4mymom
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Hi all,
A while back I was looking for a heating pad for Mom to use around her neck or to put on her feet/ankles when she got cold. I'm not going to lie, I'm fairly particular when it comes to purchasing almost anything...so of course I didn't see anything I thought would be sufficient. I decided I'd take my own route. Necessity is the mother of invention, right?
I took a tube sock and filled it about 3/4 full with just regular rice (do not use the quick cook/minute rice) and then sewed up the open end. From there you're good to go. I put hers in the microwave for 2 minutes and it's done. (It will hold heat for about an hour!) There is little to smell from the heated rice if you're worried about it, but you can easily put a little bit of your favorite herbs in with the rice also. Once heated, the aromatics from it are a great therapy alone. Mom likes the smell of lavender, so we use a little bit of it in there.
Hope someone else finds this as useful as it has been for us!
A while back I was looking for a heating pad for Mom to use around her neck or to put on her feet/ankles when she got cold. I'm not going to lie, I'm fairly particular when it comes to purchasing almost anything...so of course I didn't see anything I thought would be sufficient. I decided I'd take my own route. Necessity is the mother of invention, right?
I took a tube sock and filled it about 3/4 full with just regular rice (do not use the quick cook/minute rice) and then sewed up the open end. From there you're good to go. I put hers in the microwave for 2 minutes and it's done. (It will hold heat for about an hour!) There is little to smell from the heated rice if you're worried about it, but you can easily put a little bit of your favorite herbs in with the rice also. Once heated, the aromatics from it are a great therapy alone. Mom likes the smell of lavender, so we use a little bit of it in there.
Hope someone else finds this as useful as it has been for us!
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