- Alright, Bob, viewers.
- Everybody.
- Everyone. We're gonna discuss three reasons why we,
Bob and I, really like far infrared heaters
more than just your typical heater.
- Yeah, stick around. Don't miss-
- What do you got a back problem?
- Yeah.
(both laughing)
- Hold on.
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- Okay. So if we're talking about your typical hot pack
or just a hot pack you pull out of the microwave
that you may use and put directly on your skin.
That heat will transmit through your skin.
Ah, we've got a-
- Not very far.
- But skin deep.
Just a couple of three millimeters.
- Right.
- And if you got that on your back it's gonna go skin deep.
It's not gonna get into the muscle.
- [Bob] That's right.
- [Brad] It's not gonna get into the facet joints
or the ligaments
- [Bob] Right.
- the things, those soft tissues that we wanna get
increased circulation, which the heat does.
Far infrared on the other hand, they've done studies.
- It goes far.
- 2.36 inches, so here we marked it on this ruler
so it's easy to see.
- And you can see that that gets into the joints.
- [Brad] Right. You know, obviously you have some muscle
and a fair amount of muscle on your back.
- [Bob] And fat.
- [Brad] Yeah it depends if you're a larger person.
- [Bob] Right.
- It, you know it's gonna go much deeper
than your typical convection heat. So, very good.
We're gonna show you a couple more things about this.
Alright so we are promoting far infrared hot packs.
Which here we have a Thermotex, which we like a lot.
Actually we're gonna give one of these away.
Just go to Bob and Brad.com.
- [Bob] Yes we will.
- Go to the giveaway and you can sign up for that.
And next thing we do like about the Thermotex
is they come with these elastic bands,
if you go through Bob and Brad.com,
which allows you to put it around your shoulders like this.
So like Bob started using this when he was working
at the computer
- Right.
- and he would get back pain up in this area
and then it works
and it actually pulls the shoulder back.
- Corrects your posture, right.
- So you got a posture correction
which is good for the pain as well as some nice
far infrared heat getting deep into the tissues.
- It's my go to treatment.
- There you go. Go to, good.
- Go to hell. (laughing)
- It's a family show, Bob.
- Yeah.
- So here's the front side of the Thermotex.
You were looking at the backside when it was on Bob's back.
It has an eight foot cord, which is very easy to disconnect
so you can get it on and off your back easily.
The other thing that it works really well for
is when you're sitting in a chair,
if you got a firm chair like this,
it's nice to put a pillow there
and then you'll put this there,
you know on a recliner or a soft chair like that
it works very well without the pillow.
And you just lean up against that
it'll stay right there perfectly.
- And how much does it cost Brad?
- That's a good point.
It is electric, there is a cost to it,
but it's far less expensive to run one of these
in a typical electric-
- Pennies a day right
- Yeah. Pennies a day.
I believe I did the calculations a number of years ago.
It was like at least a third less,
and I think it's even less than that.
- Right?
So this is the platinum model.
- Platinum model, yes.
Another big advantage I like about the far infrared,
there's only one temperature setting.
Typically there's like three or four settings
and usually the higher settings get too hot
and if you fall asleep with it on,
it can actually burn your skin.
We've both had patients that came in, they fell asleep.
- Yep.
- On their hot pad
- Their hot pad.
and burned their skin.
This one does not do that.
One temperature, I believe it goes up to 107
or was it 113 where they calculated the
therapeutic temperature which is not too hot.
And you can leave it on
for up to 45 minutes without a problem.
- Right.
- Both Bob and I have actually-
- Couple of times a day.
- We've fell asleep with ours on.
- Not admitting it.
- Yeah, well it wasn't a problem.
But yeah, 45 minutes is what's recommended.
- Alright, sign up for the giveaway.
- Oh wait, we got a thread on here, Bob.
We'll get that off of there.
- Good thing.
- Yeah, sign up for the giveaway and you know.
- You can win one.
- Right. Again, you have to go through our site
to get these so you can hold it on your back.
And these work also well for putting it around
your knee, your ankle, your shoulder.
It's a beautiful device, works on all parts of the body.
- Well done, Brad.
- Oh, thanks Bob. I forgot about that.
Losing my job I guess.
(both laughing)
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