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If stress is not han­dled prop­erly, more seri­ous ill­nesses may result.

How Seri­ous a Threat to Your Health is Stress?

Many believe that prac­ti­cally every ill­ness has stress reac­tion as a con­tribut­ing fac­tor. Some­one who han­dles stress well just sim­ply doesn’t get sick.

How often are the times you have caught a cold or flu also been times when you were wor­ried or stressed about some­thing more than nor­mal, or even deal­ing with some kind of trauma?

This is why it is wise to remem­ber what­ever reme­dies you choose for tem­po­rary relief, there must in addi­tion be con­scious work toward releas­ing stress pat­terns and habits that keep the worry mode, or anx­i­ety in place.

Here’s some­thing to think about. Is stress dif­fer­ent today than it was a few decades ago? Con­tem­po­rary stress tends to be more per­va­sive, per­sis­tent and insid­i­ous because it stems pri­mar­ily from psy­cho­log­i­cal rather than phys­i­cal threats. It is asso­ci­ated with ingrained and imme­di­ate reac­tions over which we have no con­trol and were orig­i­nally designed to be ben­e­fi­cial such as:

* The heart rate and blood pres­sure soar to increase the flow of blood to the brain to improve deci­sion mak­ing.
* The blood sugar rises to fur­nish more fuel for energy as the result of the break­down of glyco­gen, fat and pro­tein stores.
* The blood is shunted away from the gut, where its not imme­di­ately needed for pur­poses of diges­tion. It goes to the large mus­cles of the arms and legs to pro­vide more strength in com­bat, or greater speed in get­ting away from a scene of poten­tial peril.
* Also clot­ting occurs more quickly to pre­vent blood loss from lac­er­a­tions or inter­nal hemorrhage.

These and myr­iad of other imme­di­ate and auto­matic responses have been exquis­itely honed over the lengthy course of human evo­lu­tion as life sav­ing mea­sures to facil­i­tate prim­i­tive man’s abil­ity to deal with phys­i­cal challenges.

How­ever, the nature of stress for mod­ern man is not an occa­sional con­fronta­tion with a saber-toothed tiger or a hos­tile war­rior but rather a host of emo­tional threats like get­ting stuck in traf­fic and fights or mis­un­der­stand­ings with cus­tomers, co-workers, or fam­ily mem­bers, that often occur sev­eral times a day.

Unfor­tu­nately, our bod­ies still react with these same, archaic fight or flight responses that are not only use­ful­ness but poten­tially dam­ag­ing and deadly. Repeat­edly invoked, it is not hard to see how they can con­tribute to hyper­ten­sion, strokes, heart attacks, dia­betes, ulcers, neck or low back pain and other “Dis­eases of Civ­i­liza­tion.“

Feel­ing a Bit Stressed These Days?

You’re not alone! Traf­fic jams, dead­lines, bills to pay, job changes, end­less chores and errands, rela­tion­ships, fam­ily prob­lems, it’s always some­thing and of course we are on the brink of war.

Stress is expe­ri­enced by every­one at one time or another. It requires the body to make phys­i­cal and chem­i­cal adjust­ments in order to main­tain the nec­es­sary phys­i­o­log­i­cal bal­ance for sur­vival. A rac­ing heart, a burst of energy, and mus­cle ten­sion are the body’s phys­i­cal responses to stress. When faced with dan­ger, some of the first stress reac­tions are a rise in blood pres­sure, quicker breath­ing and heart beat, and dilated pupils. Sight and hear­ing become more alert.

This reac­tion is an instinc­tive response that pro­tects us from threats to our sur­vival. Phys­i­o­log­i­cal changes are part of the “fight or flight” response, which pre­pares and ener­gizes a per­son to con­front or flee from dan­ger. After the threat has passed or a change takes place, the “alarm” signs dis­ap­pear. The body is still aroused but is adapt­ing to the change.

When you “gear up” under stress, your body begins to do more of some things and less of oth­ers. For exam­ple, blood cir­cu­la­tion increases, but diges­tion slows down or even stops. First symp­toms of these diges­tive orders may be Per­sis­tent Indi­ges­tion or Colitis.

Once the stress ends, your body goes to work to restore the bal­ance. How­ever, if stress returns too soon, your body will never have time to get back on an even keel. Even­tu­ally, this can lead to major health prob­lems. Exhaus­tion occurs, caus­ing dam­age to the person’s phys­i­cal and emo­tional well-being. If the stress is short-term, chances are good that it can be dealt with. It is long-term stress that causes the body to break down and has many real phys­i­cal effects.

Some of the dis­or­ders asso­ci­ated with stress are:

* Anx­i­ety
* High blood pres­sure
* Headaches
* Depres­sion
* Weak­ened Immune Sys­tem
* Higher Cho­les­terol Lev­els
* Sleep­less­ness
* Impo­tence
* Migraine Headaches
* Diar­rhea
* Loss of Appetite
* Increased Appetite

If stress is not han­dled prop­erly, then more seri­ous ill­nesses will result.

There is no escape from stress. You must learn how to han­dle it.

Relax­ation is often dif­fi­cult. But nec­es­sary to alle­vi­ate the stress. Nature Cre­ation (www.naturecreation.com) is one com­pany who man­u­fac­tures nat­ural herbal ther­apy packs. The prod­ucts are filled with 9 essen­tial nat­ural herbs, which the essence of scents will bring nat­ural relax­ation stim­u­la­tion to your brain. In addi­tion, the prod­ucts can also be used as hot or cold ther­apy. These are excel­lent if you have mus­cle stiff­ness, body pain, headache, cramps or awk­ward twist of your nerves.

The design of Nature Cre­ation prod­ucts are ergonom­i­cally fit com­fort­ably to the con­tour of your body. There are 18 patented shapes and sizes and five unique col­ors to choose.

Please visit the com­pany web­site to learn more of the prod­ucts and all the benefits.

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inflam­ma­tion can be treated two ways, Heat or cold therapy.

Heat Ther­apy: Heat increases blood flow and makes con­nec­tive tis­sue more flex­i­ble. It tem­porar­ily decreases joint stiff­ness, pain, and mus­cle spasms. Heat also helps reduce inflam­ma­tion and the buildup of fluid in tis­sues (edema). Heat ther­apy is used to treat inflam­ma­tion (includ­ing var­i­ous forms of arthri­tis), mus­cle spasm, and injuries such as sprains and strains.

Cold Ther­apy (Cryother­apy) may help numb tis­sues and relieve mus­cle spasms, acute low back pain, and acute inflam­ma­tion. The ther­a­pist lim­its the time and amount of cold expo­sure to avoid dam­ag­ing tis­sues and reduc­ing body tem­per­a­ture (caus­ing hypother­mia). Cold is not applied to tis­sues with a reduced blood sup­ply (for exam­ple, when the arter­ies are nar­rowed by periph­eral arte­r­ial disease).

A sim­ple to use ther­mal pack is usu­ally avail­able in phar­ma­cies or online drug store. Our favorite prod­uct to treat inflam­ma­tion is Nature Cre­ation herbal pack. This prod­uct is made of 9 essen­tial nat­ural herbs which can be used as hot or cold treat­ments. These flex­i­bil­ity allow us to adapt the func­tions to meet our treatments.

In addi­tion, Nature Cre­ation prod­ucts are com­monly used to relief headache/ migraine, back pain, neck pain, men­strual pain, carpal tun­nel syn­drome, and other joints pain. The web­site is very intu­itive and will guide you to pick the right prod­uct for your needs.

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Nature Cre­ation is com­mit­ted to pro­vide com­pre­hen­sive infor­ma­tion of the ben­e­fits and usages of our prod­ucts. On the fol­low­ing video pre­sen­ta­tion, you will learn the ben­e­fits and appli­ca­tion of our pop­u­lar prod­ucts designs.

Nature Cre­ation prod­ucts are known to relief pains asso­ci­ated to mus­cle dis­com­forts, body dis­com­forts, stress, men­strual pains, headache, fever and many more. These prod­ucts can be used as hot or cold treat­ments and can be used repeatably.

Please watch the fol­low­ing pre­sen­ta­tion. If you need more infor­ma­tion, visit http://www.naturecreation.com

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Intro­duc­tion

            Nature Cre­ation® was estab­lished in 1996 and started out as a sim­ple herbal pack busi­ness.  In 2004, it evolved to become the lead­ing man­u­fac­ture of nat­ural hot & cold herbal ther­apy pack in USA. 

            Nature Cre­ation® prod­ucts are eas­ily found in major shop­ping malls and our exclu­sive web­site, www.naturecreation.com.  Our man­u­fac­tur­ing facil­ity is located in Chatsworth, Cal­i­for­nia and we have two strate­gic dis­tri­b­u­tion facil­i­ties in USA to sup­port fast deliv­ery to our clients.

Why is Nature Cre­ation®?

If you’re nurs­ing limb or joint prob­lems rang­ing from sports injuries to arthri­tis, con­ven­tional flat hot or cold packs miss the mark — lit­er­ally. They pro­vide only par­tial cov­er­age of the trau­ma­tized area because of their rec­tan­gu­lar con­struc­tion and inabil­ity to bend when frozen.

The herbs pack ther­apy from Nature Cre­ation® con­quers those flaws with a patented com­fort design that com­pletely encir­cles the area with heat or cold for faster and bet­ter treat­ment. Nature Cre­ation® is a man­u­fac­ture of fam­ily of reusable herbal pack that fit over the shoul­der, wrist, knee, thigh or other body parts. These inno­v­a­tive packs wrap the limb or joint in a flex­i­ble, cushion-like padding that stays in posi­tion with straps & wraps for rapid hands-free use. The total cov­er­age allows the entire cir­cum­fer­ence of the injured area to be treated at one time instead of in stages as required with a flat pack. The pro­pri­etary of 9 essen­tial nat­ural herbs fill­ing stay soft when frozen or heated to allow the pack to mold to the body, ensur­ing deep hot or cold pen­e­tra­tion of soft tis­sues. Together, these fea­tures reduce treat­ment time, pro­vide faster pain relief, keep swelling to a min­i­mum, and increase over­all effectiveness.

Used hot, the Nature Cre­ation® herbal packs pro­vide sooth­ing surround-the-limb relief for arthri­tis, carpal tun­nel syn­drome, mus­cle aches, post-operative pain and more. They heat in the microwave in about one minute or two, and their abil­ity to be used repeat­edly can save hun­dreds of dol­lars over expen­sive one-time-use hot packs.

Used cold, Nature Cre­ation® herbal packs pro­vide first aid for acute soft tis­sue injuries, ten­nis elbow and other con­di­tions that require cold appli­ca­tions to com­bat swelling, pain and bruis­ing. The insu­lat­ing pro­tec­tive cover solu­tion that is offered as a an option with each pack will pro­tect the skin from extreme tem­per­a­tures also sup­plies slight com­pres­sion, allow­ing the herbs to address two of the four steps in the RICE (rest,

ice, com­pres­sion, ele­va­tion) method of injury treatment.

Nature Cre­ation® Hot/Cold Ther­apy herbal packs are nat­ural solu­tion of pain ther­apy and can go from freezer to microwave and back over and over again.

Nature Cre­ation® Com­mit­ment to Qual­ity & Values

The ideal design of Nature Cre­ation® prod­ucts is to pro­vide nat­ural sooth­ing ther­apy in the com­fort of your daily life. Through out the years, we had many com­pli­ments and sug­ges­tions on what to expect and how to improve the designs and the exe­cu­tion of our products.

We did all the researches and exper­i­ments, which finally came out in details as followed:

• Per­fect Bal­anced of Blended For­mula from 9 Essen­tial Nat­ural Herbs

Unlike the pre­vi­ous blend, the new blend con­tains smaller par­ti­cles of high qual­ity nat­ural herbs. They will not harsh or absurd the skins, which allow the users to put the packs on almost any parts of the body or to walk com­fort­ably, while main­tain the heat and cold effect on the prod­uct. The hand-selected herbs include Chamomile, Cin­na­mon, Lemon grass, Pep­per­mint, Rose­mary, Spearmint, White Wil­low, Yarrow, Yellow-Dock Root. In addi­tion, we add Flax Seed and Wheat as the heat­ing and cool­ing ele­ments to the blends.

• Extended & Improved Sewing Methods

Dura­bil­ity and com­fort are two main rea­sons of this improve­ment. We exper­i­mented exten­sively with var­i­ous durable, but soft mate­ri­als for the inner sole, padding, and outer fab­rics. Yet, we always put the pri­or­ity of com­fort to the users. As the final designs revealed, we dis­cov­ered new method of sewing pat­terns to strengthen the joints and com­bined to bet­ter fab­rics, which even­tu­ally improved the users’ expe­ri­ences of excel­lent heat­ing & cool­ing effects. This new multi lay­ers Zigzag sewing pat­terns and new fab­rics will guar­an­tee to improve the dura­bil­ity of all Nature Cre­ation® products.

• Easy Open­ing and Sealed of Pro­tec­tive Covers

It is now eas­ier to remove or replace the pro­tec­tive cov­ers onto the packs. The improved design of the pro­tec­tive cov­ers extends the flex­i­bil­ity, while the new sewing sys­tems allow the cov­ers to open wider to take-in & out of the packs easily

• Col­ors of Synergy

The thicker, but soft outer fab­rics will enhance the dura­bil­ity & com­fort, yet they match the mar­ble col­ors of other Nature Cre­ation® prod­ucts. Now, you can use the com­plete sets of Nature Cre­ation® col­lec­tions and be in har­mony of per­fect syn­ergy with your favorite colors.

 

• 1-Year Crafts­man­ship Warranty

We are con­fi­dent to the qual­ity, com­fort and sooth­ing ther­apy of our new & improved prod­ucts, which we back it up with 1-year crafts­man­ship war­ranty. If you find any work­man­ship defects or issues within the first year of pur­chase, we will replace your prod­ucts and extend the war­ranty on the replace­ment for an addi­tional 1-year.

Nature Cre­ation® Fea­tures Products

Upper Body Wrap

            This is a spe­cial patented design of Nature Cre­ation® col­lec­tions.  This ulti­mate Upper Body Wrap will cover the upper back, shoul­ders, neck and chest area in one con­ve­nient wrap! The Upper Body Wrap mea­sures approx­i­mately 18”x11” and the Vel­cro straps make it easy to wrap around your neck and shoul­ders, hold­ing the pack com­fort­ably in place.

            The 9 essen­tial fill­ing nat­ural herbs will work simul­ta­ne­ously to reduce stiff­ness and relive mus­cu­lar pain in the upper back and shoul­ders on hot appli­ca­tion.  It also will pro­mote mus­cle relax­ation, relieve pain due to sprains, injured mus­cles and minor headaches on cold application.

Shoul­der Wrap

            Shoul­der Wrap is our best seller, since it was incepted in 2004.  The design will con­form eas­ily around the neck, shoul­ders, and upper back.  The Shoul­der Wrap can be used as hot or cold appli­ca­tion.  If you use it hot, the fill­ing of the nat­ural herbs will ele­vate mus­cle aches, stiff­ness around the neck/ shoul­der area and upper back.  If used as cold appli­ca­tion, it will relief minor headaches, reduce swelling and shoul­der cramps.

            Shoul­der Wrap is also avail­able as unscented prod­uct.  It is filled with 100% nat­ural grains.

Neck Wrap

            The Neck Wrap is designed for the base of the neck.  It is very sup­port­ive and very suit­able for most trav­el­ers who likely to sleep in the car or on the air­plane.  The Neck Wrap is also very grat­i­fy­ing for most peo­ple who love to read books or watch tele­vi­sion.  The nat­ural herbal seeds inside the pack may adjust to the pro­por­tion of the neck to pro­vide excel­lent grab for ulti­mate treat­ments.  If you heat it, it will relieve neck stiff­ness, mus­cle pain and shoul­der ten­sion.  If you use it cold, it may reduce swelling, fever, and pro­mote mus­cle relaxation.

The aroma of inside herbs is sooth­ing and refresh­ing.  It may reju­ve­nate your mind and body, in addi­tion to relief minor headaches.  The Neck Wrap is avail­able in mul­ti­ple col­ors, such as Black, Blue, Green, Pur­ple, Orange and Red.

Spine/ Back Pack

            The Spine/ Back Wrap is Nature Cre­ation® orig­i­nal multi-purpose design intended to relive lower and upper back pain.  This long pack is mea­sured approx­i­mately 16.5” x 8” and can be placed around your lower back or along your spine.  It is effec­tive to relief aches and pain or to reduce stiffness. 

            Wrap your abdomen with the pack to relieve men­strual cramps and mus­cle pain.  Secured with two Vel­cro straps, the Nature Cre­ation® Back/ Spine Pack is so com­fort­able; you are free to walk around with it at anytime.

Back/ Abdomen Pack

            Nature Cre­ation® Back/ Abdomen Pack is mea­sured approx­i­mately 15.5” x 5” and can be placed com­fort­ably around your lower back to relieve men­strual pains, back aches and stom­ach pain or other mus­cu­lar pain issues within the area.

Eye Laven­der Wrap

            The Eye Laven­der Wrap is packed with 100% nat­ural Laven­der flow­ers seeds.  Laven­der has strong enchant­ing smell, which is great to relieve migraines, headaches, stress and depres­sion.  The design is very com­fort­able for your eyes, while it will reduce puffi­ness and sore eye muscles. 

The Eve Laven­der Wrap is designed for cold tem­per­a­ture.  Please do not heat the pack.  The Eye Laven­der wrap comes in mul­ti­ple col­ors, such as Black, Blue, Green, Grey, Orange and Red.

Herb Pack

            This is Nature Cre­ation® Multi-Purpose Herb Pack.  It is multi– pur­pose because it is very adapt­able and flex­i­ble, which can be applied to most part of the body.  It can be used as a heat­ing pack to relieve com­mon mus­cle aches and pain.  Some women also applied it to relief men­strual cramps or com­monly used by both male and female to relief stom­ach pain.  When the pack is cold, it is suit­able to reduce fever; swelling, minor burns/ bruises and mus­cle sprains/ join pain.  The appli­ca­tion is almost end­less and the herb pack is always reusable.

            Some peo­ple just love the smell of the herb pack. The enchant­ing smell is proven to relief minor headaches or aromatherapy.

The Herb Pack comes in mul­ti­ple col­ors, such as Black, Blue, Green, Grey, Orange and Red.

There is no doubt that you are pur­chas­ing prod­ucts from a com­pany with excel­lent cus­tomer ser­vices and qual­ity in mind. We under­stand your high expec­ta­tions and always work hard to pur­suit of per­fec­tion to sat­isfy your needs. We are not only look­ing for one trans­ac­tion to ful­fill our com­mit­ment to excel­lence.  Yet, we are always look­ing absolute sat­is­fac­tion of your clients and our busi­ness rela­tion in the future.

Please visit http://www.naturecreation.com/wholesale to learn more of our other prod­ucts designs and updates of our com­pany.  If you have ques­tions, please do not hes­i­tate to con­tact us at info@naturecreation.com

 

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Knee pain is an extremely com­mon com­plaint, and there are many causes. It is impor­tant to make an accu­rate diag­no­sis of the cause of your symp­toms so that appro­pri­ate treat­ment can be directed at the cause. If you have knee pain, some com­mon causes include:

* Arthri­tis
Arthri­tis is among the most com­mon causes of knee pain, and there are many treat­ments available.

* Lig­a­ment Injuries
Lig­a­ment injuries com­monly occur dur­ing ath­letic activ­i­ties and can cause dis­com­fort and insta­bil­ity.
o Ante­rior Cru­ci­ate Lig­a­ment (ACL) Injury
o Pos­te­rior Cru­ci­ate Lig­a­ment (PCL) Injury
o Medial Col­lat­eral Lig­a­ment (MCL) Injury

* Car­ti­lage Injuries | Menis­cal Tear
Car­ti­lage tears are seen in young and old patients alike, and are also an extremely com­mon cause of knee pain.

* Patel­lar Ten­donitis
Ten­donitis around the joint is most com­monly of the patel­lar ten­don, the large ten­don over the front of the knee.

* Chon­dro­ma­la­cia Patella
Chon­dro­ma­la­cia causes knee pain under the kneecap and is due to soft­en­ing of the

car­ti­lage. It is most com­mon in younger patients (15–35 years old).

* Dis­lo­cat­ing Kneecap
A dis­lo­cat­ing kneecap causes acute symp­toms dur­ing the dis­lo­ca­tion, but can also lead to chronic knee pain.

* Baker’s Cyst
A Baker’s cyst is swelling in the back of the joint, and is usu­ally a sign of another under­ly­ing prob­lem such as a menis­cus tear.

* Bur­si­tis
The most com­mon bursa affected around the joint is just above the kneecap. This is most com­mon in peo­ple who kneel for work, such as gar­den­ers or carpetlayers.

* Plica Syn­drome
Plica syn­drome is an uncom­mon cause of knee pain, and can be dif­fi­cult to diag­nose. The diag­no­sis is usu­ally made at the time of arthroscopy.

* Osgood-Schlatter Dis­ease
Osgood-Schlatter dis­ease is a con­di­tion seen in ado­les­cents and is due to irri­ta­tion of the growth plate just at the front of the joint.

* Osteo­chon­dri­tis Dis­se­cans
Osteo­chon­dri­tis dis­se­cans (OCD) is another con­di­tion seen in ado­les­cents due to the growth of the bone around the joint.

* Gout
Gout is an uncom­mon cause of knee pain. How­ever, in patients who have a diag­no­sis of gout, it must be con­sid­ered as a cause for new onset knee pain.

Treat­ments for Knee Pain
Treat­ment of knee pain depends entirely on the cause of the prob­lem. There­fore, it is of utmost impor­tance that you under­stand the cause of your symp­toms before embark­ing on a treat­ment pro­gram. If you are unsure of your diag­no­sis, or the sever­ity of your con­di­tion, you should seek med­ical advice before begin­ning any treat­ment plan.

Some com­mon treat­ments for knee pain are listed here. Not all of these treat­ments are appro­pri­ate for every con­di­tion, but they may be help­ful in your situation.

* Rest: The first treat­ment for most com­mon con­di­tions that cause knee pain is to rest the joint, and allow the acute inflam­ma­tion to sub­side. Often this is the only step needed to relieve knee pain. If the symp­toms are severe, crutches may be help­ful as well.

* Cold and Heat Appli­ca­tion: Nature Cre­ation Hot & Cold herbal packs are among the most com­monly used treat­ments for knee pain. So which one is the right one to use, ice or heat? And how long should the ice or heat treat­ments last? Click the fol­low­ing link: Heat or Cold, which Treat­ment is to use.

* Stretch­ing: Stretch­ing the mus­cles and ten­dons that sur­round the joint can help with some causes of knee pain. A good rou­tine should be estab­lished, and fol­low­ing some spe­cific sug­ges­tions will help you on your way.

* Phys­i­cal Ther­apy: Phys­i­cal ther­apy is an impor­tant aspect of treat­ment of almost all ortho­pe­dic con­di­tions. Phys­i­cal ther­a­pists use dif­fer­ent tech­niques to increase strength, regain mobil­ity, and help return patients to their pre-injury level of activity.

* Anti-Inflammatory Med­ica­tion: Non­s­teroidal anti-inflammatory med­ica­tions, com­monly referred to as NSAIDs, are some of the most com­monly pre­scribed med­ica­tions, espe­cially for patients with knee pain caused by prob­lems such as arthri­tis, bur­si­tis, and tendonitis.

* Cor­ti­sone injec­tions: Cor­ti­sone is a pow­er­ful med­ica­tion that treats inflam­ma­tion, and inflam­ma­tion is a com­mon prob­lem in patients with knee pain. Dis­cuss with your doc­tor the pos­si­ble ben­e­fits of a cor­ti­sone injec­tion for your condition.

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Do you know when to use ice and when to use heat on a sports injury? Most ath­letes know to apply ice to an acute injury, like a sprained ankle, but aren’t so sure when to use heat. The fol­low­ing guide­lines will help you sort it out.

Acute and Chronic Pain

# There are two basic types of ath­letic injuries: acute and chronic. Acute Pain is of rapid onset and short-lived, or
# Chronic Pain devel­ops slowly and is per­sis­tent and long-lasting.

Acute and Chronic Injuries

Acute injuries are sud­den, sharp, trau­matic injuries that occur imme­di­ately (or within hours) and cause pain (pos­si­bly severe pain). Most often acute injuries result from some sort of impact or trauma such as a fall, sprain, or col­li­sion and it’s pretty obvi­ous what caused the injury.

Acute injuries also cause com­mon signs and symp­toms of injury such as pain, ten­der­ness, red­ness, skin that is warm to the touch, swelling and inflam­ma­tion. If you have swelling, you have an acute injury.

Chronic injuries, on the other hand, can be sub­tle and slow to develop. They some­times come and go, and may cause dull pain or sore­ness. They are often the result of overuse, but some­times develop when an acute injury is not prop­erly treated and doesn’t heal.

Cold Ther­apy with Nature Cre­ation Herbal Pack
Cold ther­apy with nature Cre­ation Herbal pack is the best imme­di­ate treat­ment for acute injuries because it reduces swelling and pain. Cold herbal pack is a vaso-constrictor (it causes the blood ves­sels to nar­row) and it lim­its inter­nal bleed­ing at the injury site. Apply Nature Cre­ation Cold Herbal pack to the affected area for 10 to 15 min­utes at a time. Allow the skin tem­per­a­ture to return to nor­mal before apply­ing the pack a sec­ond or third time. You can use Nature Cre­ation pack on an acute injury sev­eral times a day for up to three days.

Cold ther­apy is also help­ful in treat­ing some overuse injuries or chronic pain in ath­letes. An ath­lete who has chronic knee pain that increases after run­ning may want to ice the injured area after each run to reduce or pre­vent inflam­ma­tion. It’s not help­ful to ice a chronic injury before exercise.

Heat Ther­apy
Heat is gen­er­ally used for chronic injuries or injuries that have no inflam­ma­tion or swelling. Sore, stiff, nag­ging mus­cle or joint pain is ideal for the use of heat ther­apy. Ath­letes with chronic pain or injuries may use heat ther­apy before exer­cise to increase the elas­tic­ity of joint con­nec­tive tis­sues and to stim­u­late blood flow. Heat can also help relax tight mus­cles or mus­cle spasms. Don’t apply heat after exer­cise. After a work­out, ice is the bet­ter choice on a chronic injury.

Because heat increases cir­cu­la­tion and raises skin tem­per­a­ture, you should not apply heat to acute injuries or injuries that show signs of inflam­ma­tion. Safely apply heat to an injury 15 to 20 min­utes at a time and use enough lay­ers between your skin and the heat­ing source to pre­vent burns.

Moist heat is best, so you could try using a hot Nature Cre­ation Herbal Pack. Never leave the hot herbal pack on for more than 20 min­utes at a time or while sleeping.

Because some injuries can be seri­ous, you should see your doc­tor if your injury does not improve (or gets worse) within 48 hours.

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