This ice pack is a favorite of pitchers who want to ice their pitching arm. You put it on like you’d put on the sleeve of a shirt. Pitchers who ice their arm often avoid the soreness that comes from repetitive throwing. It can also be used to ice shoulder injuries to provide pain relief.

More Convenient

Many do not like the shoulder icing packs that require putting ice packs in various pockets on the brace. The advantage of this is that you can put the whole thing in the freezer and get it out when you need it.

Or you can keep it in a cabinet and warm either in the microwave or conventional oven. The gel is soft and not hard like ice and gel tends to conform well to body parts while ice tends not have the same contact.

These gel packs reduce soreness for pitching arm but also can be used following rotator cuff or labral tear surgery, shoulder separations, pulls strains and any number of shoulder ailments needing ice therapy to reduce pain and inflammation. It can be used before or after shoulder surgery although for longer cold therapy, most surgeons will recommend the polar care cuff for the shoulder or the Cryo/Cuff. At least at first.

Benefits of the Elasto Gel Shoulder Ice and Hot Pack

Heat in the microwave and store in the refrigerator or freezer. This shoulder ice pack provides 20-40 minutes of treatment. The tough, flexible gel will not leak if punctured and the 4-way stretch material will help assure product durability and effective pain management. Flexible gel wraps with breathable stretch cover.

• Elasto-Gel Products are Latex Free
• 6-month guarantee Any ELASTO-GEL™ product which fails within 6 months from the date of purchase will either be repaired or replaced by the company, Southwest Technologies, Inc.
• Can be used hot or cold (microwave warm or freezer)
• Flexible and conforms to shoulder well
• 4-way stretch material
• Left or right shoulder
• 20-40 minutes of relief
• Leak proof

Simply heat the Shoulder Wrap according to the included directions in a microwave or conventional oven for heat therapy that quickly penetrates sore muscles and joints. The Elasto-Gel Shoulder Wrap will continue to provide heat for an estimabed 20 to 30 minutes before reheating is necessary.

For cold therapy needs - Simply put in the freezer. Elasto-Gel's Shoulder Therapy Wrap stays soft and flexible at temperatures as low as -20 degrees F. The cold wrap will usually numb treated areas within 5 minutes, without the severe shock and pain sometimes experienced with ice or ice water treatments.

In short, this is a favorite of pitchers and those with shoulder injuries for convenience and good fit. It doesn't fit women as well as men.