Cortisone is a steroid that is injected into an area of the body (usually a joint) to relieve pain and inflammation. Cortisone is used to treat the pain associated with a variety of soft tissue injuries and conditions, such as Tennis Elbow, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Plantar Fasciitis, Rotator Cuff Injuries, and many more. Cortisone shots are made up of two things - a corticosteroid and a local anesthetic. Due to the potential risks, you shouldn't have more than 3-4 cortisone injections into a given joint in a year. You should also wait at least 6 weeks between cortisone shots.
Cortisone injections are intended to temporarily relieve pain and inflammation.
They don't do anything to treat the underlying injury or condition causing the pain and inflammation.
All cortisone does is mask the pain, causing you to feel a false sense of ability that will likely lead to re-injury and a worsened condition.
When you mask the pain, you get rid of the reminder that you're actually injured.
When the reminder is gone, you feel well enough to be physically active again, when you should still be resting your injury.
This is very dangerous and only leads to all of your healing being undone.
There are many serious risks and side effects associated with cortisone injections, most of which are seen with repeated use. These include:
Most people find that following a cortisone shot, their pain and inflammation is worse for a few days before the cortisone actually kicks in.
If you have diabetes, an injection of cortisone will make your blood sugar go up for several days afterwards.
Several studies (which have been published on the NCBI website through PubMed) have found that cortisone injections can actually lead to chronic re-injury and deterioration of the tissue, meaning a worsened condition and a much longer recovery time. This often causes complete rendon rupture, forcing the patient to resort to surgery.
Pain and inflammation can be relieved quickly and completely, without dangerous and invasive injections.
ColdCure® devices use cold and compression to safely and effectively the relieve pain, swelling and inflammation associated with soft tissue injuries and chronic conditions.
They were developed as a safe alternative to ice packs (which can freeze the skin) and cortisone injections.
ColdCure® Wraps come with 3 swappable cold packs.
You use one inside the wrap at a time, keeping the other two in the fridge or the freezer so you can keep swapping them out to keep your cold therapy going.
When you put the ColdCure® Wrap on, you will instantly feel relief and relaxation as it soothes the pain of your injury.
ColdCure® gel packs contain 3x more gel per lb than other products.
This means complete coverage of the entire injured area.
Despite their size, our gel packs are never bulky, so your treatments are always comfortable.
When stored in the freezer, our gel packs have 10x more cooling power per lb than other products.
This means faster relief of pain and swelling.
It also means you won't have to get up and swap the gel packs as often.
ColdCure® gel packs contain our unique XC RigiGel® formula.
XC RigiGel® is both firm yet flexible, unlike other gels that are watery and mushy.
This means it conforms to your injury without flowing away.
It won't move away from your injury, even under heavy pressure for long periods of time.
This is a huge improvement on regular cold packs.
Relieving the swelling and inflammation is the first step towards healing, but it won't heal the injury itself. If you want to repair your damaged tissue and get back to your regular activities, you need Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy® (BFST®).
BFST® Wraps bring nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood to your injury. This increase in blood flow works to actively heal your damaged tissues. Blood flow is the most critical element in rapid recovery. Unfortunately, an injury at rest often has very limited blood flow. While physical activity stimulates blood flow, it can also lead to re-injury and a lengthened recovery time. BFST® Wraps are the solution to this problem. They're designed to speed up the healing process while you're at rest. This means you're getting the additional blood flow your tissue needs to heal while avoiding re-injury at the same time.
Before they get injured, most people have never heard of King Brand.
There was no need.
Our purpose is highly specialized.
But after they've experienced King Brand, our customers never forget us.
King Brand, we want you to have the best experience possible.
We want you to get better.
We want to teach you how to use our products, and how to get the best results.
Our team of Treatment Advisors spend countless hours being trained on how to support our customers as best as they can.
They are endlessly learning how to treat specific injuries and how each of our products work.
And that's all they do.
All day long they guide people on how to treat soft tissue injuries exactly like yours.
15 years since our beginning. And every year we've continued to improve our products.
We constantly improve them to make them more and more effective.
We have invested heavily into our technology and that's why the products work so well.
We now have thousands of 5 star reviews from very happy customers. We have shipped over 500,000 products to over 300,000 injured customers.
Many of them have received our personal coaching on how to get the best results. We reach out to all of our customers after their products are delivered to offer our support and knowledge.
Our Treatment Advisors aren't sales staff.
They have no expectation to sell our products.
There are no commissions.
Their job is to help you get better.
Our Treatment Advisors will only help educate you on how to get the best results using our products.
They will honestly let you know if our products aren't able to assist you with your healing.
The products work incredibly well.
The Treatment Advisors are here to support you.
People who've used King Brand products before, always come back to us if they have another injury. They search for us by name because they remember how well we helped with their last injury.
We have many, many customers who were so happy with their experience that they come back over and over again to buy products for family and friends.
People recommend King Brand and that's the best testimony of all.
And you have a money back guarantee. We will help you get better.
King Brand® soft tissue rehabilitation medical products are the #1 choice of top Athletic Therapists and Medical Practitioners worldwide. We provide guaranteed results and customer satisfaction. Like all King Brand® products, there simply isn't a better performing option. All King Brand® products come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Try our products and if you're not completely impressed, you can send them back for a full refund. We know you will love them though because hundreds of thousands of people already use them and rave about the results.
The King Brand® products shown are FDA Registered medical devices. That is not all. They have also been registered with Health Canada which means they received twice as much review.
FDA and Health Canada Registration does not mean that we filled out a form to become Registered. Our medical claims are significant, and because of these claims the various agencies have looked deep into our technology.
We have submitted to FDA our proprietary research and technology to back up the claims that we make.
King Brand has participated in far more than a basic registration process. All the agencies have come to our facilities for week-long inspections to ensure that the end user is always receiving the safest, most effective medical devices we can offer. With two different countries of regulators this means our products have twice the oversight, ensuring exceptional quality and performance.
It is not required by the government agencies, but we are also ISO-13485 compliant and registered. This enforces medical standards that are established by the International Standards Organization for global manufacturers of medical devices. This means more on-site, week long, audits every year, ensuring our quality and products meet strict international standards.
Beyond what is required by any regulator, we use only the safest materials in our products. ISO-10993 regulation ensures that our products are made from higher quality materials than most baby products, including diapers. This is the highest bio-compatibility safety standard in the world. This is the highest hospital grade - think Intensive Care and Operating Rooms. Our materials go through ISO-10993 testing to ensure they are safe for you. No consumer products are produced to this high standard.
King Brand products are, in fact, hospital grade through and through. IEC-60601 is the International Standard for Medical Device safety from an electrical standpoint. In spite of the BFST® being an electrical device, BFST® can be used in hospital emergency rooms and operating rooms without affecting other equipment. You can use any medical device with a BFST® and neither device will know the other one is there. This is a very tough standard to meet, but we do it and you benefit.
King Brand products meet over 20 different safety and quality standards that are not required even for medical devices and FDA registration. If we think there is anything that can be done to make our products safer and more effective, we have done it. That is the approach to everything we do and that is why our company and products are so highly regarded.
