Yesterday morning I woke up with a serious pain on my neck and shoulder area, obviously I slept in a bad position the night before.
I took some pain killers, but the truth is that they didn’t do much for the pain I had, so I started thinking, what else can I do to naturally get rid of the pain…? Then it occured to me… HEAT!
But, how exactly does heat help with muscle or joint aches and pain?
For thousands of years people have treated pain with heat, but how exactly does heat help with ahces and pains?
1) Heat relaxes muscles – this in turn reduces the tension and spasms of the muscles bringing immediate relief to the pain.
2) Heat increases blood flow - this supplies oxygenated blood to damaged tissues and at the same time flushes out excess metabolites that the immune system sends to damaged tissues.
3) Heat interferes with pain signals to the brain – although it is still a mystery how it exactly works, the nerves that send the pain signals to the brain get “confused” when they receive the signals of hot and cold and then the original “pain message” is dominated by the “hot message”.
Be careful when using heating pads!
People who use heating pads regularly usually say that the heating pad alleviates their pain and makes the pain bearable, however, it has been shown that these heating pads could produce or worsen inflammation.
Other people complain that the heat makes their pain worse…
This usually occurs when your source of heat is too hot, when you leave the heating pad or hot water bottle for too long or when you apply the heat while the tissue is too inflamed.
Using a heating cream such as Forever Aloe Heat Lotion, can not only help you ease your pain without the dangers of a heating pad or hot water botttle, but because of its convenient shape and size you can keep one in your gym bag, another one in your brief case, your car, your purse, your desk drawer… anywhere!
The Forever Aloe Heat Lotion is part of our body skin care product line and it’s an aloe-based, non-greasy lotion that gently warms up the affected area when you massage it into your skin, soothing the pain instantly and at the same time it moisturizes your skin.
You can learn more about our Aloe Heat Lotion here!
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