chronic condition, like sciatica). It’s also important to use ice fast. You need to get ice to the injury within 5 minutes to get the best effect. If you’re not at home and don’t have ice handy, head to the 7-11 and buy a bag of ice. Begin treatment immediately. Apply ice for the first 48-72 hours. Use it for 20 minutes, then take it off for 20. Repeat as often as you can. - See more at: http://www.losethebackpain.com/treatments/ice-or-heat-for-back-pain/#sthash.Q6K0Dgif.dpuf

 While the overall qualities of warmth and heat have long been associated with comfort and relaxation, heat therapy goes a step further and can provide both pain relief and healing benefits for many types of lower back pain.
Muscle spasm in the lower back can create sensations that may range from mild discomfort to excruciating lower back pain. Heat therapy can help relieve pain from the muscle spasm and related tightness in the lower back.

Heat therapy application can help provide lower back pain relief through several mechanisms:

• Heat therapy dilates the blood vessels of the muscles surrounding the lumbar spine. This process increases the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the muscles, helping to heal the damaged tissue.
• Heat stimulates the sensory receptors in the skin, which means that applying heat to the lower back will decrease transmissions of pain signals to the brain and partially relieve the discomfort.
• Heat application facilitates stretching the soft tissues around the spine, including muscles, connective tissue, and adhesions. Consequently, with heat therapy, there will be a decrease in stiffness as well as injury, with an increase in flexibility and overall feeling of comfort. Flexibility is very important for a healthy back.

Cold Therapy

Do you know when to use ice and when to use heat on a sports injury? Most athletes know to apply ice to an acute injury, like a sprained ankle, but aren't so sure when to use heat. The following guidelines will help you sort it out.
Acute injuries are sudden, sharp, traumatic injuries that occur immediately (or within hours) and cause pain (possibly severe pain). Most often acute injuries result from some sort of impact or trauma such as a fall, sprain, or collision and it's pretty obvious what caused the injury.
Acute injuries also cause common signs and symptoms of injury such as pain, tenderness, redness, skin that is warm to the touch, swelling and inflammation. If you have swelling, you have an acute injury.
Cold therapy with Warm Buddy cold packs is the best immediate treatment for acute injuries because it reduces swelling and pain. Ice is a vaso-constrictor (it causes the blood vessels to narrow) and it limits internal bleeding at the injury site.

What should I use for these treatments?

Warm Buddy have been manufacturing their range of heat packs that can be used for hot or cold therapy since 1995.
These are reusable, I have been using mine for 11 years now and use it daily, I also keep a separate one always in the freezer to use on fresh/new injuries and one for use in the microwave.
Our Sports Therapy wrap is by far the most popular of our hot/cold packs, it has the longest heat holding time and has a weight that really helps work the heat into the muscle tissues to relieve the aches and pains fast.

Sports therapy wrap for all your aches and pains

 We have a complete range of heat packs that will meet all your needs, be it neck pain, PMS, headaches, lower back pain, also check out the rest of the Warm Buddy family of pain relief products.

We have also introduced a low fixed shipping rate as we are always aware that shipping costs can add up to a high percentage of the purchase.

Also to help you on the way why not use our introductory welcoming discount coupon code, this will help offset the shipping cost.

So in a nutshell use cold therapy for a new injury to reduce any swelling and hot therapy for old injuries, aches and pains.

Remember to keep muscles warm prior to any strenuous exercise as this helps reduce muscle injuries to start with..
Have a happy and safe summer.

Heat or cold also shut down the nerves that fire the pain signals—heat relaxes them, cold numbs them. When the brain doesn’t get the pain signals, it doesn’t act to contract muscles and constrict blood flow. After applying heat or cold consistently and continually for a certain period of time, the pain-spasm cycle is broken. Then, real healing can begin. - See more at: http://www.losethebackpain.com/treatments/ice-or-heat-for-back-pain/#sthash.Q6K0Dgif.dpuf

Heat or cold also shut down the nerves that fire the pain signals—heat relaxes them, cold numbs them. When the brain doesn’t get the pain signals, it doesn’t act to contract muscles and constrict blood flow. After applying heat or cold consistently and continually for a certain period of time, the pain-spasm cycle is broken. Then, real healing can begin. - See more at: http://www.losethebackpain.com/treatments/ice-or-heat-for-back-pain/#sthash.Q6K0Dgif.dpuf

Heat or cold also shut down the nerves that fire the pain signals—heat relaxes them, cold numbs them. When the brain doesn’t get the pain signals, it doesn’t act to contract muscles and constrict blood flow. After applying heat or cold consistently and continually for a certain period of time, the pain-spasm cycle is broken. Then, real healing can begin. - See more at: http://www.losethebackpain.com/treatments/ice-or-heat-for-back-pain/#sthash.Q6K0Dgif.dpuf

Heat or cold also shut down the nerves that fire the pain signals—heat relaxes them, cold numbs them. When the brain doesn’t get the pain signals, it doesn’t act to contract muscles and constrict blood flow. After applying heat or cold consistently and continually for a certain period of time, the pain-spasm cycle is broken. Then, real healing can begin. - See more at: http://www.losethebackpain.com/treatments/ice-or-heat-for-back-pain/#sthash.Q6K0Dgif.dpuf

Cancer - skin stimulation - Heat therapy

Cancer - skin stimulation:

Skin stimulation

In this series of techniques, pressure, warmth, or cold is used on the skin, while the feeling of pain is lessened or blocked. Massage, pressure, vibration, heat, cold, and menthol preparations can also be used to stimulate the skin. These techniques also change the flow of blood to the area that is stimulated. Sometimes skin stimulation will get rid of pain or lessen pain during the stimulation and for hours after it is finished.

Body wrap for heat therapy

Skin stimulation is done either on or near the area of pain. You can also use skin stimulation on the side of the body opposite the pain. For example, you might stimulate the left knee to decrease the pain in the right knee. Stimulating the skin in areas away from the pain can be used to increase relaxation and may relieve pain.

We have many customers who have gone through chemotherapy and have found our heat packs to be of great relief for their after pain, all our heat packs can be used hot or cold depending on the type of therapy required.

Warm Buddy make the best heat packs for relieving pain and stress

Warm Buddy Company creates products that promote relaxation and provide natural relief from aches, pains and stress. We have been following this philosophy since 1995, while creating our world famous aromatherapy heat wraps, heat packs, eye pillows and the original warm up plush animals.

Warm Buddy rejuvenating heat therapy products have become recognized for their superior quality and long heat holding ability. Warm Buddy heat wraps and heat packs are safe, easy to use and highly effective. Simply heat in the microwave or cool in the freezer as desired.

All Warm Buddy heat therapy products are Approved medical devices by Health Canada for the relief of aches pains and stress.

All Warm Buddy heat therapy products are proudly made in Canada.

Heat packs for fast back pain relief

Heat packs

Back pain relief starts in just 3 minutes, that is how long it takes to warm the Sports Therapy Wrap .
Muscle pain management with the Sports Therapy wrap uses warm moist penetrating heat,
that relieves muscle aches and pains fast and naturally.
The heat wrap can also be used for cold therapy, pop it in the freezer for a couple of hours and it is ready to relieve fresh muscle injuries, I always have 2 heat wraps one that is always in the freezer and the other to pop in the microwave.

Fast back pain relief - Heat pack

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.
But muscle knots …
When you say that you have “knots in your muscles,” you are actually talking about trigger points. A trigger point is a small patch of contracted, stagnant, swampy muscle tissue. Instead of the whole muscle being in spasm, just a little piece of it is in spasm.
If you’d like to detour and learn much more about trigger points, see
Trigger Points & Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A guide to the science of muscle pain, with reviews of every possible self-treatment and therapy option, even for the most difficult cases.
Trigger points are likely to be the most common cause of undiagnosed and unexplained aches and pains, especially stubborn or recurrent headaches, neck cricks and backaches. It is a much more common cause of pain than the more widely reported repetitive strain injuries (RSIs), nerve pain, or herniated disks. Trigger points also complicate essentially all other injuries: they usually appear in response to other kinds of pain and dysfunction, and then often begin to overshadow the original problem.
And heat is a good therapy for trigger points.

What heat is not for

Never apply heat to a fresh injury! Really. Just don’t do it! That’s what icing is for. Ice is for injuries.
And what’s a “fresh” injury? Any time tissue has been physically damaged, it will be inflamed for a few days, give or take, depending on the seriousness of the injury. If superficial tissue is sensitive to touch, if the skin is hot and red, if there is swelling, these are all signs that your injury is still fresh, and should not be heated.
Here’s an example of what can happen when you heat an inflamed injury: When I was still in school, and my father had not yet learned to call me before asking a doctor about his aches and pains, he went to a drop-in clinic following a traumatic knee injury. The physician on duty prescribed heat! This is shockingly wrong, but the results spoke loud and clear: his knee swelled dramatically, outrageously, causing severe pain and immobility.
Bear in mind that heating is for muscle knots or trigger points and muscle spasm, but not for physically injured muscle — muscle strains, pulled muscles, torn muscles. Damaged muscle is usually inflamed, not in spasm, and trigger points are a minor factor in the aftermath of the injury. It’s usually obvious that you’ve torn muscle because there is always a very clear, nasty “oh shit” moment of trauma, where you know — instantly — that something has gone quite wrong.
However, you may be understandably confused about the difference between spasms, knots, tears, etc., especially if you have back pain, where it can and does sometimes get all mixed together. People routinely believe that their backs and necks are injured when in fact they are just suffering from trigger points. I have other articles devoted to clearing up this confusion.
If you think you have a muscle strain, but you’re not sure, a great article for helping you sort it out is Save Yourself from Muscle Strain!
If back pain is your issue and your not sure what’s causing it, get thee to Save Yourself from Low Back Pain!
And the article (Almost) Never Use Ice on Low Back Pain! is specifically devoted to helping people understand why heating back pain is almost always better than icing it.

How heat works

It’s not scientifically clear exactly why heat is such a treat. However, a good guess is that there are several minor positive effects that add up to … therapy. Most of these effects are also beneficial in other ways. Not incredibly beneficial, and not even notably different from icing: for instance, a 2010 study showed quite clearly that both ice packs and hot packs were beneficial for neck and back pain, and about equally so.1 But a small therapeutic effect is still valuable even if it’s small, and there are probably situations where it works even better — after all, these were people with acute pain bad enough that they went to the hospital. They may have been a bit beyond the help of a hot pack!
Trigger points are known to be aggravated by stress (“fight or flight” hormones and neurology). As long as we aren’t overheated to begin with, being warm is a pleasant and comforting sensation. Our comfort zone is a warm place. Heat almost always relaxes you overall.
Overall relaxation usually reduces resting muscle tone. You can have “tight” muscles without actually being in spasm. There are many degrees of increasing muscle tone between relaxed and “spasm.” A true muscle spasm is very strong and painful, like a charlie horse. But many people live in a state of near spasm — their muscles always clenched and exhausted. This state is both uncomfortable in itself, causing the same kind of muscle discomfort that you have when you are exhausted from exercise … but without the endorphins. And of course it also aggravates trigger points. So any reduction in muscle tone is quite helpful. And the reduction in stress hormones makes it a more therapeutic (lasting) effect, as opposed to just momentary symptom relief.
Our comfort zone is a warm place. Heat almost always relaxes you overall.
Although scientists don’t really understand the physiology of why trigger points come and go, they have certainly identified why they hurt — the stagnant, swampy tissue fluids inside a trigger point are a disgusting bath for nerve endings. Heat facilitates circulation somewhat, helping to wash away metabolic waste products, and bring fresh oxygen and nutrients to the area. No one knows how strong this effect is.
As with everything about trigger points, there are many (many) variables, and consequently it is very hard to study, and everyone gets different results. But heat seems to have enough relevant benefits that many people get at least temporary, partial relief from trigger point pain by heating. And some people find it downright curative.

Warm Buddy - Stress Relief - Heat Wrap

 Warm Buddy Shoulder wrap for fast stress relief

The best Neck & shoulder pain heated neck wrap, also used for stress and tension relief.
Neck pain & stress relief heat wrap - Warm moist penetrating heat. Can be used hot or cold
People who suffer from shoulder pain rely on our shoulder wrap to ease these aches and pains naturally.

Stress relief shoulder wrap

Stress has a physical effect on the body. When you suffer from anxiety, you're putting your body through extensive, long term stress. Your body is in fight or flight mode, and that means that it's releasing hormones that tense muscles and create an overall feeling of general unpleasantness that, in many ways, contributes to further anxiety.
Neck pain is one of the symptoms caused by persistent anxiety. It doesn't occur with everyone – very few anxiety symptoms occur in everyone – but many do experience a degree of neck pain that ranges anywhere from slightly irritating to severe, all as a result of their anxiety symptoms.

Neck Pain = Anxiety?

Neck pain is a very real, very common anxiety symptom. Unfortunately, some people experience such a degree of neck pain stiffness that they actually become more anxious, and increase their neck pain experience.
The good news is that you can cure your neck pain forever. Don't just manage it. Get rid of it.

Warm Buddy and Autistic children

Autism and Autistic kids

Here is a comment from a school with Autistic and special needs children and how they are benefiting
from having Warm Buddies:
"We have started using Warm Buddies on our transitional care unit with our children who as a result
of neurological trauma have difficulty staying warm on their own.
The Warm Buddies are personalized

Large Warm up puppy

for each child with their own “collar”. It is important that our kids feel like they are in a home like
environment vs an impersonal medical setting. The Warm Buddies look and feel as if they are cuddling
up with their favorite stuffed animal however we know it is so much more than that, they are a modality
that is helping our kids stay happy and healthy". Childserve USA

ChildServe USA

Warm Buddy - Arthritis relief

Arthritis and heat relief

Arthritis and Heat or Cold relief

People that suffer from arthritis tend to not only have pain but stiffness in the joints as well. This can be extremely uncomfortable but there are various different ways that the pain of arthritis can be eased. One of the best ways to treat arthritis pain is with the various hot and cold therapies available on the market as these treatments do not require an inconvenient trip to the doctor but can instead be bought online and self-administered according to the manufacturer's guidelines. Hot and cold therapies work for a lot of people and are often chosen by those people who are looking for pain relief that is easy to get hold of and convenient to use at that moment when the pain starts to creep in.
As with a lot of pain relief methods, hot and cold therapies are not guaranteed to work for everyone, but those who suffer from arthritis will know that any safe and fully tested method of pain relief is worth a try. There are different ways to administer hot and cold treatments and the best way to choose the right one for you is simply by trying what is on offer and finding the one that works best for you and your symptoms.
As well as being extremely convenient and easy to use, hot and cold treatments can really help to prevent the onset of pain if you use it at those times of the day or year (for example at night or when it is particularly cold) when your symptoms seem to worsen. Generally speaking, if a person has to suffer without any kind of pain relief, it will take them longer to heal because their body is tense and instead of getting essential bed rest, the sufferer finds it difficult to sleep at all.
Heated pain relief can help to improve blood circulation, which in turn means increased oxygen and white blood cells to the painful areas. There are different ways to apply heat to areas of your body that suffer from arthritis, from Warm Buddy  moist heat packs and wheat bags, to wax baths and cherry stone packs and both moist and dry heat can work really well to ease muscle and joint pain.
Cold pain relief works better for some and as well as helping to reduce the pain, it can also work to reduce swelling and inflammations. Cold pain relief includes methods such as applying Warm Buddy heat packs (place heat pack in freezer for a couple of hours) to the affected area. Cold therapy methods tend to work best for temporary pain relief and reducing inflammation, while hot therapies tend to work well when treating pain that lasts longer than 48 hours.

Wildflowers Aromatherapy and Gifts

Warm Buddy Heat Packs - Heat Wraps and Warm up animals

Warm Buddy products

Warm Buddy heat packs and warm up animals are all approved medical devices for the relief of muscle pain stress and comfort.

Heat Packs and heat wraps

 Heat packs and heat wraps

Warm Buddy Company creates products that promote relaxation and provide natural relief from aches, pains and stress. We have been following this philosophy since 1995, while creating our world famous aromatherapy heat wraps, heat packs, eye pillows and the original warm up plush animals.

Warm Buddy rejuvenating heat therapy products have become recognized for their superior quality and long heat holding ability. Warm Buddy heat wraps and heat packs are safe, easy to use and highly effective. Simply heat in the microwave or cool in the freezer as desired.

All Warm Buddy heat therapy products are proudly made in Canada. 

Warm up animals

The Warm Buddy Company created the original warm-up plush stuffed animals. Each of our Warm Buddies comes with a removable inner pack that can be heated in the microwave or cooled in the freezer. These inner packs contain all natural ingredients and provide natural relief from aches, pains and stress.

Warm buddies help comfort children and adults to sleep at night. Our Warm Buddy family includes: Beary Bear, Wooly the Sheep, Puppies, Pandas, Penguins, Moosey and Froggie. The perfect gift for ages 3-100. Warm Buddy warm-up plush animals are proudly made in Canada with imported covers.

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Our warm-up plush animals have been awarded the prestigious PTPA (Parent Tested Parent Approved) Seal of Approval for excellence in parenting products. Warm Buddies won the award based on exceptional "value, functionality, quality and appeal of the product." To read more about the PTPA award visit our in the news section.

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Benefits of Heat Therapy for Back Pain relief

The Benefits of Heat Therapy for Back Pain

The over­all qual­i­ties of warmth and heat have long been asso­ci­ated with com­fort and relax­ation,
Warm Buddy heat ther­apy goes a step fur­ther and can pro­vide both pain relief and heal­ing ben­e­fits for many types of back pain. In addi­tion, heat ther­apy for back pain is both inex­pen­sive and easy to do.

How heat ther­apy works

Many episodes of lower back pain result from strains and over-exertions, cre­at­ing ten­sion in the mus­cles and soft tis­sues around the lower spine. As a result, this restricts proper cir­cu­la­tion and sends pain sig­nals to the brain.
Mus­cle spasm in the lower back can cre­ate sen­sa­tions that may range from mild dis­com­fort to excru­ci­at­ing lower back pain. Heat ther­apy can help relieve pain from the mus­cle spasm and related tight­ness in the lower back.
Heat ther­apy appli­ca­tion can help pro­vide back pain relief through sev­eral mechanisms:

* Heat ther­apy dilates the blood ves­sels of the mus­cles sur­round­ing the lum­bar spine. This process increases the flow of oxy­gen and nutri­ents to the mus­cles, help­ing to heal the dam­aged tis­sue.
* Heat stim­u­lates the sen­sory recep­tors in the skin, which means that apply­ing heat to the lower back will decrease trans­mis­sions of pain sig­nals to the brain and par­tially relieve the dis­com­fort.
* Heat appli­ca­tion facil­i­tates stretch­ing the soft tis­sues around the spine, includ­ing mus­cles, con­nec­tive tis­sue, and adhe­sion. Con­se­quently, with heat ther­apy, there will be a decrease in stiff­ness as well as injury, with an increase in flex­i­bil­ity and over­all feel­ing of com­fort. Flex­i­bil­ity is very impor­tant for a healthy back.
There are sev­eral other sig­nif­i­cant ben­e­fits of heat ther­apy that make it so appeal­ing. Com­pared to most ther­a­pies, heat ther­apy is quite inex­pen­sive. Heat ther­apy is also easy to do — it can be done at home while relax­ing, and also make it an option while at work or in the car.
For many peo­ple, heat ther­apy works best when com­bined with other treat­ment modal­i­ties, such as phys­i­cal ther­apy and exer­cise. Rel­a­tive to most med­ical treat­ments avail­able, heat ther­apy is appeal­ing to many peo­ple because it is a non-invasive and non-pharmaceutical form of back pain relief

How to Apply Heat Therapy

The most effec­tive heat ther­apy prod­uct is one of our Warm Buddy heat packs or wraps . They can main­tain their heat at the proper tem­per­a­ture. “Warm” is the proper tem­per­a­ture. Patients should not have their heat source be hot to the point of burn­ing the skin. The desired effect is for the heat to pen­e­trate down into the mus­cles. Sim­ply increas­ing the tem­per­a­ture of the skin will do lit­tle to decrease discomfort.

In many instances, the longer the heat is applied, the bet­ter. The dura­tion that one needs to apply the heat, though, is based on the type of and/or mag­ni­tude of the injury. For very minor back ten­sion, short amounts of heat ther­apy may be suf­fi­cient (such as 15 to 20 min­utes). For more intense injuries, longer ses­sions of heat may be more ben­e­fi­cial (such as 30 min­utes to 2 hours, or more).
A foot note our heat packs can be used for hot or cold therapy depending on the injury