Moist Heat Pack

Physiotherapy moist heat Packs increase blood circulation to the sore or injured muscles thereby alleviating pain. It’s the best way to relieve nagging pain from joints and muscles. Moist hot packs provide up to 30 minutes of deep, moist heat and can be reused for hundreds of treatments.
Moist heat pack in physiotherapy: Moist Heat Therapy: Moist Heat is less likely to cause skin dehydration. It helps to increase tissue elasticity, making it ideal for patient with dry/ and aging skin. Most expert recommends moist over dry heat. Moist heat also penetrate more deeply into the skin.
Moist heat therapy uses a wet source to transfer heat to your tissues in order to achieve pain relief. The wet source can take many forms including a hot water bottle, a steam towel, a sauna, a paraffin bath or a moist heating pack like a HotPac or a Theratherm Digital Moist Heating Pack.
Applying heat to the affected area helps reduce stiffness and pain and promotes relaxation. Since the properties of heat activate specific proteins and blood vessels, it facilitates healing and a speedy recovery.
The use of Moist heat pack:  Heat Brings more blood to the area where it is applied. Reduces joint stiffness and muscle spasm, which makes it useful when muscles are tight. Should not be used for the first 48 hours after an injury.
The use of heat in physiotherapy: Thermotherapy (heat therapy) is a procedure that involves the application of superficial heat to injured or damaged body parts. The heat alters tissue temperatures in targeted regions. These temperature increases make the tissues more extensible. Patients report experiencing pain relief and faster healing.