DIY Microwave Heating Pad: Quick & Easy Pain Relief

Working in mental health and the health care industry in general you pick up some cool ideas. Making a microwaveable heating pad in under 5 minutes is necessary when someone is in serious pain from a back ache or injury. This is a lot cheaper then spending some serious money for a "professional" heating bad at say Walmart or Rite Aid. Remember these steps and the next time your back or muscles hurt, you can make your own microwaveable heating pad.

Things You'll Need

• large size Ziploc bag
• hand towel or t shirt

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Instructions

• 1

  Depending on what you use (Hand Towel or T-shirt), wet it fully under the faucet. You can use either cold or hot water. Either will be fine. Once wet, ring out until the towel/t-shirt is just damp.

• 2

  Fold towel/t-shirt so that it will fit into the ziploc. Once folded, place into the ziploc. Do not seal the ziploc fully. Leave it 1-2 inches unsealed.

• 3

  Microwave for 90 seconds. The microwaveable heating pad will be hot after the 90 seconds is up so be careful when you take it out of the microwave.