Understand the Benefits of Using Intermittent Hot, Cold and Compression Therapy to Treat and Manage Injuries

Everyone has had a minor elbow injury.

You may have bumped your "funny bone" at the back of your elbow, causing shooting numbness and pain. The funny-bone feeling can be intense, but it's not serious. It will go away on its own. Maybe your elbow has become sore after  activity. Elbow injuries can be minor or serious. They may include symptoms such as pain, swelling, numbness, tingling, weakness, or decreased range of motion.

 Elbow injuries occur most often during:

  • Sports or recreational activities.

  • Work-related tasks.

  • Work or projects around the home.

  • Falls.


Common causes of elbow pain include:

  1. Broken arm

  2. Bursitis (A condition in which small sacs that cushion the bones, tendons and muscles near joints become inflamed.)

  3. Cervical disc herniation

  4. Dislocated elbow

  5. Golfer's elbow

  6. Gout

  7. Osteoarthritis (the most common type of arthritis)

  8. Osteochondritis dissecans

  9. Pseudogout

  10. Reactive arthritis

  11. Rheumatoid arthritis (a condition that can affect the joints and organs)

  12. Septic arthritis

  13. Shoulder problems

  14. Sprains (Stretching or tearing of a tissue band called a ligament, which connects two bones together in a joint.)

  15. Stress fractures (Tiny cracks in a bone.)

  16. Tendinitis (A condition that happens when swelling called inflammation affects a tendon.)

  17. Tennis elbow

  18. Throwing injuries

  19. Trapped nerves

Treatments vary but using hot and cold packs with compression often can help relieve minor aches and pains. 

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Physiological Effects of Cold

  • Cold is the natural analgesic for pain relief
  • Relieves inflammation and swelling
  • Reduces edema
  • Relieves sprains, strains, and tears of muscles, ligaments & tendons
  • Relieves muscle spasms
  • Helps recovery

Physiological Effects of Heat

  • Provides an analgesic effect for pain relief
  • Increases circulation to help remove debris and waste products
  • Increases oxygen and nutrients to the area which promotes healing
  • Increases cellular metabolism
  • Increases capillary permeability
  • Increases muscle & connective tissue extensibility to facilitate stretch
  • Relieves muscle spasms

Compression Tailored to the Individual

  • Uniform fit with Patient Control
  • Provides 360˚ Joint or Muscle Contact
  • Provides stability
  • Promotes alignment

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ThermoActive is a range of professional-grade therapeutic products that relieves soft tissue pain after an injury or surgery with the use of hot and cold therapy, enhanced with compression.

Features & Benefits

  • For home use or in formal rehab setting
  • One size fits most
  • Natural remedy & analgesic
  • Portable treatment – use it anywhere
  • Improved outcomes and treatment cost reductions
  • Restores range of motion
  • Reduces swelling, edema and pain
  • Reduces excessive wound drainage
  • Relieves sprains, strains, tears
  • Speeds recovery
  • Shortens hospital length of stay

Available for back, knee, foot, ankle, shoulder, wrist, forearm and calf.

Gel pack can be used for both hot and cold therapy. 

Customized compression using the air pump (included).

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