Icy Hot Medicated Patch Extra Strength Pain Relief Patch for Back or Large Area, 5 Count

My Icy Hot pain patches arrived the next day, well packaged. Just what I wanted and needed. I have used these several times before. 80 y/o muscles sometimes are sore. I do not like to use oral analgesics too often. Twenty minutes after arrival I had the patch on. Fresh smell of oil of wintergreen (I assume). Heated up. Pain dissipating in minutes. In two days everything was OK.

Extremely helpful when waking up with a stiff neck or back that is out of whack. Easy to apply and remove. Long lasting.

I am 75, still in good health and physical condition, and tend to over exert more than I probably should. Most often I get back and hip aches when I do activities out of the ordinary and use different muscles. I am used to lifting heavy things, but most recently, I spent a day digging out weeds from a garden area and planting new bushes. I was bent over for a period of time in doing this. The next day, my back and hips ached and almost locked when I sat down for a while for dinner. Using one of these patches relieved the pain quickly and I was able to get done things I needed to do. A couple of time, I had sciatic nerve pain and got sharp pains in my back an hips. This patch help so very much to relieve the pain allowing me to carry on with my day.In the past, I have used a few different similar patches, but I like this one the best. The size is large enough to cover my entire lower back or can be applied to the side for hip pain. Once this patch is applied, the pain is totally gone within a few minutes. It feels cold when first applied, and then warms up although it's not a warmth I have been aware of. Most important to me is the pain stops and my activities are not limited. I have worn this patch all day and through the night. The next day the pain is still gone even after I take the patch off.I know pain is our body's way of telling us to slow down, but at my age, I just don't have time to do anything slower, and won't allow aches or pains to limit my activity. I would definitely recommend these patches as they:1) cover a large areas2) relieve muscle, back, and hip pain in just a couple of minutes3) stay on all day and through the nightUPDATE 09/11/22:When I got up today, I had a sporadic stabbing pain in my right upper hip. Although it did ache a bit, it was nothing I couldn't handle. By the afternoon the ache was worse and the stabbing pain more often. I was talking to my husband and he asked my why I was standing weird, so I told him about the pain. He reminded me of these patches, which I hadn't thought of. He put one of the patches on the aching part of my back, and the pain was gone almost instantly - literarily. I should have thought to use one of these patches sooner instead of going through most of the day in pain. These things really do work.I hope this review was helpful for you.

These have a varying satisfactory history with me this all depends on the weather, the temperature how much you sweat, where you are putting the pad and more. If you can use medical tape to hold these in place because they can roll off or become too mushy to work properly. It also depends on where you put these pads (and, oh btw you don't want to apply this and then touch sensitive areas like you eyes or any others sensitive area before you wash your hands. Wash first and diligently before anywhere else. I use them on my neck, arms, legs chest and back. They are NOT perfect for everyone but they do provide some pain relief for me. There isn't one perfect tool which will work on everyone. Some may need physical therapy and/or pain relief meds and/or wraps/support devices. I am trying the icy hot roll on product to be more targeting to locations of pain. There are advantages to using the pads and advantages to using the roll on. The pads don't transfer the medication to clothing as the roll on will but when the medication wears off from the pads you just peal it off and wash the area well. There is nothing to throw away with the roll on. The pads require to be kept in a sealed bag so they don't all activate in air and become useless when needed so the roll on gains traction over the pads for transport and use. Having said all that, again, its all personal choice. You might need to try them all and decide if you want/need increased/decreased medical strength of one over the other or which chemical is used for one or the other. Some may have negative reaction to one over the other. You might even need to speak to your physician before you try any of these pads/roll one for me its mostly a question of how bad the pain is on a given day, what activities I will be involved in, the weather and other factors on a daily basis. I will say this again, WATCH WHAT YOU TOCH AFTER HANDLING ANY OF THESE ITEMS AS THEY CAN CAUSE LOCALIZED MEDICAL ISSUES (LIKE GROIN) OR WORSE IF YOU TOUCH ANYWHERE NEAR EYES.

Very easy to apply and effective for relief of pain symptoms.

Noöne warned me that at room temperature this feels mighty cold when first being applied to the lower back. I may take advantage of the resealable pouch by heating up some water, then putting the (resealed) pouch in the water to pre-warm them.For those of you with a little more back hair, I might recommend shaving the area before application, otherwise removal may be a bit dramatic.The application/removal part is only secondary. The primary reason to get these was for some lower-back pain relief. I wasn't quite sure how effective they would be, but was surprised that it did live up to the claims and allowed my back muscles to relax so I could finally move around again. The large size ensured good coverage beyond just the troublesome area. It stayed in place and was mess-free.I can't think of any REAL cons to this product, and, in fact, am adding another package to my cart. I'll probably store it in one of my cars as I love to road trip but my back doesn't love the seat in my car, and sometimes after just 2hrs of driving, getting out of the car is a real hassle.

Works wonders when you have backaches

Not sticky enough, tends to come loose quickly. I’ve had the same experience with other brands.