ActiveForever Launches Life Changing Gifts Campaign for Non-Profit Organizations!

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) November 1, 2007 -- ActiveForever, a leading medical equipment supplier and healthcare products innovator has created an online fundraising drive to bring about awareness to benefit five non-profit organizations. The drive titled "Life Changing Gifts" will benefit the following organizations: the ALS Association, the Arthritis Foundation, the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Research Center, Alzheimer's Association and the Foundation for Senior Living.

The ActiveForever website will encourage customers to visit and learn more about these non-profit organizations. Online customers of ActiveForever Discount Medical Equipment, Supplies and Healthcare Innovations will be given a three digit donation code which will match their purchase to the organization of their choice. Visitors to the site can online shop while benefiting the community at large.

"This cause-related partnership offers a profound education to customers, saves everyone money, connects customers to very hard-to-find high quality products, and raises money for very worthy non-profits in the process," stated ActiveForever CEO, Erika Feinberg. "Projects of this nature are what make ActiveForever's heart go pitter patter."

The company will donate 5 percent of all product purchases to the organization of the customer's choice.

Customers will also have the ability to call and speak to an ActiveForever customer service counselor for any questions regarding gift ideas, or the ideal product choice to solve a challenge. The company always experiences a high volume of holiday shopping which will in turn increase traffic to the non-profit sites. The goal of bringing more attention to these worthy causes is an ongoing mission of the drive.

The company continues to be involved in the community, generously helping non-profit organizations raise money throughout the year. For more information regarding the non-profits and to view their wish lists, please visit www.LifeChangingGifts.org

About ActiveForever:

Established in 1993, now one of the highest ranked web businesses in the country, ActiveForever offers the convenience of one-stop shopping for more than 10,000 competitively priced, life-enhancing products that address almost all physical and clinical needs. Products include aids for daily living, bath, safety and hygiene products, mobility aids, durable medical equipment, low vision aids, ergonomic products, pain relief and land/aqua exercise therapy products. ActiveForever also provides a multitude of product solutions for arthritis, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, stroke rehabilitation, low vision, hearing loss, sports injuries and other physically limiting conditions. The company also offers unique gift ideas, free print catalogs and two interactive retail stores. For more information, visit www.ActiveForever.com or call 1.800.377.8033.

Car Accidents – Products to Help Relieve the Pain and Quicken the Healing Process

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In the blink of an eye, an otherwise normal, healthy individual can receive serious injuries with long term consequences from a car accident. Whether you suffer from an injured back, a broken limb, or simply a sore neck, recovery can be a long and painful process.

Thanks to advances in traditional pain relief and treatments as well as further exploration into alternative healing methods, the recovery process does not have to take nearly as long nor does it need to be as painful. With over six million car accidents in the United States last year alone, almost half of which resulted in injuries, the need for pain relief and faster recovery time is becoming more and more important. A wide variety of products are available to the public that provide all types of therapy in the comfort of your own home.

Pain Relief Methods Depend on the Type of Injury

Before deciding what methods of pain management and rehabilitation to use, it is important to see a doctor after a car accident if you are in pain. Different types of injuries require different methods of recovery and pain relief, so be sure to get a thorough evaluation done by a physician.

If you have ever had to visit a physical therapist or sports therapist to recover from a previous injury, you have probably heard of the terms “TENS Unit” or “Electronic Muscle Stimulator”. The two devices, while very similar in appearance and function, use electronic pulses to treat pain in two different ways. A TENS Unit or Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator, emits an electrical signal through two or more electrodes which stimulates neurons through your skin. The resulting stimulation is used to treat pain caused by damaged nerves. An Electronic Muscle Stimulator, or “EMS Unit”, uses similar electrical impulses at a low to cause specific muscle groups to contract. This type of therapy is widely used by hospitals and sports therapists to help treat muscular injuries and for re-education of paralyzed muscles. Often misconstrued as a substitution for exercise, Electronic Muscle Stimulation is also used to tone and restore muscles that have begun to atrophy.

While both TENS Units and EMS Units include self-adhesive electrode pads, some patients may begin to experience skin irritation from prolonged use. Tyco has released a Conductive TENS Unit Gel that can be used with either application and contains aloe vera to make the treatment more comfortable for your skin.

Heat Therapy vs. Cold Therapy

Heat therapy and cold therapy can be very effective in helping car accident victims deal with the pain during the recovery process. Not only do the two types of therapy take effect quicker than pain medications, but they also eliminate the risk factors associated with prescription medications such as misuse, abuse, and addiction. While some skeptics dismiss hot and cold therapy as “old-fashioned”, only somewhat effective, and time consuming to apply, technological breakthroughs have made these traditional methods of recovery ideal for some of the worst types of injuries.

Heat therapy is commonly used to relieve soreness and stiffness in muscles and soft tissue. This is especially useful for patients who have started to exercise again after recovering from an injury and are using muscles that have been dormant for some time. Heat therapy is available in an assortment of products and comes in three forms: moist heat, dry heat, and infrared heat. Dry heat is commonly found in electric heating pads and hot/cold gel pads, but has a tendency to leave the skin dehydrated. It lacks the ability to fully penetrate into muscles and soft tissue like moist and infrared heat, but is preferred by some people because of how easy it is to apply.

Moist heat is found in a wide variety of products. Some electric heating pads, such as the Theratherm Digital Moist Heating Pad and the Thermophore Automatic Moist Heat Pad, combine the convenience of an electric heating pad with the therapeutic benefits of moist heat. Unlike hot towels or moist heating devices that require you to heat them up first, the Theratherm and Thermophore heating pads provide a constant temperature for longer sessions. Besides being great for those recovering from car accidents, moist heating pads are widely used by people with arthritis. Other products, such as the Bed Buddy Body Wrap, Bed Buddy Joint Wrap, or the Bed Buddy Back Wrap, provide moist heat when placed in the microwave but do not require you to add water.

Infrared heat therapy is available in a variety of forms ranging from handheld devices such as the Light Relief® Therapy product to the Far Infrared Home Sauna which can seat two to three people. Infrared rays, which are completely harmless, penetrate deep into your skin, effectively warming muscles and soft tissue. They increase circulation and help to speed up the healing process by stimulating the production of collagen, an essential building block of human tissue.

Cold Therapy, or Cold Compression Therapy, is used to relieve pain and reduce swelling in soft tissue injuries. It is especially recommended by doctors and therapists for strains, sprains, pulled muscles, and pulled ligaments as well as to reduce swelling after surgeries. Cold therapy can be as simple as wrapping a few ice cubes in a towel, but because soft tissue injuries can happen anywhere on the human body, a wide variety of products are available.

Elasto-Gel Hot and Cold Packs are available in several styles and range from traditional hot/cold packs to ergonomically designed packs that are for specific areas of the body. The hot/cold packs come in several sizes while the ergonomic wraps are designed for the wrist, the neck/cervical area, the patella/knee, the shoulder, and the lower back. The gel inside each one of the products will not leak if punctured and allows the wrap to be flexible even at -20 degrees Fahrenheit. The above-mentioned Bed Buddy products can also be put in the freezer to be used for cold therapy.

Massage Therapy

Massage therapy can be useful in the later stages of recovery, but visits to a therapist can be expensive and are not always covered by insurance. A wide variety of home massage therapy products allow you to reap the benefits of a relaxing or deep penetrating massage in the comfort of your own home, at a fraction of the cost. The Body Back Buddy is a versatile massage tool that enables you to effectively massage those hard-to-reach places on your back with minimal effort. The s-shaped curve allows for the application of deep pressure while the eleven therapeutic knobs provide different massages for different parts of your body. Those with limited strength and mobility will enjoy the benefits of using the Body Back Buddy long after recovering from their injury.

Acuforce Massage Products are best suited for use with a partner. Each of the products is weighted to provide the necessary downward force for a deep penetrating massage without putting strain on the wrists and hands of the person giving the massage. For a more powerful and penetrating massage, the DMS Deep Muscle Stimulator uses percussion and mechanical vibrations to reach deep into muscle tissue to stimulate proprioceptive functions. Unlike any other device on the market, the DMS increases muscle metabolism and the lactic acid cycle to relieve pain while breaking up muscle scar tissue. It constructed of 100% stainless steel and titanium, and is very effective for helping to get rid of muscle spasms.

Before Beginning Home Therapeutic Recovery Treatments

It is best to check with your doctor before beginning certain types of treatments. As certain wounds heal differently and people heal at different rates, your physician can suggest when to use certain treatments and how long to use them for. While none of the above-mentioned products should be used in place of seeing a doctor after a car accident, they will help to make your recovery process as quick and as painless as possible.

Far Infrared Heat Therapy Offers Numerous Health and Therapeutic Benefits

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The proven health and therapeutic benefits of Far Infrared Heat Therapy, while familiar to health professionals, are still a mystery to most consumers. A recent “explosion” of Far Infrared Heat Therapy products on the market has prompted most people to show interest in the benefits of using those products, but like most new technological applications, most are still skeptical as to whether or not these products actually work. The first question most consumers ask is, “What is Infrared Heat?”

What is Infrared Heat?

Infrared is a band of light that we perceive as heat. While we cannot see infrared heat, we can feel its effects. Infrared radiation, or radiant heat, represents over half of the energy emitted by the Sun and is divided into three segments: near, middle, and far.

Infrared rays heat our body by a process called conversion. Through conversion, far infrared heat can penetrate organic substances such as the human body without heating the air in between. You may notice a similar effect on partly cloudy days: when a cloud obscures the sun, you suddenly feel cooler, but the air temperature around you has not had time to be affected. The cloud blocked the sun’s infrared rays from penetrating your body.

By using far infrared heat as opposed to traditional heating methods, you enable the heat to penetrate deeper into your body without the skin discomfort of heating pads, hot towels, and some pain relief gels/creams. However, less discomfort is just one of many benefits of far infrared heat therapy.

What are the benefits of Far Infrared Heat Therapy?

The human body is composed of 90% water. Far infrared rays cause resonance in water molecules, activating them and ionizing them. Because of this effect, Far Infrared Heat Therapy offers a variety of proven health and beauty benefits.

Far Infrared Heat Therapy effectively helps to increase blood circulation without putting strain on your heart and increases the levels of oxygen and white blood cells in your blood. It also stimulates the production of collagen (a building block for human tissue) in your body and helps to rid your body of toxins by causing you to perspire. You get the benefit of a stronger immune system, better cardiovascular health, and a faster ability to heal from soft tissue injuries such as tears, pulls, and sprains. Believe it or not, Far Infrared Heat Therapy also serves as an effective way to help cure hangovers.

The penetrating heat of Far Infrared Heat Therapy can be used as a beauty treatment as well. It reduces the appearance of crow’s feet, fine lines, and wrinkles. In addition to helping heal scars, wounds, and cuts, it also smoothes your skin’s texture, lessens coarseness, and reduces pore size.

Far Infrared Heat Therapy penetrates deep into soft tissue, making it an ideal source of arthritis pain relief. Athletes and the elderly will benefit from an effective means of loosening sore muscles and stiff joints without the use of ointments or creams that can burn and have an unpleasant odor. Those who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and Parkinson’s Disease can enjoy an easy to use form of pain relief. In addition to making you perspire and removing toxins from your body, Far Infrared Heat Therapy serves as a means of weight loss and cellulite reduction for those who cannot exercise due to health concerns or mobility issues.

How is Far Infrared Heat Therapy administered?

Thanks to the demand for pain relief applications as well as the growing knowledge and popularity of Infrared Heat Therapy, a wide variety of products are available to help you enjoy the benefits of this technology. Ranging in price from as low as $80 to as high as $2,600, Far Infrared Heat Therapy technology is used in handheld devices, stationary systems, products with built in massagers, and even highly effective home saunas. ActiveForever offers an assortment of these products to help you enjoy the benefits of Far Infrared Heat Therapy.

The Light Relief® is an example of a handheld infrared therapy device. It uses either an AC adapter or batteries and can be held against your body with your hand or attached to your body using the long strap included with the product. It is a great solution for targeting pain in specific areas such as your joints, hands, and neck.

The DPL – Deep Penetrating Light Therapy System is a device that consists of two large panels, mounted on a stand, that contain dozens of infrared LED lights. The DPL can sit on a table to apply the skin-related benefits of infrared therapy to your face, or the two panels can be removed and either held or strapped to the body. When removed from the stand, the two infrared panels are ideal for relieving pain, healing, and increasing circulation in larger parts of the body such as the lower back, the upper back, thighs, shoulders, and abs.

Perhaps the most effective form of Far Infrared Heat Therapy, the Far Infrared Home Sauna offers many more benefits than any other device. Unlike traditional saunas that heat up to over 200 degrees Fahrenheit, the Far Infrared Home Sauna only reaches a maximum of 150 degrees. The infrared technology allows the heat to penetrate even deeper into your body while eliminating the discomfort of extremely high temperatures. The air is fresh and steam-free as opposed to being humid and stale, and this sauna uses a fraction of the energy a traditional one uses. Because the temperatures are low enough to not affect electronics, the Far Infrared Home Sauna includes a sound system with CD player and a reading light.

Will Far Infrared Heat Therapy Work For Me?

Far Infrared Heat Therapy has been shown to work on people of all backgrounds. The range of benefits from this effective form of heat therapy can be felt regardless of skin type, physical disabilities or limitations, and athletic condition. Simply use the available types of Far Infrared Heat Therapy for 15 – 30 minutes per day and enjoy the benefits of a healthier lifestyle. For more information on the wide variety of infrared heat therapy products, click on the links below.

Infrared Blood Circulation Massager

Ultra Deep Kneading Massager with Infrared Technology

Far Infrared Home Sauna

Light Relief Therapy

DPL – Deep Penetrating Light Therapy System

Thermotex Infrared Heating Pad