

Heat therapy is an effective remedy that can help to cure stiff muscles.


Known to promote blood flow and relax muscles, the heat treatment or hot compress is used for chronic pain. A compress can be hot,cold, dry, wet and sometimes can even be infused with some kind of medication. What is a compress?īefore getting any further into the hot and cold compress debate let us take a moment and understand what actually a compress is? When any material like a cloth, pad or bag is applied with pressure on a particular part of the body which is held in place for a certain period of time it is known as a compress. We all have used the hot water bottles, healing pads and ice packs for a long time now and both of these are pain management techniques but have you ever pondered which one is better and which one works the best in which case? Well sit back and read on patiently because today we are going to understand the importance and uses of these compression techniques so that you can choose the best alternative the next time you get injured or experience some kind of pain. A debate which is no less than Marvel vs DC but is a very important topic of discussion about which one is better: hot compress or the cold one.
