Muscles and joints all over your body can begin to ache from injury or just plain old age. These heat packs can also help with skin conditions like psoriasis, rather than just muscle and joint aches. More exotic materials include oil and lotion, and you can also get heat packs that are filled with herbs and grains that are commonly used in aromatherapy and herbal medicines to promote relaxation and healing. The most common substances are wheat and rice, but you can also find a lot of heat packs that are filled with a heat-retaining gel. Heat packs are simply bags made of a strong cloth that can resist heat and the microwave, filled with a heat-retaining substance.
Heat packs can help with cramping and muscle aches, and provide comfortable warmth. After a walk, your first yoga session, or as you’re recovering from knee surgery, you might want some way to alleviate your pain without reaching for the painkillers.
Most people, most days, those little aches are easy to deal with, but sometimes they get to be too much. One day you can sleep on a friend’s couch with no problems, the next you wake up unable to stand up straight for the first ten minutes because you slept a bit funny.
Getting older comes with a dozen of little aches that sneak up on you over the years.
