page_title: ThermaCare
hierarchical_section_title: ThermaCare
caption_attribution_description: English: Commerce Square, Lisbon, PortugalPortuguês: Praça do Comércio
context_page_description: ThermaCare is the brand name of a disposable heating pad made by Angelini. A type of Continuous Low-level Heatwrap Therapy, ThermaCare heatwraps activate upon contact with the air, providing approximately eight hours of heat directly where the heatwrap is applied. Thermacare heatwraps are available for specific applications, including neck or wrist pain, low back pain, knee pain and menstrual cramps. The brand was first introduced in 2001 by Procter & Gamble. P&G sold the ThermaCare brand to Wyeth in 2008, and merged with Pfizer in 2009. Following the merger between Pfizer's and GlaxoSmithKline's consumer healthcare divisions, the brand was sold to Angelini in 2020.
  Continuous Low-level Heatwrap Therapy has been shown to provide better results than cold therapy in the early treatment and prevention of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness--muscle soreness that occurs within 1 to 2 days of physical exertion.
  In a low back pain study conducted at the U.S. Spine & Sport Foundation in San Diego, California in 2006, participants treated with Continuous Low-level Heatwrap Therapy prior to exercise reported less intense pain and less trouble moving after 24 hours than the control group.
context_section_description: ThermaCare is the brand name of a disposable heating pad made by Angelini. A type of Continuous Low-level Heatwrap Therapy (CLHT), ThermaCare heatwraps activate upon contact with the air, providing approximately eight hours of heat directly where the heatwrap is applied. Thermacare heatwraps are available for specific applications, including neck or wrist pain, low back pain, knee pain and menstrual cramps. The brand was first introduced in 2001 by Procter & Gamble. P&G sold the ThermaCare brand to Wyeth in 2008, and merged with Pfizer in 2009. Following the merger between Pfizer's and GlaxoSmithKline's consumer healthcare divisions, the brand was sold to Angelini in 2020.
  Continuous Low-level Heatwrap Therapy (CLHT) has been shown to provide better results than cold therapy in the early treatment and prevention of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)--muscle soreness that occurs within 1 to 2 days of physical exertion.
  In a low back pain study conducted at the U.S. Spine & Sport Foundation in San Diego, California in 2006, participants treated with Continuous Low-level Heatwrap Therapy (CLHT) prior to exercise reported less intense pain and less trouble moving after 24 hours than the control group. Study participants treated with the heatwraps also showed greater (138%) pain relief than those who received standard cold pack treatment, according to the study's research director, John Mayer, Ph.D. The study concluded that heatwraps were effective in the early treatment and prevention of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)--soreness that occurs within one to two days of physical exertion.
  Thermacare heatwraps have been studied in 13 randomized controlled clinical trials for muscle pain relief efficacy.
caption: ThermaCare advertisement on a Lisbon tram, in 2017.
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "Commerce Square/Pra\u00e7a do Com\u00e9rcio, Lisbon, Portugal", "Image Make": "NIKON CORPORATION", "Image Model": "NIKON D5500", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "240", "Image YResolution": "240", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop 7.0", "Image DateTime": "2017:08:11 13:53:09", "Image ExifOffset": "288", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 2, 0, 0]", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[38, 52997/1250, 0]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "W", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[9, 20413/2500, 0]", "Image GPSInfo": "992", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1202", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "0", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/400", "EXIF FNumber": "10", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Unidentified", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "200", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2017:04:05 14:19:05", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2017:04:05 14:19:05", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "540241/62500", "EXIF ApertureValue": "415241/62500", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "18/5", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "18", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "14", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "14", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2898", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2088", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "83841555/32768", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "83841555/32768", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "3", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CVAPattern": "[2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2]", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "27", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "None", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "4395712", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[18, 200, 7/2, 63/10]", "EXIF LensModel": "18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-6.3"}