Kobayashi Cura-Heat Reviews

The cura-heat range is a range of air activated heat packs individually designed to provide pain relief in different areas of the body. I have used the packs for knees and also the back and shoulder pain packs. A box of 3 back and shoulder packs costs around £2.50 and a similar price for the knee treatment pack. They are available in boots and ...  Read the complete review

I suffer from very severe period pain and tend to have to stay in bed with a hot water bottle so when I saw a packet of these in the pound shop (£1 for three!) I thought I'd try them as they might allow me to be a bit more mobile during my time of the month. They are air-activated so they start working as soon as you open the individual ...  Read the complete review

A long time ago I used to use heated pain relief pads by Deep Heat on my back when I used to get really bad pain, but at nearly £2 for one pad, they were expensive, and although I think they're a better solution than taking tablets, I couldn't really afford to keep using them when I could buy a pack of Ibuprofen for about 40p. I was ...  Read the complete review

Last week, I woke up with a pain in my arm, at the point where the top bit meets the elbow - and I don't even know why, as I cannot remember banging it or twisting it. You know how sometimes, a pain just appears from nowhere? (Maybe it's Dooyooers Cramp, caused by too much sitting here typing?) Anyway, I remembered that I had these ...  Read the complete review

In my haste, one day last week, I stretched up to reach something from a cupboard, without going and getting a step.......I'm not particularly tall, so I did that sort of wobbly, standing on tiptoes, thing trying to coax my desired item from the shelf.......resulting in a pulled muscle in my back. No one to blame by myself. I am very ...  Read the complete review

Incase your not sure what these actually are (and I wasnt the first time I bought them) they are patches that when in contact with the air (i.e opened up from the sealed packet) warms up. Its supposed to stay hot for around 8 hours. They are used for muscular pain and period pains. I brought these as I had bad period pains and my back ...  Read the complete review