Resters Choice Ice Pack for Injuries Reusable - (Standard Large: 11x14.5) for Hip, Shoulder, Knee, Back - Hot & Cold Compress for Swelling, Bruises, Surgery - Heat & Cold Therapy

As someone who suffers from chronic and severe back pain. This has become a life saver. Its size is perfect for the back and covers a nice wide area. It is the perfect width to fit easily in my freezer and it stays very cold for a very long time. I made a cover for it out of a towel because it stays quite cold. The fact that it can be heated too is a plus.

Its not going to do more for pain relief than any other source of cold will (if I need assistance with pain, thats what pain pills of various kinds are for), but sometimes you just need to ice your muscles or tendons down and this works well for that. During spring my achilles tendons were giving me issues, so I threw this thing in the freezer and then after it froze I pulled it out, laid down with a thin sheet over the affected area and laid the ice pack over both of my legs and let the cold do its thing. That helped me with getting my tendon inflammation down so that I could carefully stretch my legs and work them back into no longer having inflamed tendons. Along the way this product did what I needed it to, what it was supposed to, and is a very good ice pack. I wouldnt use it for raw meat at a barbeque for example, but thats what cheap plastic ice packs are for. Wash those in some cleaning product, or rinse them with rubbing alcohol or whatever and theyre back to sanitized. These things are made of durable fabric and have a gel that freezes to a near-solid state, so even while theyre fully frozen they still kind of malleable. If I recall right it also has heating instructions on it, but I havent used it as a heating pad so I cant really say anything other than: I expect it to work for such with a similar level of excellence. Follow the instructions it comes with, and are printed on it, and it will serve you well for its intended uses.

The product is sturdy and heats and cools as described.

If you have shoulder surgery these are perfect to lay on your shoulder. Get two then one can always be in the freezer.

Do just what theyre supposed to do but longer lasting

Love this as a heating pad the best but works great as an ice pack when the husbands back needs it!

Great size and flexible. Gets very cold but just doesnt stay cold very long.

These packs are well-made and durable. We had some old ones from Rite-Aid that were made with thin plastic. The plastic tore and gel lakes or all over the place. These ones have a cloth shell and I expect them to last a long time.

Recovering from my knee injury (torn ACL) and I use this ice pack every night after playing sports and it has become a life saver. Great price. Perfect size to ice my knee. Doesn’t leak or produce a lot of condensation.