The ActiveWrap elbow wrap is a top end professional product. A flexible and reusable hot or cold pack secured in a custom designed elasticated and adjustable wrap specifically manufactured for the elbow and upper forearm. High quality active medical plush™ compress wrap complete with two professional quality cryotherapy / thermal pads that can be arranged and secured in any configuration within the wrap targeting the injured tissues specifically. No more struggling to bend and then secure a hard ice pack around the bony contours of your elbow.
Who Should Use This?
This elbow wrap is for the high level athlete or discerning individual who requires ease and speed of application with excellent fit and adjustability. The hugely popular ActiveWrap range of hot / cold wraps offer a near custom fit for specific joints from an off the shelf product. No more amateurish strapping on a bag of crushed ice!
It can be used for the following soft tissue injury or certain fractures around the elbow:
- Ligament sprain or tear
- Tendonitis including Tennis elbow or Golfers elbow
- Capsular sprain or tear
- Contusions and soft tissue trauma to the elbow
- Bursitis around the elbow
How Does it Work?
Following soft tissue injury cold or cryotherapy can be used to vaso-constrict local blood vessels . Short periods of cold applied immediately after injury restrict local blood supply and this limits bleeding and thus subsequent swelling or oedema. Cooling also reduces the metabolic demand of surrounding tissues so they become less likely to suffer injury due to interruption of their normal blood supply during the injury.
In sub acute injury both cold and heat can be used to promote blood flow to an injured area to induce relaxation of local muscles that may be in spasm. Increased blood flow also brings in the oxygen and nutrients required for optimal healing and repair.
Sizing and Technical Information:
The removable hot and cold gel pads can be microwaved for heat therapy and frozen for ice therapy. The wrap is reusable and washable and allows you to remain mobile with the pack in situ – injury allowing. It is suitable for alternate hot/cold treatment – injury dictating. It has been designed following collaboration with physiotherapists, orthopaedic surgeons, and endorsed by leading coaches and athletes around the world.
Available in two sizes:
Small/Medium - Fits between 10” -16” elbow arm (measured 2” above the top of the elbow joint)
Large/Extra Large - Fits 16” and over elbow (measured 2” above the top of the elbow joint)
