At some point, everyone has had a stiff or painful neck. This pain might be caused by simply lying in one position too long. Some people explain that they ‘slept wrong’, meaning that their head and neck were in a position that caused pain when they woke. Neck pain can range in severity from minor stiffness to excruciating pain that prevents any movement. There are many causes of neck pain, but all can helped with heat therapy such as using a microwave wheat bag, heat pad or heated neck collar

Sciatica is pain that is felt in the lower back, radiating down the back of the thigh and ending below the knee. The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve the human body. The roots of the nerve begin in the lumbar spinal cord region of the lower back. It extends through the buttocks and ends below the knee. It can be a very debilitating condition, often resulting in pain that is described as burning, tingling, or numbness in the affected hip and leg. Using a wheat bag or heat pad can help sciatica sufferers. A wheat bag can be frozen and used as a cooling compress or microwaved to apply heat therapy.

Statistics indicate that over 80% of people will experience back injury in their lives. While many will experience a complete recovery, the healing process is often long and quite painful. Some people find that they will end up living with back pain for the rest of their lives. One of the most effective treatments for back pain is heat therapy using a microwave wheat bag. Heat has been used for centuries to treat back pain, stiffness and inflammation.

Common Causes of Back Pain

There really is no short list of causes for back pain. The back is a very complex structure, with 33 vertebrae, 77 muscles, multiple joints, ligaments and vertebral discs. It just takes an injury to one

 At some point in their lives, most people will experience knee pain. There are many causes of knee pain, including arthritis, ligament injuries, meniscal tears, patellar tendonitis or a dislocated kneecap. Some knee injuries can be corrected with surgery; however, there are many that require physical therapy and a great deal of time. Other conditions, such as arthritis of the knee, can make even simple tasks such as walking, painful. Whatever the reason for your knee

Eye Masks can improve sleep during British Summer Time

British Summer Time begins in the UK on 27 March 2011 when the clocks go forward by one hour. Many will be looking forward to the prospects of bright days and long summer evenings but this can play havoc with the sleep patterns. Many people decide to buy eye

We have some new additions to our scented candles category, the delicious flavours of Jelly Belly jelly beans in candle form. Wax lyrical have teamed up with one of the coolest brands, Jelly Belly for a truly stand out in the crowd collection. They

Based on the successful and established Cozy Plush range of microwave soft toys the new Cozy Plush Premium designs from Intelex are larger and more luxurious than ever. These beautifully detailed characters have longer, floppier limbs with contrasting

We have added some new Soft Toy Cushions to the Zhu-Zhu site from both Aroma Home and Intelex.

Four new designs of animal pillow have been added to the Aroma Home Pillow Friendz range. With an easy to fasten Velcro strip these cosy comfy cushions flatten out to become a supper soft

We have introduced some new products from soft toy manufacturer NICI. Established 25 years ago in Germany, NICI has become one of the world’s leading manufacturers of plush toys and accessories. Due to their high level of workmanship, creativity and tireless passion for only working with the finest quality materials NICI have been successful in capturing the hearts of fans around the world.

Zhu-Zhu now stocks a range of NICI plush toys and NICI character slippers.

The Jolly Mah range has been launched with Jolly Elsa the sheep and Read More

Zhu-Zhu has embraced mobile ecommerce, the site is now compatible with iPhone / Android browsers. A site optimised for mobile browsers is automatically loaded when the site is viewed in one of those devices or you can click the ‘Switch to mobile’ link in the footer.

Take a look at Zhu-Zhu.co.uk on your iPhone to see the mobile optimisation in action and let us know what you think. Now you can browse the best range of microwave wheat bags anywhere.