Home Made Sock Hot Packs and Rollers

Interested in a little self-help for your aches and pains?

The Home Made Microwave Hot Pack or Cold Pack

Ingredients:
Feed Corn
Clean Socks

Really! This is so simple, except for shucking the corn if you buy it whole. All you need is feed corn and a sock (I used some clean but slightly worn hiking socks). If your sock is short, you will need to sew it shut. If your sock is long, you can just tie it up. Of course if you are really into this, you can sew beautiful bags... but my "hot sock" was made to be used at home and for my labor - not a public item.


The microwave time does vary based on the size of the sock, so experiment - 1 minute at a time until desired heat is achieved. It takes my sock about 5 minutes. This smells so wonderful too!

 The Sock Roller

Come get some myofascial work with me and I will teach you more about using this fine little device!

Ingredients:
A long sock
2 tennis balls

You must think I have a thing for socks, but really I just love reusing and recycling - and making things cheap! This is what you do: put 2 tennis balls in a sock and tie the sock shut. You can adjust the balls by doing a retie. Lay on the roller on the floor with the balls on either side of your spine and roll up and down - find a spot that is tender and breath deeply while sinking into the balls. You should feel that "good" pain/pressure - not the "can't stand it" pain. You can use the balls all over your body to work trigger points, but also try purchasing a 4 inch ball and doing myofascial stretching. Just ask me how!

Check out this great local link for balls and a great myofascial stretching book. You can also find out more about myofascial release technique on this site. Enjoy a session with me today - Live Pain Free!
http://www.denvermyofascialrelease.com/estore.htm