Ice - as a self-care method for muscles and joints can be one of the best, simplest, and safest ways of dealing with injury, pain, and discomfort. Muscle spasms, pain, and inflammation associated with soft tissue and bone can be reduced with ice bag therapy too. Hence, making ice bags a brilliant invention that we’ve relied on from childhood through adulthood, to make our lives easier.

Even though they seem to have existed forever, ice bags are fairly new inventions. It is best to use ice bags on painful, swollen, or spasmed areas (such as a swollen knee, a bruise on the thigh, a muscle strain, shoulder tendonitis, or a neck or back spasm). Treatment of acute injuries may include icing along with compression, elevation, bracing, or support. Designed to be versatile, these ice bags can be used repeatedly, to provide hot or cold relief. Identifying which situations require hot and which require cold, is imperative. It is even possible to combine the two in a single treatment.

Heat Therapy

By increasing the temperature of an area, heat therapy improves circulation and blood flow. Any temperature increase in the affliction area can soothe discomfort and enable muscles to become more flexible. In addition to relaxing and soothing muscles, heat therapy can also heal damaged tissues. People with arthritis and people with injuries such as sprains and strains can benefit from heat therapy to reduce pain and stiffness.

Cold Therapy

The use of cold therapy, on the other hand, can reduce swelling, which is associated with pain. It may be particularly beneficial to use cold therapy to manage pain associated with swelling, especially around a joint or tendon, as mentioned above. Simple application includes placing a ice bag from the freezer on the affected area for no more than 20 minutes at a time, several times a day. Osteoarthritis, a recent injury, gout, strains, tendinitis, or irritation in the tendons following activity are all treated with Cold Therapy.

Are you wondering how you can use an ice bag? Here’s a step-by-step guide on how you can do just that:

  1. Add ice to a bag about half full, and ensure the bag is air-tight before closing it.
  2. To prevent frostbite or any other injury to your skin, wrap the ice bag with a cloth.
  3. Apply the ice bag to the affected area for a maximum of 20 minutes. Time duration may change as per need and doctor's prescription.
  4. If your skin changes color after about 30 seconds, or if blisters appear, remove the ice bag immediately.
  5. Empty the ice bag immediately after use.
  6. The injured area should be iced four times a day, or as directed by your healthcare provider.

Note: Heat therapy follows the same procedure. Replace the ice with hot water and apply it as directed.

Caution: Keep the water from getting too hot to prevent skin burns.

With a commitment to providing top-quality products, Coronation’s ice bags come with a super soft fabric, are leak proof, proven to be the best for home healthcare, and can be used in the treatment of osteoarthritis, gout, tendinitis, or irritation in the tendons following activity.

Coronation Ice Bags are Sweat resistant, hence they help you relieve the pain and not wet the area where it get applied.

Coronation’s ice bags reduce swelling, pain, and tension so that you can live a life that is full of warm, endearing moments with family and friends. After all, your choices make you!