As Registered Nurse for over 20 years I thought back pain was for "wussies".........until I hurt MY back....OUCH...

For patients experiencing back pain, ice therapy is can provide significant pain relief for many types of back pain.

Most episodes of back pain are caused by muscle strain. The large paired muscles in the low back (erector spinae) help hold up the spine, and with an injury the muscles can become inflamed and spasm, causing low back pain and significant stiffness.

How Cold Therapy Provides Pain Relief

Cold therapy can help provide relief for back pain in a number of ways, including:

• Cold therapy slows the inflammation and swelling that occurs after injury. Most back pain is accompanied by some type of inflammation, and addressing the inflammation helps reduce the pain.
• Cold therapy numbs sore tissues (providing pain relief like a local anesthetic).
• Cold therapy slows the nerve impulses in the area, which interrupts the pain-spasm reaction between the nerves.
• Cold therapy decreased tissue damage.

Cold therapy makes the veins in the tissue contract, reducing circulation. Once the cold is removed the veins overcompensate and dilate, blood rushes into the area. The blood brings with it the necessary nutrients to allow the injured back muscles, ligament and tendons to heal.

The Vital Wrap is an ALL-IN-ONE system tht combines heating, cooling, and compresssion. Designed to help reduce pain and swelling. The control unit, which included a fluid reservior, manages the temperature of the water used by the system to supply cold or heat (40-105 degrees F.) to a fabric wrap attached to the body. By pumping the water through a heat-exchanging bladder inside the wrap, the control unit warms or cools the water to match the proper temperature setting, delivering precise and safe thermal therapy.

The Vital Wrap system is covered by Medicare for the diagnosis of Low Back Pain, Arthritis, Sciatia and Lower Extremity Numbness in Feet and Toes due to Diabetes (there are individual wraps for different parts of the body; i.e. low back, hip elbow, knee, shoulder, ankle, neck, hands)

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YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A SYSTEM AT NO COST TO YOU. 

A PRESCRIPTION IS REQUIRED.

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