Heating Pad-Hot Packs Treatment Report
See also: Hot Water Bottle
What is Heating Pad-Hot Packs?
The heat provided by heat pads or hot packs can relax tight muscles causing tissues to relax. This decreases pain caused by muscle tension or spasms. It also causes vasodilation of blood vessels which increases circulation to the area. Types can include electrical, chemical and water bottles/packs.
Reasons used & Efficacy
| Reasons used | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain | 41 |
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3 | |||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 17 |
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2 | |||
| Back pain | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 5 |
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1 | ||||
| Cold feet | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Sensation | 2 | 0 |
See all 72 patients currently using Heating Pad-Hot Packs
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Side Effects
Schedules
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently using Heating Pad-Hot Packs. See all 31 dosages ►
| 10minutes as needed | 15minutes as needed | 1hours as needed | 1 hr as needed | 1other as needed | 20minutes as needed | 30 min all the time (24/7) | 30minutes as needed | 3minutes as needed | 5minutes as needed | 5other as needed | 60minutes as needed | 8hours as needed | 90minutes as needed | as needed | daily | 1 hr daily | 2 hr daily | 15 min weekly | 30 min every other week | 3 hr daily | 3 other daily | 4 hr daily | 5 min daily | 10 hr daily | 10 other daily | 15 min daily | 20 min daily | 30 min daily | 45 min daily | 90 min daily | ||
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3
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3
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2
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1
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2
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10
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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7
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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3
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2
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3
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3
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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3 | 50% |
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Expense
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1 | 17% |
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Personal research
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1 | 17% |
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Other
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1 | 17% |
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See all 5 patients who’ve stopped using Heating Pad-Hot Packs
Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
See all 7 patient evaluations
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- WysWoman
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: mild
- See profile
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- WysWoman
- since Oct 02, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips It helps relax my back muscles and alleviate pain. See full evaluation
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- katpalou
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: mild
- See profile
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- katpalou
- 10 hr daily
- since Dec 13, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Fibromyalgia
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips use with caution See full evaluation
See all 7 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.