heat application
Applying warmth therapeutically
Heat application is the therapeutic use of warmth on the body to relieve pain, relax muscles, or promote healing.
Methods include heating pads, hot water bottles, warm compresses, and heat wraps: Heat application can ease muscle stiffness after exercise.
Distinct from cold therapy, heat increases blood flow and is typically used for chronic aches rather than acute injuries.
- heating padElectric warmth for aches
- warm compressHeated cloth for relief
- hot platePortable electric cooking surface
- poulticeMoist healing application
- infrared lampLight beyond visible red
thermal blanket · autoclave · compress · welding torch · fire starter · kiln · moxibustion · furnace · incubator · massage therapy · paraffin wax · steam · diathermy · fomentation · hot stone massage · relief · stiffness · sauna
- Encausticbeeswax, hot wax, fusing, microcrystalline wax, reheating
- wax artwax figures, waxworks, Madame Tussauds, wax museum
heat applicationice pack
Frozen pouch for injuries
cryotherapy · cold compress · cold pack · cold treatment · cold water immersion
heat applicationcooling
Losing thermal energy
refrigeration · chilling · heat dissipation · heat absorption · freezing