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What is Heat therapy?

Heat therapy is most commonly used for rehabilitation purposes. The therapeutic effects of heat include increasing the extensibility of collagen tissues; decreasing joint stiffness; reducing pain; relieving muscle spasms; reducing inflammation, edema, and aids in the post acute phase of healing; and increasing blood flow. The increased blood flow to the affected area provides proteins, nutrients, and oxygen for better healing.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 12 1 Efficacy_moderate
Muscle and joint pain 10 0
HEATING PAD REALLY HELPS WHEN PAIN IS OUT OF CONTROL 7 0
Pain in lower back 2 0
Muscle spasms 2 0
Pain Relief Neck and Shoulders 2 0

See all 36 patients currently using Heat therapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Heat therapy. See all 26 dosages ►

  30minutes as needed 1other as needed 20minutes as needed 60minutes as needed 4 other weekly 1 other daily 1 daily 2 hr daily 20 min daily 30 min daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Heat therapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Heat therapy

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Heat therapy

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Heat therapy

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 27, 2012.