It’s human nature to favour the complex over the simple. We love a shiny machine that goes ping! but overlook the benefits of sleep. We pay for expensive injections (even when they’re not effective) but the humble heat pack sits cold and unloved in a draw.
A new systematic review (Clijsen et al. 2021) suggests it might time to dig that heat pack out and warm that bad boy up!
I love simple solutions so I’ve explored the benefits of heat application in our new video below including how it can outperform pharmacological treatments.
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