Pain from backaches, arthritis, and similar disorders often responds well to heat therapy. By increasing the temperature in selected areas of the body, this treatment enhances blood circulation and helps muscles to relax, reducing stiffness and increasing mobility.
What we wanted:
- A simple to use, non-toxic alternative to pharmaceuticals
What we needed:
What we did:
We created Kewler pronounced "Cooler", or The Kewler Company to share the products that we created to help our family manage immediate and the long-term pain, aches and bruises of growing older. Help us spread pain relief by sharing your icyball or thermalball story
Cold icyballs® constrict blood vessels and encourage the lymphatic system to clear fluids and damaged tissue by-products. Swelling is reduced and an analgesic effect is produced relieving the pain associated with strains, sprains and bruises.
Calalog Here
Sound of the icyball (or thermalball) when cooled in freezer
The Idea
Problem: Design an elastic snowball to assist my family with a solution for neck, back and sciatica pain. Where acupressure point and thermal therapy synergize.
The Products
Icyball and Thermalball
2 tactile sizes: The original 3 inch, 8 ounce version and the 4 + inch, 16 ounce Mega ICY deep tissue massagers.
- Icyball was initially designed for cold use only until our clients told us (at the American Massage Therapy Convention) how they were using them heated
- The Thermalball product line was developed to improve heat cycling with retirement to cold only use
- Kewler products last...I still have my original prototype icyball in the freezer. The mega icy (blue) lasts 4 hours and is my favorite size
- Product combinations: We have a neoprene band for wrapping heated or cooled thermalballs around your knees and back. The starter kit with microwaveable krock includes our most popular promotional pack of 3 thermalballs
- Under Development: Look for our line of performance E N H A N C I N G products (no pills) just scientific area specific cooling WHILE perfoming!
The Testimonials
There are only three tools that really fit into my practice and Thermaball is one that I am so happy to have...
- Sciatica pain management and sciatica pain relief
- Plantar Fasciitis relief
- Headache relief
- Ache back lower and shoulder pain relief caused by muscle stiffness
- Inflammation reduction. Better than a cold pack or common gel pack, its Kewler contents are amazing, non toxic (kid safe)!
- Chronic Arthritis relief and arthritis treatments
- Heel spurs relief
- Carpal Tunnel pain relief
- Hot Flashes in Menopause - mobile hot flash treatment!
- Deep tissue massagers, trigger point therapy with penetrating warmth and precision control.
- Sports related injury where ice therapy is prescribed
- Chiropractor subluxations maintenance therapy
"...in order to change tissue within a typical one hour massage, a therapist needs to warm tissue quickly, usually with the healing of friction of repetitive touch. Changes in tissue are much easier when temperature can be applied to various places on the body at once. Thermalballs act as an extension of the therapist's anatomy enabling a revolutionary massage with bonus therapy for the practitioner (better quality and ergonomically easier on the anatomy of the professional). Thermalballs feel like your skin, supple, but can traverse bony prominences without interruption in acupressure or temperature. Thermalballs stimulates the body's vascular and lymphatic systems to flush toxins, dead cell matter and bacteria. Contrast thermal therapy replenishes the affected area with fresh oxygenated blood and nutrients. Cold thermalballs constrict blood vessels and encourage the lymphatic system to clear fluids and damaged tissue by-products. Swelling is reduced and an analgesic effect is produced relieving the pain associated with strains, sprains and bruises. Pain relief from backaches, Arthritis, Sciatica nerve pain, Heel Spurs pain, Plantar Fasciitis pain along with general muscle massage and hot cold pack therapy, can be achieved with Thermalball therapy. By increasing (or decreasing) the temperature in selected areas of the body, thermal therapy enhances blood circulation and helps muscles to relax, reducing stiffness and increasing mobility...."
"...thermalball products just work better!
Thermaball delivers deep heat or icy cold to all areas of the body due to the suppleness of the ball, penetrating ruggedness and "tacky" exterior. It allows you to get into contours that you normally can't affect with compression and decompression - plain and simple...."
In my years of practice I have been tempted by tools that could help me, or make it easier on my body or better for the client. Most all of the tools I have tried do not have longevity. Either the client gets bored or the device doesn't meet expectation.
There are only three tools that really fit into my practice and Thermaball is one that I am so happy to have...
I have found Thermaballs natural to use, require little learning curve and fit into the routine perfectly. Eventually every good massage therapist will want them as part of their arsenal...
Bill Marcella
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nationally Certified Massage Therapist
Certified NeuroMuscular Therapist
Practicing CranioSacral Therapist
Professional Member of the American Massage Therapy Association
Nationally Certified Massage Therapist
Member of the Upledger International Alliance of Healthcare Practitioners
NC State Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist License # 2487 and Insured
Truly I cannot commend you enough for developing such a wonderful product that has been such an asset to my massage career. Send anyone my way for a recommendation!
Joanna Roberts, NCLMBT
I use the icyballs very effectively on people with varieties of neuromuscular problems like plantar fasciatis, migraine head aches, low back stiffness, circulation problems in upper traps, gastrocnemius, etc. The results are very remarkable. People get significant relief and I see icyballs as a useful tool in the process of healing. The icyballs compliment me to perform deep tissue and muscle release techniques easily. They reduce the strain on my hands. It is a great product.
Jan Iyengar, Phd, LMT
Manchester, CT
I started using the icyball in my pain management practice to help my chronic pain sufferers. This is the best way to use ice therapy on Plantar Fasciitis and Heel Spurs. Thanks for the quick delivery
Jose Armstrong, MD
Raleigh , NC
testimonials cont...
Small Business Innovation Research Award system
DOD SBIR and STTR awards (forms)
Helping Small BusinessIcyball, Thermalball and r3dball thermal balls for heated/cooled application:
Icyball® and Thermalball products come in 2 tactile sizes: The original 3 inch, 8 ounce version and the 4 + inch, 16 ounce Mega ICY
Non-Toxic FLEXIBLE, ELASTIC, NON-TOXIC Thermalballs website.
DISHWASHER SAFE (top rack sanitization) and you can heat them in there too! Thermalballs website.
MICROWAVE SAFE - Fill a microwave safe bowl with enough water to cover. Your thermalball needs to be COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. The heated surrounding water is an indicator of the temperature inside the thermalball.
Heating Guide.Contact
contact me kevin at kewler dot com for a quote.