Some Heating Pad Options

There is nothing nicer than relaxing your sore muscles in your back and neck with a hot pad. You can go about this in a number of ways. A hot shower is great but can waste a ton of water, and not everyone has a hot tub at their home. You need to find the best options for your muscles.

You can go with the good old fashion hot water bottles, and use a cover over it. The cover is an absolute necessity so that you don’t burn yourself. The bottles are great since they keep warm for longer periods of time. The down side is if the stopper is on wrong you get everything wet.

If you want to skip the mess you can go with the electric pad. The advantages of these are they do stay a constant temperature and are conveniently fast, which is nice, but the disadvantage is they have burned many people who have fallen asleep with these on. One way of avoiding this is purchasing a model that has an auto shut of on it such as Dr Bobs neck wrap heating pad. This wraps your entire shoulder and neck area in a heating blanket helping sooth many sore muscles at once.

Another option you have is making your own heating pad for an extremely cheap price. You only need some scrap fabric from the store cut into 12 by 10 inch rectangle. Fold over so the right side of the fabric is together. You can sew the side and bottom of the fabric with a quater inch seam. Then simply turn the right side out and fill it up with lentils until it is almost full. To finish off the bag simply ship stich it together. You simply have to toss this into the microwave and heat it up for a minute or two. This will give you a heat source for your back for quite a while.