Handy Instant Heat Pack

Description: Helps to relieve sore muscles, leg cramps and stiff necks. Great for people with an active lifestyle.

Newest Review: ... Packs so I bought a couple of packs to find out what they would do for my knee. These Heat Packs are tough plastic sachets ... more

... which contain some concoction of chemicals which makes the pad heat up once you squeeze or slap the sachet a few times to activate. I found I wasn't able to squeeze hard enough to activate the heating up, and neither was my slap strong enough, so the only way I could get these blasted things to work was to hold one end tight and slap it against the wall! A novel way of doing it, but it worked! Once I'd done this I had to massage the sachet to make sure the heat was evenly distributed and then I applied it to my poor...more

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Handy Instant Heat Pack: Should be called a Lukewarm Pad! (708 words)
by - written on 10/10/08 (Very useful, 124 readings)
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I suffer from intermittent arthritis in my hands and have developed a suspect patch on my left knee which gets quite sore sometimes. I have not yet had this diagnosed as arthritis, but I'm sure that's what is developing over time. I mentioned it when I was on the phone to NHS Direct recently and the lovely nurse recommended a heat pad when it gets particularly troublesome just until I can hit on the best medication for me. I have a wheat bag which I warm in the microwave and this is absolutely brilliant, but last week I was spending the day at my daughter's house and forgot to bring it with me. When we were out I nipped into the chemist to see what I could ... Read the complete review