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Drug Free pain & stress relief
Why are we so dependent on over the counter drugs and pain killers for our pain and stress relief:
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Doctors tell us we need them.
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Drug companies tell us we need them
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Advertizing tells us we need them
There are increasing concerns about our society's drug dependence for treating numerous conditions that could be cured with natural alternatives.
Warm Buddy heat therapy products have been clinically proven to be more effective for relieving lower back pain than over the counter pain medications including Tylenol, Advil and Motrin.
Warm Buddy heat therapy products can be used both hot or cold to treat headaches, back aches, muscle tension, sports injuries, stress, and for sleep therapy.
Why use pain killers
We are not totally advocating the need to give up pain killers completely,but merely the dependency on them as they should be there when we need them most.
You see our bodies build up a resistance to drugs over a period of time, if you continually take pain killers you will find you are taking 2 or 3 to kill the pain as when you first started taking them one would have been enough.
Wouldn't it be nice to have Drug Free(dom) and be able to have a natural choice, such as using our heat packs and heat wraps to ease pain and stress naturally and not be dependent on over the counter pain killers as your first option.
'You get a migraine or back pain and initially the painkiller works. But for some reason the effect starts to lessen over time.
'We know that the brain learns to have headaches and possibly neck,back and shoulder pain. Once the pain pathways are opened up the pains become more common, and this process is exacerbated by any painkiller. see pain killer dependency
We sell aromatherapy products and when we specify a particular oil for an ailment we always suggest applying it every other day or if applied daily for an extended period of time to take a break, before continuing it's use.
Warm Buddy have been making drug free pain and stress relief products since 1995 and all we use is heat or cold to reduce the pain.
Warm Buddy heat packs ,heat wraps and warm up animals are also approved medical devices, for pain and stress relief
A survey was recently carried out comparing heat therapy versus over the counter pain relief drugs and here is the outcome.
Sports medicine researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) have concluded that heat wrap therapy is more effective for relieving lower back pain than drugs such as Tylenol or Motrin, Advil, Nuprin -- Ibuprofen or any other over the counter pain medication..
The results were published in Spine Magazine. In the six-month study involving 371 patients, participants were given the maximum recommended non-prescription dosages of ibuprofen and acetaminophen or heat wrap therapy for two days to treat acute lower back pain.
The results showed that the heat wrap therapy provided significantly more pain relief beginning on the first day of treatment than the oral pain relief medications, and that the effects lasted more than 48 hours after the treatment was completed.
Dr. Nadler states, "Confirming that this [heat therapy] treatment is effective is important to patients because it gives them a treatment option that does not have the potential risk to the liver, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract than can accompany inappropriate analgesic (oral pain medication) usage." The heat wrap treatments for low back pain also proved to be "better than oral analgesics because it goes beyond pain relief to provide muscle relaxation and increased flexibility."
Low back pain is the leading cause of disability in people under age 45 and the cost to society is estimated to range from $20 to $50 billion per year, according to statistics provided by the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
A Warm Buddy Sports Therapy Wrap (pictured below) or Body Wrap is the perfect heat wrap to help relieve lower back pain. Warm Buddy products promote relaxation and provide natural relief from aches, pains and stress.
A Warm Buddy Heat Wrap has all natural ingredients that promote relief from aches, pain and stress. Clinical studies have shown heat wrap therapy to comfort back pain better than medications such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
So, instead of popping pills why not try a tried and tested recovery plan using one of our heat wraps to reduce the pain and then when you really need a pain killer to take the edge of the pain, take one pain killer, this will be enough as you body will reduced it's resistance to that particular pain killer. and you will find one will be enough, plus our heat wrap.
So, when your back or neck hurts you or you are feeling stressed out, just pop a heat pack in the microwave rather than pop a pill.
Life is all about healthy choices..make a Warm Buddy product one of yours.
Just think of these as your Pain relief Buddy or your Stress relief Buddy
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Why Warm Buddy heat packs & heat wraps are superior for pain & stress relief |
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Drug Free(dom) |
Warm Buddy |
Gel Packs |
Flax Seed |
Hot water bottle |
Electric heat pad |
Oat grain
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Heat Retention |
Best |
Too hot |
Poor |
Poor |
Good |
Poor |
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After smell |
None |
None |
yes |
None |
None |
yes |
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Moist heat |
yes |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
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Scalding |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Electro magnetic field (EMF) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
yes |
No |
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Washable |
yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Caution! |
None |
Stiff & hard to mould to body |
Fire hazard if over heated |
Leaking |
Over heating |
Can overheat and catch fire |
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*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 |
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* 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. |
Please let us know if you have any questions on natural alternatives to pain killers.
**The information on this page is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available through this web site is for general information purposes only.
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