New products coming in a few days

Small Moosey and Little Buddy Moosey

Coming in a few days time our new warm up animals.Plus the return of the Large Wooly.
Once in stock we will publish them to our warm Buddy page, keep coming back to check

Little Buddy Moosey and Small Moosey

Large Wooly

Heating pad can be good and bad for you

How a heating pad can be good and bad for you.

Since 2000 we have been selling heating pads for aching sore muscles, while these are excellent for this purpose, we also find individuals in sports and other activities that use them for warming muscles and then with their warm supple muscle proceed to stretch their muscles past their normal comfort points thus creating more damage to their muscles.

Sports Therapy Wrap

It is important to have muscle that are warm prior to any strenuous exercise but just be careful not to over extend your normal stretch points and you and your muscles will last a lifetime.
Here is a link to our heating pads. We have a variety to meet all your needs.

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.

Migraines and headache relief

Do you suffer from Migraines, I do and they are perpetuated by the weather and chocolates. I should have taken up meteorology as a career as I can tell when the weather is going to change to rain the day before it happens.

Migraine relief sleep mask

The way I take the edge of the migraine is using a Warm Buddy sleep mask, you can use these warm, cold or just natural. I prefer at room temperature, just slip the mask on and within 15 minutes the edge has been taken off the migraine.
I know ever ones migraine is different and each of us has our own way of dealing with it, but give these a try, my daughter also suffers from them and uses these as a first point of attack.
Good luck.

Keeping warm in this frigid weather

Warm Buddy have been making heat pack and warm up animals for years, while they are mainly used for muscle aches and pains, in this frigid weather they are great for keeping warm.

heat packs and heat warps

 Keep warm this winter

Just pop the heat pack in the microwave for the prescribed time and it will warm you up fast, this is also an ideal way of keeping your hydro bills lower as 3 minutes in the microwave will warm you for an hour or more, whilst keeping warm the heat packs will keep stress levels down and reduce any aches and pains you may have.
We have many different types of heat packs and warm up animals, they can all be seen here.
Here's to a warmer winter, with a warm Buddy.

Heat or cold therapy for Arthritis

Should I use Cold or heat for my arthritis pain?

A common question should I use cold or heat for aches and pains. The general rule is that in the first 48 hours after an injury, cold should be used to reduce inflammation. After the first 48 hours, ice or heat may be used. The common sense advice is: use what works! If cold makes the pain feel better, then use that. If heat makes the pain feel better, that is okay, too.
We have several items that are used by people suffering from arthritic pain.

For the hands we have our warming mitts.

Warming mitts for arthritic hands

For other general aches and pains we have a variety of heat packs that can all be used hot or cold

Moist heat pain relief

Moist Heat Therapy for Muscle Relief

Moist Heat Therapy for Muscle Relief

Moist heat therapy

The benefits of heat therapy are undeniable and truly impressive. Heat therapy can relieve stiffness and improve circulation by opening blood vessels - relieving pain from arthritis, tennis elbow, sinus headaches, TMJ, aching feet, shoulder and back pain, and many more conditions!
But how does moist heat compare to dry heat therapy? There are many advantages to using moist heat therapy over traditional dry heat:

Deeper Muscle Penetration

Because water transfers heat better than air moist heat therapy delivers more heat directly to your skin without losing heat in the transfer process. The result of this greater heat transfer efficiency is that more of the heat makes its way deep into muscles, joints, ligaments and soft tissue. This deep muscle penetration using our Sports Therapy Wrap is great for athletes; because blood flow and oxygen levels are increased the healing process is accelerated.

Faster Relief of Pain

Moist heat pads are able to relax and penetrate the muscle faster due to the wet heat. As the muscle heats up blood quickly rushes in and starts the healing process. People who use moist heat therapy report that they start feeling more relaxed faster each time they do the therapy and get better faster overall.

All our heating pads can also be used for cold therapy asn well as warm moist heat. All are approved medical devices for the relief of pain and stress.