Thank you very much for the "SUPER" customer service and support provided! It is rare in today's world. It's been a sincere pleasure to do business with the King Brand company.
John from HawaiiBFST Back | ColdCure BackSept 23, 2022
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Piriformis Syndrome is caused by the deterioration or damage of the piriformis muscle. When you heal the damaged muscle, you are treating the root cause of the problem. Most solutions proposed online including injections, medications, and TENS really only mask the pain. Masking the pain without treating the underlying condition often makes your condition worse long-term. To get past difficult Piriformis Syndrome effectively and permanently, you need to focus on healing the damaged tissue at the root of the problem.
You may or may not know what damaged your piriformis in the first place.
Regardless of the cause, once it's injured past a certain point, daily activities can cause reinjury and prolong your condition.
You can be certain though - if you let it heal, you can go back to normal life and not be bothered by it again.
The most important treatment for piriformis syndrome is rest. Your body needs some time to heal. Stopping everything isn't possible, but lighten up as much as you can to let the underlying condition improve.
You need to accept an unpleasant fact. Your piriformis is a heavily used muscle and due to day-to-day activity, it is very slow to heal. It is very resilient tissue though. It can heal. It will heal. It just takes a bit longer than you wish.
Your piriformis muscle heals a tiny bit every day. The trouble is, we can't stop walking entirely. So, we do what we can and often, even with that small amount of activity, we reinjure ourselves. We heal every day and we reinjure ourselves most days. Healing your piriformis can be a long process of healing and reinjury. To get ahead of the problem you need to make the steps forward, the healing steps, as big as you can. You also need to make the steps backward, the reinjury, as small as possible. Rest reduces the reinjury. But what can you do to stimulate healing?
You can accelerate the healing process by stimulating blood flow. This is what is happening when Physiotherapists treat you with Ultrasound. Ultrasound is a diathermic medical device that stimulates blood flow in deep tissue to promote circulation, which in turn promotes healing.
There is an issue though. The benefits of diathermy treatments only last for around 4 hours. Most people only go to therapy once or twice per week. So, one treatment every two or three days is kind of like taking a Tylenol once every few days to treat a migraine. Once in a while won't solve the problem. You need regular treatments.
As well, Ultrasound requires a technician to treat you - you can't get one yourself to do it at home.
There is a diathermic product you can get to use at home though.
King Brand 'BFST' stands for 'Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy'. BFST devices are diathermic medical devices that promote blood flow. Even better, you can buy one yourself and use it at home or wherever you are. This way, you can give yourself diathermic treatments several times each day, maximizing the benefits of this type of medical treatment. Diathermy 4 times per day, every day, will help you heal as fast as you can.
Your piriformis is positioned across your lower buttock above the thigh. It is also very much in the region of a major nerve, called the 'Sciatic Nerve' which runs down into your leg. A damaged piriformis can cause localized swelling deep in your body that you may not realize is even there (except for the pain). When that piriformis swelling pushes on or squeezes or stretches the sciatic nerve, it can cause significant pain, numbness and tingling in your back, buttocks, and down your leg. That's usually when your piriformis syndrome becomes extremely painful and intolerable. Even though the pain radiates to so much of your body, if you treat the root cause - heal the piriformis muscle - all the pain and numbness will go away everywhere. (It's worth learning about it if you want to follow this link about how tissue in your body heals.)
Blood flow is key to both the production of new healthy tissue, keeping it nourished, and removing waste. So yes, blood flow is critically important to the recovery of your piriformis syndrome. Typically, exercise and strenuous activity increase blood flow, but when you are injured and moving less, that process slows down. Blood flow is essential to piriformis healing.
Rest is critical to reducing reinjury of your muscle and minimizing the steps backward in the recovery process. BFST will accelerate healing and make your steps forward in recovery as large as possible. Healing quickly from a piriformis injury is all about maximizing the steps forward and minimizing the steps backward. With a focus on rest and regular buttock and thigh BFST healing treatments, you have the best tools available for finally healing your torn piriformis. Finally and completely.
To minimize pain and swelling, complete a cold compression treatment any time your pain level increases, or if you have been active. A ColdCure® Back, Hip, and Leg Wrap provides superior relief of the swelling and pain that come with Piriformis Injuries. ColdCure® Back Wraps use cold and compression together, because cold and compression are the two things you need to eliminate pain and swelling as quickly and effectively as possible.
The application of cold compression must be uniform and complete if it's going to work the best. The cold will suck out your pain instantly. The compression will reduce swelling and gently squeeze the inflammation out of the joint reducing strain on the sciatic nerve. The ColdCure® Back, Hip and Buttock Wrap has been very well designed to perfectly fit the affected area of any body size and type. It will ensure that your injury receives an even distribution of pressure and cooling power for maximum relief.
When you're not doing treatments with your BFST® or ColdCure® Wrap, your injured tissue becomes vulnerable to further damage. You don't want to re-injure your already fragile tissue and make your piriformis injury worse. Apply KB Support Tape™ between your BFST® and ColdCure® treatments to provide your injury with additional support and protection.
You see most professional athletes taped up all the time. Its because they are injured. But they can't stop doing their thing, so they tape when they are active to try to keep the damage to a minimum.
Generally speaking, tight bands around your hips, waist and legs are a bad idea. When you wear tight bands, they squeeze the area more than they give it support. That squeezing during activity can cause extra rubbing and strain on your ligaments and tendons, likely leading to more injuries over time. Athletes tape because tape gives support from the skin side without squeezing the critical tissue during movement and putting you at further risk.
So, keep your activity to a minimum while you're on the mend, and tape when you have to be active. In time you will be able to increase your activity level, gradually, as you put your issues behind you for good.
Do this and your Piriformis injury can truly heal - finally.
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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.
The King Brand Recovery Packs listed below include everything you need to heal as quickly as possible from your Piriformis Syndrome. As an added bonus, the Recovery Packs include a discount that's been built into the package price.
The packaging below shows the devices being used on the middle of the back. They have a versatile design that can actually be used over many parts of the body. For Piriformis Syndrome you will use them over your buttock, thigh and hip, immediately overtop of the painful spot. They are very well designed and work incredibly well on Piriformis Injuries.
Three Piece Recovery Pack - Save BIG on the Essentials
The Three Piece Recovery Package deal includes the Back BFST®, Back ColdCure® and KB Support Tape™.
These are the three most important tools for your Piriformis Syndrome. They work together to heal you, protect you, and reduce the pain.
Four Piece "On The Go" Pack - The Biggest Savings Including Battery
The Four Piece Recovery Pack is designed for people who are always on the go, and want the convenience of treatments anywhere and at any time. This bundle includes everything mentioned in our Three Piece Recovery Pack, and also includes our BFST® Battery Pack.
With the BFST® Battery Pack, you don't need an outlet. You can take your treatments in the car, on the plane, or wherever your day takes you. With a full charge on your BFST® Battery Pack, you will have more than enough power to complete all of your treatments for 2 or 3 days between charges.
BFST® Back and Hip Wrap - Heal the Fastest
If you want to just stick with the most essential piece, the BFST® Back and Hip Wrap is your best choice. This Class II medical device actively stimulates healing in your piriformis to get you on the mend ASAP!
As is, this device plugs into a wall outlet for 20 minute sessions of comfortable soothing Blood Flow Stimulation. To Stimulate Healing it is really all you need. Treat yourself in the morning and at night, and before any strenuous activity, and your healing process will happen as fast as possible.
With regular BFST treatments you make the healing steps as big as they can get!
ColdCure® Back and Hip Wrap - Stop the Pain
If your biggest issue is the pain, then you definitely want the ColdCure® wrap. The ColdCure® Back and Hip Wrap comes with 3 swappable and reusable cold packs that contain our unique XC RigiGel® formula. This isn't that 'blue goo' that you get from the drug store, no way. This is super gel. It holds tons more cold and stays cold much longer. Its ice that bends like rubber. It's amazing. The elasticized wrap holds the cold firmly in place against your injury, sucking away the pain while it gently reduces swelling. If pain is your #1 concern, this is your #1 solution. With the 3 extra gel packs included, you can treat the pain over and over again, never running out of ice.
If your piriformis injury comes with the symptoms of sciatic pain, then ColdCure treatments can be incredibly valuable in reducing the pain and tingling symptoms. The relief is very quick and long lasting because it actually reduces swelling as well as relieves pain.
KB Support Tape™ - Protection from Re-Injury
Too busy to be injured? Have to keep going? Then KB Support Tape™ is your "must have". Constant reinjury is often the biggest reason your Piriformis doesn't heal. It heals when at rest but when you get back on your feet the injury gets worse.
Athletes are always taped up. That's to prevent against reinjury while they are active. And KB Support tape is the best for that purpose. Taping is very underappreciated and very effective. If you have to keep moving, you have to tape.
The Piriformis is a large muscle. To get the best support, we recommend using KB Wide Tape. It's wider than the tapes you get in your local pharmacy and gives much better support to your injury. The amount of increased protection is significant with wide tape!
This Rechargeable Battery Pack is designed to make your BFST® Wrap completely mobile. It attaches anywhere on your wrap and lasts for 6-10 treatments, depending on what level you're on. This means you can do your treatments wherever you go! You can do treatments in the car, at work, or while you're doing chores around the house, all without being plugged in. Use it wherever the day takes you.
The Battery Pack is easily charged using your BFST® power supply. The indicator lights on the Battery let you know when it needs to be charged again. It takes approximately 4 hours to achieve a full charge when the Battery is at 0%.
The Battery Pack makes it so much simpler to get in your 3-4 BFST® treatments per day, because you don't have to wait around while you're plugged into an outlet anymore.
*The Rechargeable Battery Pack is specifically designed to work with your BFST® Back and Hip Wrap. Your BFST® Wrap comes with the components you need for treatments and to charge the Battery.
Are Other Parts Starting to Ache? - Our Vibe Massagers Relieve Stiff Muscle Pain
Piriformis Syndrome often leads to other parts of your body aching as you attempt to compensate for the pain in the back of your hip.
King Brand Vibe massagers are professional grade units that can unknot tense tissue and free you from the pain and stiffness.
There's no doubt you know the pain of muscle tension.
Lots of people feel it in their back, their legs, their shoulders.
Muscle pain can ruin your day and it can ruin your sleep.
If you haven't used a professional massager before, it's time you try one.
You'll love it.
20 minutes of targeted massage on any part of your body leaves you feeling so relaxed.
You can really feel the difference.
Long after your injury is forgotten you'll still be using your massager.
It will become your new best friend.
The Vibe Peanut II shown here is a compact and effective roller massager that gives excellent results at an affordable price.
The Accessory Strap can provide a more customized fit for the BFST® and ColdCure® Wraps. The strap provides up to 11+ inches of extension so you can use as much or as little extension as you need.
Without the extension straps, The BFST® and ColdCure® Back/Hip Wraps extend 52 inches around your hips and buttocks.
We all come in different shapes and sizes. An Accessory Strap will allow you to increase the size of your Wrap to a maximum of 60+ inches if you need the extra reach. You can achieve the best possible fit and treatment. Adjust to your desired fit.
Physiotherapists and doctors recommend stretching and strengthening exercises because it helps to promote blood flow through your injured Piriformis. Remember, it's the motion in our Piriformis that causes it to swell, spasm and irritate the sciatic nerve. When we are injured though, we need to reduce our activity, and that leads to a weakening of the muscles called Atrophy. In the early days of recovery, it is only the motion that we need to reduce the chance of atrophy. We don't need to bear a lot of weight on the hip or buttocks area. Really, as long as you don't feel pain, whatever activity you are doing is probably okay. So in the early days of recovering, the early days of PT, the key is motion, not exercise.
Physiotherapy is also intended to help strengthen the surrounding muscles to rebuild that lost muscle once you are on the mend. But, it can be harmful if heavy stretching and exercises are started too early. Your injury first needs to stabilize, and in order to stabilize the injury you need to rest. If you still have significant injury, any physical therapy you do should start off very light.
Our advice is, don't start Physical Therapy until your condition has stabilized. When you start, if you feel pain during or after PT, speak up! Your clinician can't feel what you feel, so it is very important to advocate for yourself during physio. Let them know how it feels at each stage so they can use that as a guide to treat you properly. PT is not supposed to hurt and if it does you may be re-injuring your Piriformis muscle. Never drive through the pain. If your physio recommends you work through the pain you should consider a different therapist.
When you rest, your blood flow slows down which doesn't help your injury heal. This is why BFST® is so important to start early on in your recovery. The BFST® will increase blood flow when you can't exercise and stretch aggressively. This enables exchange of nutrients and waste - to promote the healing process. So, with BFST, you can have increased circulation for hours even though your actual motion of your joint is quite light and that is invaluable to your Piriformis.
BFST stimulation also helps prevent reinjury when you become more active. Giving your Piriformis BFST before any activity triggers the Piriformis as though there is significant exercise going on. Think of it as a warm-up lap for your Piriformis muscle before you actually start the exercise. That warm-up is invaluable in preventing reinjury, particularly if you were fairly immobile before hand. Start BFST early. The earlier the better! Use the BFST® to warm up your Piriformis before PT and before any other heavy activity. This will help prevent further injury as a result of the PT activity.
At the beginning of your injury, even before the injury has had a chance to stabilize and long before you start PT, the ColdCure® Wraps will help keep the pain and swelling under control. Cold compression is highly recommended to stabilize a fresh injury. And when you are active, invariably, you're going to aggravate your condition to some degree. If you're very active, you may aggravate it a lot! After any activity where you may have aggravated your injury, use cold compression to minimize the negative impact and stabilize your Piriformis area. Always use your ColdCure® wrap after any heavy activity and after PT.
The KB Support Tape™ should be applied every morning and worn all day long to help prevent re-injury, including to PT. It protects you when you move. KB Tape is armor for your injury. For many people, King Brand® products, used in the comfort of your own home, are all that is required without having to attend and pay for Physical Therapy appointments. Because you don't have to move to use them, the King Brand BFST® and ColdCure® Wraps can be started any time in your recovery process.
For more in-depth information about how an injury heals click here for our Healing Page.
Thank you very much for the "SUPER" customer service and support provided! It is rare in today's world. It's been a sincere pleasure to do business with the King Brand company.
John from HawaiiBFST Back | ColdCure BackSept 23, 2022
The BFST® Back/Hip Wrap is designed to improve circulation in and around your Piriformis Muscle. This is exactly what you need to regain proper movement of your hip joint. When you're at rest, blood flow to the affected area is severely reduced. By using the BFST® Wrap, you're stimulating the optimal blood flow your hip needs to keep moving, decreasing the regularity of your Piriformis Syndrome symptoms.
BFST® treatments are very similar to Ultrasound Therapy. You know Ultrasound - you go to a therapist 3 times per week to get treated - what a pain! BFST® treatments are about 10x as powerful as ultrasound! It has been designed to be a better, more effect treatment than ultrasound. And instead of 3 treatments per week you can give yourself 4 treatments each day! No wonder the results are so good! BFST does not hurt and except for a little warming, you hardly feel the treatment.
The BFST® Wrap is incredibly easy to use. All you have to do is apply the wrap around the affected area of your buttocks, plug the device in, turn the power on, and sit back and relax. The BFST® Wrap is designed to be used while you're at rest, so try to do treatments while you catch up on activities like reading, watching TV and surfing the internet. The device automatically shuts off after your 20 minute session. Since the effects of each 20 minute BFST® treatment last for up to 4 hours, it's best to do a treatment about every 4 hours or so.
The BFST treatments are very comfortable and soothing. The BFST® uses Electromagnetic Energy to stimulate blood flow underneath the surface of the skin. It is warm, but not hot. It does not vibrate like a massager. (You shouldn't use a massager on soft tissue injuries) It does not cause your muscles to tense in jolts like with a TENS machine. (TENS machines are very bad for soft tissue injuries) The BFST® isn't supposed to do either of those things. Rather, it is soothing and sometimes gives you a gentle tingling sensation in the treatment area. BFST treatments are very pleasant and enjoyable.
Don't be confused, while the treatments feel gentle, they are still very powerful. Think about an X-RAY or an MRI. Even though you don't feel the energy during those procedures, a lot of energy is definitely going deep into your body.
If you put your ear close to the BFST when it is on, you can actually hear it going through the cycles. It's not loud, but you can hear it if you listen. It isn't just delivering one energy level at one frequency. Just like an MRI machine, the BFST buzzes and hums and gets louder and more quiet as it goes through the treatment cycle. It sounds just like a mini-MRI machine. Over the 20 minute treatment period it goes through a treatment cycle to deliver the most energy in the most effective way. It is designed to help give you the fastest healing time possible, in the comfort of your home.
During each BFST® treatment you will only feel a mild warming sensation. If it feels hot you are using it on too high of a setting. Over time, after several treatment sessions, the treatments will feel like they are getting less and less warm. This is your body responding to the BFST® treatments by increasing your subdermal blood flow. The more BFST treatments you do, the less warmth you're going to feel. This is a good sign. Your tissue is becoming healthier. Your body is getting stronger. This means that your circulation through your injury is improving, and your injury is improving. When the feeling of warmth during a treatment is almost all gone, this is the signal that it is time to move up to the next level. People usually move up to the second level after a few weeks of treatment.
One of the best features about the Hip and Back wraps is that they can be used for a lot more than just your piriformis syndrome. These are very versatile wraps. They should really be called universal wraps! Both the ColdCure and the BFST wraps have a flexible design that allows the straps to fasten literally anywhere on the wrap. This means you can make it much smaller or much larger and use it on any part of your body. If your neck or shoulder hurts you can sling it over one shoulder and position the pad over any injury anywhere on your upper body. Does your leg hurt or your knee? You can use it there too. If you're not the only person at home with an injury, it's entirely possible that you can both use the wraps for your unique injuries.
The BFST® and ColdCure® Back Wraps have been designed with versatility in mind. The Back wrap has a flat treatment area that's 9" x 7" that is big enough to target any area of the body. And it's very powerful - one of the most powerful styles we have, both in the Cold and BFST versions. This means that you have endless possibilities to apply the Back/Hip Wrap wherever you feel pain. The Back Wraps have been tested for continual usage, so it's acceptable to do multiple treatments over multiple areas over the body during the day.
For dealing with the pain and swelling that comes with Piriformis Syndrome, nothing works better than cold and compression.
ColdCure® Wraps were designed to address the need for a cold compression device that does not cause cold burns. Our gel packs pose no threat of freezing your skin or underlying tissue. This makes them much safer to use than other products that use ice, which can cause the skin to freeze, leading to permanent damage. ColdCure® gel packs are completely safe to use for extended treatment durations, meaning faster relief of pain and swelling. Our ColdCure® technology is a huge improvement on regular ice packs.
The ColdCure® Back/Hip Wrap is made entirely of very soft, stretchy material. It comes with 3 swappable cold packs that contain our unique XC RigiGel® formula. XC RigiGel® is firm yet flexible. Unlike gooey gel that moves around inside the pack, our gel stays in place. It conforms to your buttock area for an even, consistent treatment every time. The gel packs are inserted inside the wrap one at a time, so you can have the other two charging in the freezer to keep your therapy going. Do your ColdCure® treatments in 20 minute intervals throughout the day, for as long as you need the relief.
When you're not doing treatments with your BFST® and ColdCure® wrap, your injured tissue is vulnerable to further damage. KB Support Tape™ is critical in preventing re-injury. You're going to be amazed at how a simple roll of Tape will stop the dull aches down the back of the thigh. To recover, you need to stop that painful re-injury process. You don't want to re-injure your fragile tissue and make your Piriformis Syndrome worse. Apply KB Support Tape™ every morning to provide your Piriformis muscle with support and protection.
Why does Support Tape work? Your Piriformis muscle connects the hip to the femur. It helps with the rotation of the femur when going from a seated, into a standing position. When the piriformis muscle is injured, this muscle needs some extra support. Your skin is soft and elastic and can stretch much more than the tissue underneath. When you apply KB Support Tape™ to your skin, it becomes a much more rigid surface than before, serving to limit how much the skin can stretch. This helps protect the Piriformis muscle. The Tape makes your skin a source of outside support to hold your tissue in place from above, helping you avoid re-injury. That's why we call it armor for your injury.
Professional athletes tape their injuries all the time. KB Support Tape provides safe, high grade, optimal armor for your injury. It is made from the highest quality, hospital grade, biocompatible materials which most sports tapes are not. KB Tape is 100% KB Quality.
Love your tape! I've used others but your brand is the best.
Susan from Maryland Roll TapeOct 27, 2022
KB Support Tape™ provides lightweight, comfortable compression to relieve your swelling and to help stop the dull aches down the back of the thigh. It also helps to prevent re-injury by giving your healing tissue targeted support and protection, without restricting your range of motion.
We recommend the 3 inch wide Tape for Piriformis. The 3 inch wide Tape comes in both Beige and Black. There is no functional difference between the colors, they just allow you to express your personal style.
The 3 inch wide Tape comes in a Continuous Roll that is cut into the lengths needed for your injury. You can cut the Tape into a variety of lengths and sizes to achieve a completely unique application for your Piriformis muscle exactly where you need it. The most important part of applying the KB Support Tape is to cover your points of pain. Using the KB Support Tape along the length of the muscle, will help protect your Piriformis muscle.
Applying the KB Support Tape is easy! In most cases you will tape using an 'X' or 'T' formation. For demonstration purposes below, we have used an 'X' pattern to cover the inflamed piriformis muscle in the image. To apply the tape overtop of your Piriformis Muscle, you will need to cut two 6" pieces of tape. The tape stretches along the length, and for both pieces of tape you want to have just a bit of stretch - about 20% stretch.
The first piece of tape, will be applied on an angle covering the length of the piriformis muscle. The second piece will form an 'X'. When you are done, the two pieces of tape will cross over where you're feeling the pain. Over time, you may need to modify your taping method to ensure that you're getting the best support. You'll know the best taping style for your injury because you'll notice how much less your piriformis muscle hurts throughout the day, when the tape is properly applied. Always listen to what your body is telling you. Use the pain as a guide. If you feel pain in a specific area of your hip or back, apply the tape to that area.
Do you want to find out how well you are recovering from your Piriformis Syndrome? Track your Symptoms and Treatments using our Symptom Tracker. This easy-to-use tool provides a method for you to log lots of information about what you're experiencing, how you are managing your condition, and how your life is impacting your condition. Our specialists can review the information and provide you valuable feedback on a routine to minimize reinjury and shorten your recover time.
Think about all the times you've wished you had asked your doctor or therapist about something you forgot to mention. When you see them, they rush you and you're back out the door quickly and you're kicking yourself for not getting your questions answered. Have questions? At any time, you can request a King Brand Trained Treatment Advisor to reach out to you to answer any questions you might have about your treatments, recovery, symptoms and much more. You can record all the notes and information you want in symptom tracker so the specialist always has all the information possible to give you the best advice. This is much better care than you get with the usual medical network. All this is free as a King Brand customer.
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.
At 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.
The purchase of every BFST® and ColdCure® Wrap comes included with the free professional consulting services of our King Brand® Advisors. This added benefit is precious in terms of your treatments and overall recovery. Take advantage of having a supporting team to help guide you through your entire recovery process. We want to help you understand how to use your BFST® and ColdCure® Wraps correctly, in order to get the best results possible for your recovery.
Not only are our Treatment Advisors trained on how to use our products effectively, but they are also thoroughly trained on treating Tennis Elbow. Tell them what you need to do, and they can help create a treatment plan that's specific to your individual needs. Our Advisors spend all day helping people just like you every stage of their recovery. We are truly dedicated to helping you feel better as quickly as possible.
Talk to us. Tell us your lifestyle and schedule and let us help you put together a treatment program that will work best for you. We'll guide you on when and when not to take painkillers and which ones are best if some can actually help. We have a lot of knowledge to share. At every point in your recovery, you can call us and we will be there for you.
King Brand products meet over 20 different medical safety and quality standards that are far beyond what is required for FDA satisfaction. 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.
Why do we care? We're an American company helping Americans in need. A little kindness can go a long way, and that's why our Treatment Advisors are here for you. You're injured and in pain, and we want to help you get better. As a customer, feel confident that you're ordering from a US company, that ships all of our products from within the US. Shipping is quick and you'll be receiving a high quality medical device that will continue to work for years to come.
You are so kind. It's always good to know that there's really good customer service people that still exist.
Derek from California BFST Knee Jan 07, 2023
BFST® + ColdCure®
BFST® for Rapid Healing
ColdCure® for Pain & Swelling
Combination Therapy means using the right product at the right time. This is much more effective than just using one product at all times because each product addresses a specific issue. You have ColdCure® to relieve your pain and swelling, BFST® to promote blood flow and accelerate healing, resulting in the absolute best treatment for your Piriformis Syndrome.
A very important part of treating your Piriformis Syndrome is to use the ColdCure® Wrap to help reduce not only the visible swelling you may see on the surface, but also the inflammation you may have and cannot see, deep down in the soft tissue. You can use it several times a day. Use it anytime you want pain relief and after any significant exercise of your hip even if it doesn't hurt afterward.
You should rely more heavily on ColdCure® treatments immediately after exercise because the inflammation will continue to re-develop when you are active. Being aggressive with back-to-back cold treatments after exercise will give your body a chance to get ahead of the inflammation, and prepare your hip for the blood flow that's needed to help heal quickly.
Introduce your BFST® treatments at your less active times of day and before significant exercise. Keep your swelling and inflammation under control with ColdCure® but do not use ColdCure® and BFST® close together. Use BFST® in the morning, before bed, and after longer periods of resting your injury. When doing your treatments, you should only feel a slight warming sensation. At any time if it feels HOT or uncomfortable, discontinue use as you still have too much inflammation and swelling to complete a treatment.
Each BFST® Treatment will last only 20 minutes, but the increase in blood flow will last up to four hours. Ideally your treatments should be spaced out throughout the day, so you can promote good blood flow all day long. If you can't do 3-4 treatments a day, your two most important treatments are first thing in the morning, and right before you go to bed. This will ensure that you have a great start to your day and you can rest well at night.
If you are planning on being active throughout the day, complete a BFST® treatment before any type of physical activity. It can be as simple as doing housework. Always assess how you are feeling after your activity, as there's a chance you may need to apply your ColdCure® to treat any new inflammation generated during your activities.
The goal with your BFST® Treatments is not to increase on the levels as quickly as possible, but to condition your circulatory system to allow for the much needed, increased blood flow. Staying on the lowest level to where you feel any warmth - remember it's just a slight warmth - will be the most effective way to start healing your Piriformis Muscle. When can you move up to the next level? You can move up in levels when you feel barely any warmth from the wrap at all. This means that you've successfully conditioned your circulation and you're ready to move up. Some people can move up in a few weeks, some people it takes a lot longer. It just depends on how well your body adjusts to the increase in blood flow.
Do a ColdCure® treatment any time you experience a pain flare-up or after any physical activity to prevent further injury and reduce swelling and inflammation. Remember, staying on top of your inflammation will allow you to complete more BFST® treatments throughout the day.
Wait 30-45 minutes after your ColdCure® treatment before doing another BFST® treatment. This time will allow the blood flow and body temperature to regulate again. Refrain from using ColdCure® within the 4 hours following your 20 minute BFST® treatment, unless you notice an increase in pain during your BFST® Treatment.
ColdCure® treatments will slow down the blood flow, which isn't ideal, but sometimes necessary to relieve the swelling and inflammation generated. The BFST® will increase your blood flow which is important for faster healing.
KB Support Tape™ is very important to help with your injury recovery. As you move throughout the day, your skin and your tendons move with you. Using the KB Support Tape™ over your injury will make your skin less flexible - therefore protecting your injury - without restricting your range of motion. KB Support Tape™ can be used at the same time as your BFST® and ColdCure® Treatments without any issues, but try to have your first BFST® treatment of the day without the KB Support Tape™ applied. After your BFST® treatment has been completed, then apply the tape. Removing the tape before the last BFST® treatment of the day will provide the best results.
When you're recovering from Piriformis Syndrome, the pain ends long before you've finished healing. In fact, the pain is usually gone once your tissue is about 20-30% healed. The entire healing process is very complex, and takes much longer than most people realize. (You can click here for the full story). The key thing to remember is that long after the pain stops, your hip is still healing. This means you need to keep doing BFST® treatments in order to complete the healing process. Doing regular BFST® treatments for several months after the pain is gone is extremely beneficial. Do a BFST® treatment prior to any physical activity. This will act as a warm up for your circulatory system. You should also continue to use KB Support Tape™ to help protect the affected area from re-injury.
I have used this product for a long time and love it.
I left them in Pennsylvania when we headed south to our Florida Home, so I ordered more to have and keep in Florida.
They help me tremendously!
Sandra from Florida ColdCure Back Dec 26, 2022
ColdCure® Wraps are FDA Registered Class I medical devices. They exceed all government and health agency regulatory requirements for cold therapy, specifically for use in treating soft tissue injuries. When applied, the ColdCure® Wrap immediately reduces the risk of further damage from excessive swelling. Doctors and Therapists agree that controlling swelling is a fundamental part of reducing long-term permanent damage resulting from soft tissue injuries.
All of our ColdCure® Wraps are entirely made of very soft, stretchy material. They come with 3 swappable cold packs that contain our unique XC RigiGel® formula. The gel packs are inserted inside the wrap one at a time, so you can have the other two charging in the freezer to keep your therapy going. Do your ColdCure® treatments in 20 minute intervals throughout the day, or as long as you need the relief.
Many people follow the RICE - Rest, Ice, Compression & Elevation - formula when treating a soft tissue injury. While RICE is a popular method, the reality is that ice can actually freeze your skin and numb your nerves, causing 'cold burns' and even permanent damage to your skin and underlying tissue. The proper solution is RCCE® - Rest, Cold, Compression & Elevation. We don't want to apply ice - we want to apply cold that is just above freezing. Yes, you want cold - and lots of it - but not so cold that it is below the freezing point of water.
ColdCure® RigiGel® packs are much safer and more effective than ice and products that use mushy blue gel.
Why?
Because RigiGel® packs are like ice, but they stay at 32°F, the exact and best temperature for pain relief.
While they may start at about -4°F straight from the freezer, after a few minutes they will go to 32°F and stay at 32°F for a long time.
Not all freezers are the same so we build extra safety into the packs. If you find the gel pack too stiff from the freezer to use in the wrap, that's because it came out too cold to be safe. Leave it out for 1-2 minutes though and it's good to go! Then it will bend enough for inserting it inside the wrap. When the pack is soft enough to bend, it's ready to use for treatment. So simple and so safe!
More Gel = More Cold. XC Gel® packs contain 3x more gel by weight than ordinary gel packs. This means they cover a much larger area. When stored in the freezer, XC Gel® packs have 10x more cooling power than other products. So, you get longer treatments without having to recharge the gel packs as often. It also means faster relief of pain and swelling. Bigger gel packs with more gel inside, plus superior cooling power, ultimately means a better, more effective treatment.
Regular gel packs are notorious for having hot and cold spots. When cold pressure is applied to an injury, the gel starts to warm up in that specific spot faster than the rest of the pack. Our XC RigiGel® packs distribute cold energy evenly throughout the entire gel pack. The energy in our gel packs is transferred from the cold spots to the warm spots much more effectively. This is a valuable improvement as your injury will receive a consistent cold treatment, every time. The temperature balancing power of this gel formula is unmatched.
XC RigiGel® is firm yet flexible. We describe it as 'gel that bends like rubber' because even though it bends and molds to the shape of your body, it always stays in place. Unlike gooey blue gel that easily gets pushed to other areas of the wrap, our gel won't flow away from your injured spot. Even under very extreme pressure, it stays soft, but it won't budge. No matter how much pressure, the gel always stays in place over your injured spot. RigiGel conforms to the painful area for an even, consistent treatment every time.
ColdCure® Back gel packs are specially designed to conform to the curve of your body to provide your injury with an even distribution of cooling power. Every one of our ColdCure® Wraps comes with gel packs that are custom designed for the body part to ensure the best fit and treatment possible. We don't just use one generic gel pack shape. Every body part is uniquely shaped, which is why all of our gel packs are uniquely shaped too. If you want a product that is 100% designed to treat Piriformis Syndrome, you need the ColdCure® Back Wrap.
The illustration shows the Cold Treatment effective coverage area. The coverage wraps around the curve of your bottom, covering the entire area of the piriformis muscles.
Not all support tape is created equal. At King Brand®, our tape is medical tape, not athletic tape. This means our tape is manufactured to ISO 10993 standards, which ensures that our tape is made from extremely safe, biocompatible materials. Our tape is actually made from safer materials than most baby products, including toys, clothes and even diapers. Don't let the big brand tapes fool you. Most of them are made from toxic materials, because there are no standards for athletic tape like there are for medical tape. Some big brand athletic tape glues even contain carcinogenic ingredients. At King Brand®, your health and safety is of utmost importance, which is why KB Support Tape™ is manufactured to such high standards.
BFST® Wraps are FDA Registered Class II medical devices. They're designed, manufactured and tested to very high standards of quality, safety and performance.
The Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy® (BFST®) Wrap is designed to promote blood flow in injured tissue below the dermal (fat and skin) layer. Utilizing our proprietary Energy Web®, specially controlled and incredibly safe levels of EMR energy envelop your Piriformis Muscle and the surrounding area, stimulating blood flow in the soft tissue deep beneath the skin. This stimulation brings oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the injured area, accelerating the healing process.
BFST® Wraps have 3 different power settings, which you will move through gradually as your circulation improves. Everyone should start their treatments on Level 1. Proceeding immediately to Level 2 or 3 will not speed up your healing time. You need to condition the body first.
During your first few treatments on Level 1, your buttock area may feel quite warm. This is because your circulation is poor at first. The more you use the device, the less warming sensation you will feel. This is good. As the warmth lessens from treatment to treatment, this is an indication that your circulation is improving. Better circulation means more blood flow all the time, not just during treatments. This is the goal. When you feel very little warmth during a treatment, it is time to move up to the next power level. Don't rush it though, more heat does not mean better treatment. In fact, less heat means better treatment, so take your time moving up in levels.
BFST® Wraps are not traditional heating pads. In fact, BFST® Wraps are far superior to traditional heating pads. BFST® Wraps stimulate additional blood flow in the area of injury, deep below the skin. This increase in blood flow helps to heal your soft tissue. Drug store heating pads can't do this - they're like frying pans. All a traditional heating pad will do is cause blood to pool at the surface of your skin, making it hot to the touch. This doesn't do anything to heal your soft tissue. The difference between a BFST® Wrap and a heating pad is huge.
BFST devices were actually designed to be a better option to Ultrasound Treatments which are a type of diathermy. Diathermy is a fancy medical term which refers to stimulating blood flow in tissue beneath the surface of the skin. Ultrasound is actually dangerous, that's why you have to go to a therapist to get treatment. BFST is safe. That is why FDA allows it to be sold for home use. It is not only safer than Ultrasound, BFST is typically 10x more powerful than ultrasound and you can use it many times each day. We refer to the part of the BFST wrap that creates and sends the useful energy as the Energy Web®
The Energy Web® of the BFST® Back/Hip device is enclosed inside a soft, comfortable neoprene wrap. The Wrap molds the Energy Web® around your buttock to ensure that there is an even distribution of energy over your Piriformis Muscle and the surrounding soft tissue. There are long, wide straps attached to the wrap that allow you to adjust the fit for your body shape.
I've noticed that after 6 treatments and I'm already seeing results.
The progress is just amazing. It's been one month today, and I do four sessions a day.
Nothing else has ever helped.
Robert from Arizona BFST Back Sept 30, 2022
The standard back/hip wrap in your cart is what you need for Piriformis Syndrome. A lot of our customers, though, really fall in love with these devices. They want more. They want to use them all over their body. We have products for specific body parts, but if you want mega coverage of your buttocks and the back of your legs, or anywhere else on your Body, we have really big versions of both ColdCure and BFST wraps.
The ColdCure® Large Body Wrap provides exactly that. It has a massive cold treatment area that's greater than 15"x15". This Wrap is amazing and can be strapped on, laid on or rested against while sitting on a couch or chair. The Large Body Wrap is like the Back/Hip Wrap, but much larger. It comes with 2 huge gel packs that offer amazing coverage and cooling power.
The Large Body Wrap is guaranteed to fit comfortably on anyone with a waist measuring between 22" and 44". For people whose waist measures above 44", we have extensions that can be attached to your Wrap to achieve a perfect fit (we recommend the purchase of 2 Accessory Straps for use with the Large Body Wrap).
We think what you have is fine, but keep these in mind for later when you want even bigger and better. Or drop one in your cart now. The link is for the ColdCure version.
I have piriformis so bad I can't sit, and my stand time is limited.
When I put this Cold belt on, it fits just perfect. I have never experienced anything like this in my life and I've been buying ice packs from my first knee surgery.
For flat packs these are just absolutely insane. My skin's not getting damaged, it stays at the correct temperature - you can sit on them.
I put it on, went to the store, went shopping, went to the groomers, and went home - and it was still cold.
Amazing product.
Robert from Arizona - ColdCure Back - Aug 02, 2023
I am telling you, that BFST works so well!
I'm 64. Nothing would help the piriformis syndrome for six months, maybe longer. I thought my life was over and I'd be an old man before it healed.
Yesterday I walked a mile and a half, I rode my bike for two and a half miles, and went swimming.
It is a miracle little thing.
Michael from Florida- - BFST Back|ColdCure Back|Wide Roll Tape - Nov 06, 2022
I just wanted to tell you, oh my gosh, I'm mad that I didn't find you sooner.
I have been having trouble with my piriformis muscle and some resultant sciatica. I had it for almost a year, and I am now getting relief because of your products that I recently bought. The pain was so bad, I couldn't even roll over in bed.
Now, I have been doing the cold and also the BFST treatments. I had the pain so long before, but on the first day I used the cold treatment, I got so much relief! I wasn't feeling the sharp shooting pain from the nerve going down my leg. That was amazing!
And now, I have just been doing the BFST treatments four times a day. I no longer have the nerve pain going down my leg. I do computer work, so I sit a lot. Because of this, I now try to move around to not stay stagnate, and often I stand up next to my desk. Just every once in a while, I'll still get the numbness, but it has gotten, oh my gosh, 80% better!
Before I got your products, I started to fix the issue by going to the gym. That's because I was reading online to do all this stretching. But that was crazy. After 3 months of stretching, one day I woke up and as I was stretching, I'm thinking "it's hurting more then it did yesterday; I must not be doing the right thing". So, I just stopped.
Then I read about resting so I rested for a while and it just didn't seem to be getting any better.
Then I tried some chiropractic, but it still wasn't getting better.
I mean, I have been trying for months, but nothing has really helped until I found these products. I am so thankful.
Teresa from Florida - - ColdCure Back|BFST Back - April 06, 2021
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