Wellness

[Nightowlz]

---

@Mom2Dogs wrote:

@Nightowlz  I am throwing anything/everything against the wall so to speak for something to help my husband with his hip pain/arithritis.  

Two more weeks before his next injection, which will be his second shot.  The first one did not do a whole lot of good, so gonna try one more time. Currently he is on a 5 or 6 day regiment of a steriod...not relief yet.

If need be we will get a 2nd opinion because the ortho doctor said he is not a hip replacement candidate right now.... but in the meantime I have read about NEAR infrared light therapy.

Would you mind sharing what brand you used?  His pain is back of leg near the top of the leg...he might need a hand held unit.

Thanks

---

@Mom2Dogs 

The DPL Technologies Flex Pad works pretty good. I bought mine from HSN years ago For $99. It's now $179. They do have sales around Holiday's. 

The only problem I have with their flex pad now is it has a little battery pack on them. You have to keep recharging it. Their site says 1 charge will provide 2-3 20 min treatments. Mine came with a cord to plug in to a USB or add adapter to plug it in the wall. I can use it when I want to. I don't have to remember to recharge it. That's how their knee wrap is. Every time I want to use it I have to charge it first. 

I bought another brand pad that I returned because I didn't feel it worked like it should. I don't have any way of knowing when I buy one if it really has what they say in it?

I will know after I use it for a while if I don't get relief. It doesn't work overnight. You have to keep using it. It gets warm but it doesn't get hot like the older heating pads unless you use it longer.