This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for stopping by. The winner is Marci. Congrats!
In my tween years, I developed a love for horseback riding, and after some persuasion, I convinced my parents to allow me to take weekly lessons at a local stable. Soon after, I joined a mounted drill team and what started out as a hobby soon became a passion. We’d have regular parades and shows, and one year, we went on to participate in the Western States Drill Team Competition in Reno, Nevada, which was quite the honor. During our practices, we trained with the same horse we were to ride during the competition. Through a series of unfortunate events, I was forced to ride a different horse and because he was unaccustomed to the fanfare that characterizes such a competition, he tried to throw me off. While I managed to stay on, I sustained a significant back injury that landed me in bed and would take months of physical therapy to recover from.
To say that I’m no stranger to back pain is an understatement. While I was fortunate not to have any lasting or permanent damage from that injury, many suffer from chronic back pain without relief. For the past few months, I’ve been working with ThermaCare to raise awareness about their heat wraps which provide up to 16 hours of sustained pain relief. This type of targeted heat therapy delivers heat deep into the muscle, warming them we it hurts. The result is relief from sore, tight muscles.
Because back pain is so prevalent, I thought I’d share some of ThermaCare’s tips for managing back pain, in conjunction with their long-lasting heat wraps:
- Continue or initiate range-of-motion and strengthening exercises even while pain symptoms are present. (Always be sure to clear activity with your physician)
- Advance to low-stress exercises such as walking, swimming or cycling once pain symptoms have improved
- Avoid heavy lifting, strenuous exercise and uncomfortable positions.
- Use medication as directed by your physician.
- Maintain normal activity, as able.
Tomorrow, August 16th, 2012 is Rally Day. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, this is the day where you can receive an additional entry into their grand prize drawing for $16,000! ThermaCare’s Rally for Relief Campaign was initiated to help fans like you and I defeat pain and get back to doing the things we enjoy. You can enter to win prizes each month on their Facebook page through October 16th, 2012 (80 in total). The grand prize is $16,000 and there are five trips to be won.
Here is how to enter:
‘Like’ the ThermaCare Facebook page
Enter the Rally for Relief contest
Bonus: On the 16th of each month, deemed Rally Day, you can receive an additional entry into the Grand Prize Drawing ($16,000)
Once again, I’m going to give one of you the chance to try ThermaCare’s HeatWraps to get some sustained pain relief!
Win It! One of you will win 16 ThermaCare lower back / hip heatwraps to help you get effective pain relief and begin enjoying those activities you love. To enter, simply leave me a comment with one activity you’d enjoy if you were able to receive effective pain relief.
Comments will close on August 31st, 2012 at 11:59 PM PST.
US Residents only. Duplicates and comments not including the above information will be disqualified. Comments are moderated. If you don’t see your comment in a reasonable amount of time, send me an email. Bloggers and non-bloggers may enter. If you don’t want to leave your email address, please be sure to check back for my announcement on the winner. Please note that winners must respond within 48 hours of being announced/contacted or another winner will be drawn.
Want an extra entry? Do any or all of the following and receive an extra entry for each one. Be sure to leave me a separate comment for each additional entry.
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This is part of a compensated campaign with ThermaCare. All opinions remain solely that of the author.
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Lindsay says
I’d be able to enjoy functioning like a normal 23-year old again (instead of feeling like a decrepit old lady, ha!) Seriously, though- getting back into shape has my back screaming lately.
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I will enjoy gardening without pain. Thanks!
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I’d be able to enjoy hiking more if I could get rid of my back pain.
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I would actually enjoy gardening if it didn’t hurt so much!
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