Data consistently shows that exercise is key to well-being in nearly every facet of life; its positive impact is unquestioned. But what about when people, perhaps not by choice, need to sit on the ...

Steam may be more powerful than you think. It smooths clothes and kills germs, but now doctors are testing it against cancer. At Keck Medicine of USC, part of a large nationwide study, researchers are ...

From ancient Roman baths to modern infrared saunas, passive heat therapy has become an increasingly popular therapeutic tool for improving health and reducing the risk and/or severity of disease. As ...

DALLAS — The saying goes that you should stay out of the kitchen if you can’t take the heat, but new research suggests otherwise — for the sake of your blood pressure. In a study published in the ...

You can have back pain from poor posture, pulled muscles or injury, arthritis, and more. Depending on your back pain's cause, ice and heat therapy can be helpful treatments. Knowing when to use ice or ...

Athletes know that recovery is just as important to training as the workouts. After constantly pushing their bodies to the limit, it’s essential to find and use effective recovery strategies that ...

Dear Doctors: I saw there’s a new study saying that heat therapy can be good for depression. Do you know if this is true? My husband’s family is from Norway, and they swear that using their sauna ...

Heating pads are a form of heat therapy to soothe muscle and joint aches and pains. They come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and heating mechanisms. Heating pads offer topical heat therapy to ...

LINCOLN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Plunge, the leading cold plunge company, today announced the launch of its latest product, The Plunge Sauna. Introducing an entirely new category of heat therapy to ...

This remarkable battery-powered $399 sleeve fits over your knee and delivers both iceless and waterless cold and heat therapy in a single product. Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading ...

You twisted your ankle during a run. Or you woke up with a tight neck after hours of desk work. In that moment of pain, the ...