Continuous cold therapy

By wkqxf0

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I have had migraines for over 50 years with no relief. I go through ice packs like crazy and constantly having to get up to get one is overwhelming. I find the clay ones are the best. I am wondering If anyone has tried continuous cold therapy? It is costly so I hate to invest in the machine without input

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adawna Member

If you are talking about the continuous cold therapy provided by the company Polaris, DO NOT GO THERE!! Warning! I bought the kit n kaboodle--the continuous flow machine, the chiller so that I would not have to keep adding ice all the time, and the migraine hat, all to the tune of over 1,100 dollars!! A LOT of money for what I THOUGHT would be the ultimate in some pain relief, since I do find some relief in headache hats.....I was told by a salesman on the phone that I would have 30 days to return it if not satisfied....The machine is loud. The temperature, even with putting ice in, gets down to about 40*, not as cold as the hats, AND the migraine hat itself is a thin, flimsy thing with little tubing, and even with my short hair, with a buzzed undercut up to the bottom of my ears in order to feel the cold better--barely worked to get the cold to my head!! I cannot imagine it could possibly help anyone with long hair! I gave it a good try. I put a headache hat on over top of it, and that kept my headache hat cold for quite awhile, but that was the only benefit. Came to the conclusion that buying a tiny freezer to put beside the bed,vplus several more headache hats was a lot quieter, a lot easier. and a LOT less expensive! BUT POLAR HAS A STRICT POLICY OF NO RETURNS! EVER! Once a product has been USED, they will not take it back. Look carefully on their site, and there is a clause that due to the health board (or some such organization) they are not ALLOWED to take any machines back! But the guy I talked to when I called to see what I needed to do didn't even mention that, he just said that "oh, we don't do returns. We can't sell that again. Why would anyone eant it after YOU used it?" I was so flabbergasted. The hat part, ok. The two machines and the tubing that I paid 1100 dollars for?! NOT HAPPY. Not the product I had hoped for, from a company even much less desirable. (To be fair, he did say I am the only one who has ever wanted to return one. Nooot sure I believe that!) Mine will be going on ebay at some point. Hope someone will like it!
1. adawna Member
 
 *Correction--the company is POLAR, not POLARIS
2. Joanna Bodner Community Admin
 
 Thank you adawna for sharing your experience with this product! How terribly frustrating of not being able to return the product after spending so much money! I really hope like you said you are able to sell it on Ebay & that it will bring someone else the relief they need! How discouraging 🙁 Thanks for being here to show support & share your advice. -Joanna (Migraine.com Team)
lyubashka Member

Hi, I hope my experience helps. I was at a friend's house once when the migraine started. She has this cold therapy cube she used after a knee surgery. So, I tried using it. I felt SO much better and decided to get one. I paid only $245.65 for the machine and a multi-use wrap. ( I think you can also buy it with a pad) Here is the link where I bought it <a href='https://beatmed.com/polar-care-cube-cold-therapy-system-by-breg-inc-4.html?acc=c20ad4d76fe97759aa27a0c99bff6710' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer ugc'>https://beatmed.com/polar-care-cube-cold-therapy-system-by-breg-inc-4.html?acc=c20ad4d76fe97759aa27a0c99bff6710</a> Having had it for some time I can say I do not regret investing the money. It brings the relief and makes migraines bearable.