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        {
            "content": "This stuff is very very good quality. The product is outstanding, it's as good as I thought it was going to be and I'm having some positive results. I've kind of been down the road with this knee for a while now, and I wanted to take a short cut and get a cortisone shot, which I did, I got two of them three months ago. The next day I was out of pain, and that was good for about two months, but then the pain came back. I decided to try your product, even though I just got it a couple of days ago, I'm feeling better. I'm using it twice a day and taping up my knee, and I don't care how long it takes, I'm going to just stick with it. I've recommended it to a couple of friends of mine, I told them, 'This stuff here is the real deal, this is not China junk off of Amazon, this stuff is really good.' I'm really impressed with it, just tickled pink. You know, you buy a bunch of junk sometimes from Amazon, and you kind of get used to getting junk when it shows up, but this stuff, you can see why it's FDA approved. I'm extremely impressed, and I'll be recommending these types of sleeves to anyone. It's very functional, very comfortable, and it was made with a lot of research and development.  ",
            "author": "Robert from Texas",
            "products": "ColdCure Knee|Roll Tape|BFST Knee",
            "date": "Dec 30, 2023"
        },
        {
            "content": "This the third day and I already see a difference, I've been dealing with Plantar Fasciitis for over a year. I've been doing what you said resting, icing, and heat (BFST). They said surgery doesn't really work, cortisone doesn't really work, and I thought I'd just be hurt forever. Its amazing, I really appreciate it. It's just going to get better, yay!",
            "author": "Kathy from Florida",
            "products": "ColdCure Foot|BFST Foot",
            "date": "May 03, 2023"
        },
        {
            "content": "I feel like it's really making a big difference. I'm really happy! I'm dealing with a deep root meniscus tear, and all the doctor wants to do is give me cortisone, and I don't want to do that. I'm coming along really well without it. I'm not feeling much pain now. I went almost a year without being able to walk, and in just a few short weeks I'm feeling so good. ",
            "author": "Tammy from Ohio",
            "products": "ColdCure Leg|BFST Knee|Pre-Cut Tape",
            "date": "Jan 05, 2023"
        },
        {
            "content": "I love both of the products. I do both the cold and the BFST 3 times a day. I had severe plantar fasciitis, and now I'm able to walk my 3 miles a day since I've been using them. I went to the foot doctor and he was no help, he gave me laser therapy, a cortisone shot, and nothing worked. Only the King Brand products have worked for me. I wish I had found them sooner!",
            "author": "Deborah from New Jersey",
            "products": "ColdCure Foot|BFST Foot",
            "date": "Sep 21, 2022"
        },
        {
            "content": "Oh my gosh. They are a blessing. I'm having awesome results. I've had the bursitis in my elbow since February, I've had an injection of cortisone which did nothing. Within just a couple of days doing those treatments with the heat and the cold has made an incredible difference.",
            "author": "Deb from California",
            "products": "ColdCure Elbow|BFST Elbow|Pre-Cut Tape",
            "date": "May 27, 2021"
        },
        {
            "content": "I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your product. In May I was diagnosed of having a Bakers Cyst. I also had some problems with arthritis in my knee. And had a bone spur break off in my knee. Extremely painful!!  I had to go to the emergency room as I was in so much pain & could barely walk. I went to an orthopedic surgeon that wanted to give me a cortisone shot. I told him I would think about it, as that was not the route I wanted to take. He said to me as I was leaving his office, something to the effect that he would be seeing me again!\r\nI should tell you that walking is huge in my life. I have 2 dogs and walk them 2 miles daily and have walked all my life. This was devastating for me.\r\nI went on the internet searching for treatments for Bakers cyst, when I came across your website. My husband read about your guarantee and product line also and suggested I purchase a BFST knee wrap as well as the Cold care treatment. I used your product regularly about 4 times per day. My knee started to feel better right away. I have gradually reduced used the bfst to about once per day. I am truly amazed at how good my knee feels. I would say that my flexibility is back to about 99.5% of my original movement. Thank you for a great product. I have recommended your product to many people & will continue to do so.\r\nThank you again!!",
            "author": "Greg from Wisconsin",
            "products": "BFST Knee|ColdCure Leg|Roll Tape",
            "date": "Dec 17, 2019"
        },
        {
            "content": "Hello King Brand Friends.   The cold cure wrap completely turned my life around.  I was suffering from hip\/thigh bursitis after a hard sit-down backward fall in late March 2019.  When pain began, about a week later, my ortho docs thought it might me sciatic nerve pain or bursitis.  I was desperate for relief, had two cortisone shots, and took way too many analgesics.  After months of severe pain and disability, I was beginning to think that I had to adjust to a new normal as a disabled senior.  Within several weeks of applying the cold pack for any new injury (turning over in bed, walking--almost any activity) gradually I was walking better and suffering much less pain.  Now several months later from the first cold cure application, I have nearly returned to my pre-injury life.  I tell everyone about my experience and how cold has made it possible to heal from the recurring injuries.  With each movement, the bursa were getting re-injured, so heat and physical therapy were the wrong treatments.  When I asked my doctor if he thought I would benefit from the King Brand medical cold wrap (found with an on-line search), he agreed it was worth trying.  The three cold wrap inserts are easy to refreeze and quickly.  I found the cold was never too cold to risk tissue injury and much, much more convenient that any ice pack.   Your company is the best.  You have given me my life back.  I take fewer analgesics, no more cortisone injections, and travel with my King Brand cold cure products.  But, there are fewer mobility injuries, and I am able to care for myself and others again.   I am no longer so mindful of taking along my walking stick when I go out.  I will be in your debt always.  Barbara McDaniel Ray, age 82.",
            "author": "Barbara from Georgia",
            "products": "BFST Back|ColdCure Back|Wide Roll Tape",
            "date": "Nov 04, 2019"
        },
        {
            "content": "I discovered online after struggling with plantar fasciitis for months despite a half dozen cortisone shots, and which basically solved that foot problem. It will take a while to notice results, but my diligent 3x per day usage as directed solved 90% of the pain i suffered in my feet. NOTHING else my podiatrist did or recommended resolved that problem!",
            "author": "Lawrence from Florida",
            "products": "BFST Foot|ColdCure Foot",
            "date": "Sep 29, 2019"
        },
        {
            "content": "I have had severe plantar fasciatis at times to the point where I could barely walk.  I  have had cortisone shots which last 5-6 weeks only and then I am in trouble once again.  The wrap absolutely has worked for me better than any advise or medication any Doctor has tried on me, including the boot to wear at night which cost nearly $50 and was useless. I use the heat wrap 98% of the time, and rarely use the cool wrap because that seems to do the trick for me. I cannot be without my Kingbrand foot wrap...it works!",
            "author": "Janet from New York",
            "products": "BFST Foot|ColdCure Foot",
            "date": "Jun 04, 2019"
        },
        {
            "content": "I originally bought your product for Plantars Fasciitis that had flared up. I had it many years ago. I had cortisone shots and it started giving me a ... it started flaring up and I'll tell you I used the icing and then I used the heat as it was easing up on me and it was really ... it's been really effective. It really worked.",
            "author": "Sylvia from Ontario",
            "products": "ColdCure Foot|Pre-Cut Tape",
            "date": "May 16, 2018"
        },
        {
            "content": "At 66, I was shocked to learn I had acquired arthritis in my right hand.  I have discovered how painful arthritis can be.\r\nGardening, biking and everyday tasks became frustratingly painful.\r\nI was prescribed heavy duty ibuprofen and eventually a cortisone shot in my right wrist.\r\nUnfortunately, the shot and ibuprofen are short term remedies and are not meant to be long term solutions.\r\nI investigated braces, copper wraps and elastic supports.\r\nThe best pain relief I have found it the ColdCure wrist wrap.\r\nThere is no permanent solution to arthritis.  You just have to find something that allows you to live your life.\r\nI have used to wrap for a month now, and some days are better than others, but the daily use of the cold wrap reduces my pain very effectively to be active.\r\nHugh Hudson\r\nCharlotte, NC",
            "author": "William from North Carolina",
            "products": "ColdCure Wrist",
            "date": "Jul 19, 2017"
        },
        {
            "content": "As far as the effectiveness of the BFST, I purchased it because I came across your website when I was searching for information on torn meniscus.  I tore mine and was unable to walk for several days.  I also have osteoarthritis bed in both knees and bakers cysts behind both knees.  I don't really have a lot of pain from the cysts but they do keep from being able to comfortably bend my knees as far as I would like to be able too. After about a week I decided to go ahead and make the purchase. hen I received the wrap I used it religiously 4 times a day on lowest setting, on both knees.  I believe it was about the 8th day I went to level 2 because it was no longer feeling warm on level 1.  I also went back to work at this time.  Since I work 12 hrs a day I am not able to use it 4 times a day on the days I work.  I am not sure how much it helped with my torn meniscus because I also got a cortisone injection in it as well.  But I can honestly say that I feel both knees are more flexible and have more bend in them than they have for quite awhile.  I will continue to use this product regularly for at least a couple more months.  My knees still hurt after a 12hr shift and I don't expect this to cure my arthritis, but I do hope to maintain or even further improve my flexibility and delay my need for knee replacements as long as possible.",
            "author": "Robert from Ohio",
            "products": "BFST Knee",
            "date": "Jun 18, 2017"
        },
        {
            "content": "It's working amazingly well... had a problem for 5 or 6 years now and am pain free and am getting better every day. I'm a huge advocate.  About 2 years ago my father was suffering from severe pain in both feet and ordered wheel chair for a 7 day trip to Santa Barbara, California. I was very concerned because my dad was always active and I had never seen him like this and I see him once a week. So, I knew this was fairly sudden and I knew it was debilitating.  I called the hotel my parents were staying at to arrange the wheel chair so they did not have to rent one for the whole week (their original plan) about 30 days in advance of their stay.  Two weeks before the trip, my dad said that he received a product he ordered from a commercial he saw.  I joked with him about ordering something “as seen on TV”.  One week later he was up and walking around and I told him it was a good thing we have the wheel chair ordered from the hotel.  He said that he was feeling better but that wheelchair is a back-up plan now.  After the trip my dad said that he was fine and never used the wheel chair and he attributed it to King Brand.  I was astonished!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAt that time, I was suffering from a heel spur that was becoming increasingly painful.  Just touching my heel was painful almost to the point of tears.  I am an athlete and run races a couple of times a year.  I was giving up running and substituting biking but had also started to walk with a limp due to the pain.  My options were cortisone shots, surgery, suffering and hope.  My dad asked me to borrow his foot sleeve and try it, nothing to lose. I told him I have a heating pad and have been soaking etc.  He told me that this isn't a heating pad.  I borrowed it and noticed a sensation after the first use. I did not know what it was but I know now that it was “healing” that I felt.  I used it for two weeks, following as much as possible the treatment recommended and two years later I have been running races and have an occasional pain here and there.  I have only used it two or three days in two years and I am pain free and running 4 days a week including races!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThis leads me to my hand and wrist issues I have had for about 6 years.  Painful to the point that I could barely write, type at a keyboard or hold objects, like a ½ gallon milk carton.  My hand strength was diminished and my thumbs and wrists were in pain.  I broke down and bought the wrist wrap based on my foot experience.  After 3 days use, I grabbed the milk out of the fridge for my daughter and carried bags to the car from the grocery store. I also typed for 2.5 hours straight without pain.  A little tired but no pain! Now about two weeks later, my hand strength is increasing and I have typed all this tonight J no pain and feel good.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOne more story, my friend Mike was complaining about his elbow\/arm pain he had for years. He said that there is nothing that can be done except cortisone shots or possibly surgery.  I told him the story of my dad and my foot (still hoping my hands\/wrist would get better) and he bought the elbow\/arm wrap.  I talked to him two weeks after he started using it and in his words, “it is a miracle”.  He is pain free and I see him at the gym 2-3 times a week exercising and he has recommended it to people he knows.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThis product is not a heating pad. I have played sports my whole life and had injuries and know the time it takes to heal, with ice, heat, etc.  This is nothing short of amazing!",
            "author": "Matthew from California",
            "products": "BFST Wrist",
            "date": "May 30, 2016"
        },
        {
            "content": "I have been extremely happy with the King Brand product for plantar fasciitis.  I've  been troubled with this for over 10 years.  Have used orthotics religiously but have always had some pain.  Started walking more due to the purchase of a Fitbit.  I also dance several times\/wk and play Pickleball a few days\/wk.  I let the discomfort get to the point that I really couldn't walk anymore.  I also have a problem with pain in the ball of both feet due to, I understand, a longer bone on the second digit.  I have been to podiatrists but really didn't want to go back because I hadn't had great results from cortisone injections.  I'd purchased other products which weren't as pricey but I think I aggravated the problem.  Decided to finally purchase this product.  The healing was slower than I had hoped but today I was finally able to walk 3 miles pain free!!!  I've resumed dancing with little pain and am so happy that I have something I can use regularly to keep this from reoccurring.  Next week----pickleball.  It has taken me 6 wks for this much improvement which seemed very long as I was going through it but am so glad I took the time.  I used the ColdCure several days and then just kept using the BFST wraps 4x\/d.  Hurray!!  Elayne",
            "author": "Elayne from Texas",
            "products": "BFST Foot|ColdCure Foot",
            "date": "May 19, 2016"
        },
        {
            "content": "Unfortunately, I did not know of this product when I first tore my left knee cartilage a few years ago...and the docs took out a 3rd of my medial meniscus. I am very active, run, play soccer, ski, and about 2 years later I tore some more cartilage in the same knee.  Docs said that they might have to cut some more out, or I could curtail activity and over a year or 2 there is a slight chance it could heal. Otherwise they ere going to put me on a \"pain management\" program of cortisone shots and anti-inflammatory's. \r\n\r\nI was not crazy about either option, so after a few minutes of research online I came up onto the Kingbrand website, read the product descriptions as well as the testimonials and decided to give it a try.  3-4 times daily I used the wrap...even at work, where I could fit it under my pants...and if you do it just right, that method seems to generate the most \"warmth\" without being overly tight. In about 4 weeks the sharp pain in my knee diminished. I did make the mistake thinking all is cured, and a game of soccer, with the running and sudden stops, re-aggravated the injury, so I was back to square one...but knew then I had to lay off for awhile.  So for the next 3 months I used the BFST knee wrap for its 20 min cycle, 3-4 times daily, and even though the pain went away after a month, I waited till the end of 3 months before engaging in some more running and sports...but did not return to full activity till about the 5th month. \r\n\r\nThe next month (month 6) I went back to my orthopedic doctor, who did the same diagnostic tests on my knee that diagnosed my torn cartilage the previous year.  However, after he gave my knee a few twists and pulls, and no pain (unlike the year before) he said it seems my meniscus probably healed on its own.  I told him \"not quite on its own\" and described your knee wrap.  He seemed very interested and said he would go over to your website and take a look. Now I play soccer, ski, pain free, although I still get knee injections every 6 months because unfortunately I did have that original meniscus surgery years before and now there is that small gap.  But the Kingbrand knee wrap helped ensure that I can keep the rest of my cartilage, and hopefully avoid a future knee replacement.\r\n\r\nI've recommended this product to my friends who have similar injuries in low blood-flow areas.",
            "author": "Basil from California",
            "products": "BFST Knee",
            "date": "Feb 26, 2016"
        },
        {
            "content": "Sandy from NY\r\n\r\nI started suffering with foot pain in Feb of 2015.\r\nMy job entails visiting clients in NYC daily which means subways, stairs and a lot of walking.\r\nI was in so much pain I went to a podiatrist I had two very painful cortisone shots.\r\nI had relief for a day tops.\r\nI was going to the podiatrist at $60 bucks a visit. I purchased orthopedic shoes at $185. I purchased tons of products at CVS. You name it!! I have tried it.\r\nNothing worked. I was in a lot of pain. My hips started to hurt. My gait started to change. \r\nI quit going to the doctor as I thought it was useless. \r\nBy chance, I came across King Brand Products in September. I made the purchase for plantar fasciitis.\r\nWhen the products were delivered it was a Thursday. I called in sick Friday. I stayed off my feet all weekend as best as possible. I did more than the four treatments recommended. Monday I was still in pain. I continued using the products relentlessly. \r\nIt is now October and I got up today with NO Pain.\r\nI could not believe it. When I touch my arch area I feel no pain to the touch anymore. None.\r\nI did 30 minutes of hard core elliptical this morning for the first time in months. I\r\nam not going to get all gung ho and run a marathon now but OMG OMG I am in heaven.\r\nI am still going to continue treatment of course for months. I don't want to feel that pain again.\r\nThank you so much King Brand!!",
            "author": "sandy from New York",
            "products": "ColdCure Foot|BFST Foot",
            "date": "Oct 11, 2015"
        },
        {
            "content": "I have been suffering for the last three years and a half from Achilles tendonitis in both ankles. I had seen so many doctors and I have taken so many different kinds of medication. Medication from pain killers to muscle relaxants and also cortisone shots and none of them helped. Even physiotherapists didn't help. Ultra sounds and shockwaves did not help either. The last Doctor I've seen told me to keep taking medication and said \" I'm sorry I cannot help you\". Honestly. I lost hope. I tried king brand best wrap with cold wrap and now after 1 week, I can walk and I hardly feel the pain and I hope it will be gone soon. It's a great product with excellent customer service, I hope them success.",
            "author": "Ayman from Quebec",
            "products": "ColdCure Achilles|BFST Achilles|Roll Tape",
            "date": "Sep 24, 2015"
        },
        {
            "content": "Thank you for checking up on me. Honestly, before I started using your product I thought I was never going to heal. The pain was unbearable and I had tried everything, nothing seemed to be working. Early last year 2014 I had very bad tennis elbow. I had even gotten a cortisone shot in my elbow that only helped temporarily, what I was really looking for was to heal completely without recurring flare ups. I decided to try your wrap and it healed so much quicker than anything else I had tried. To this date, over a year later it has not come back. I am a golfer so it was a big deal for me to get back to being healthy so I could golf. \r\n\r\nWhen I injured my back late last year, I went to the doctor, tried meds, physical therapy, even yoga, nothing worked and I could not stand up straight! I was in terrible pain everyday for 6 months. I figured since the elbow wrap cured my tennis elbow, why not try the back brace? Well that was the best investment I ever made! It took about 2 months of diligently using the wrap but it worked!! I have been pain free all Summer and had my best golfing season yet! Anytime I am feeling tight in my back, I use the wrap and I am instantly better.\r\n\r\nSo all I can say is THANK YOU for your product! I have recommended it to many friends!",
            "author": "Gia from Illinois",
            "products": "ColdCure Elbow|BFST Elbow",
            "date": "Sep 03, 2015"
        },
        {
            "content": "Honestly, before I started using your product I thought I was never going to heal. The pain was unbearable and I had tried everything, nothing seemed to be working. Early last year 2014 I had very bad tennis elbow. I had even gotten a cortisone shot in my elbow that only helped temporarily, what I was really looking for was to heal completely without recurring flare ups. I decided to try your wrap and it healed so much quicker than anything else I had tried. To this date, over a year later it has not come back. I am a golfer so it was a big deal for me to get back to being healthy so I could golf. \r\n\r\nWhen I injured my back late last year, I went to the doctor, tried meds, physical therapy, even yoga, nothing worked and I could not stand up straight! I was in terrible pain everyday for 6 months. I figured since the elbow wrap cured my tennis elbow, why not try the back brace? Well that was the best investment I ever made! It took about 2 months of diligently using the wrap but it worked!! I have been pain free all Summer and had my best golfing season yet! Anytime I am feeling tight in my back, I use the wrap and I am instantly better.\r\n\r\nSo all I can say is THANK YOU for your product! I have recommended it to many friends!",
            "author": "Gia from Illinois",
            "products": "BFST Back",
            "date": "Sep 02, 2015"
        },
        {
            "content": "I love your product and if it were not for me using it I would be 100% unable to use my hand. I stopped having cortisone injections and with the use of your product was able to use my hand again and I am not one that likes to take pain killers.",
            "author": "Leonor from Georgia",
            "products": "BFST Wrist|ColdCure Wrist",
            "date": "Apr 08, 2014"
        },
        {
            "content": "I love my BFST. I don't know what I would do without it. I would not be working now without the BFST. I have had too many cortisone injections over the past three years and I cannot take off three months for surgery and recovery. Your product has been a life saver for me. I sincerely mean that.",
            "author": "Amber from Missouri",
            "products": "BFST Elbow|ColdCure Elbow",
            "date": "Mar 20, 2014"
        },
        {
            "content": "I tore my meniscus in two places, laterally and vertically. Before I went to the specialist, I searched the internet for information concerning my condition. I found King Brand BFST and they recommended an alternative to surgery and cortisone shots. Because of their recommendation, when I went to my doctor and he recommended cortisone and surgery; I declined both treatments. I accepted physical therapy and used the King Brand BFST as recommended with a cold wrap for pain. In five (5) weeks I went from practically no range of motion to full range of motion. From excruciating pain to almost no pain. I cannot tell you what to do, but I'm glad I tried the BFST by King Brand before allowing surgery!",
            "author": "Kevin from Michigan",
            "products": "BFST Knee",
            "date": "Sep 13, 2013"
        },
        {
            "content": "Maybe it's a coincidence but soon after I started using BFST my plantar facitiis reduced almost completely (say 98%) and to the point where I could start playing squash again without pain-- I have been in pain for about 5 years but it peaked this year during a match. To be fair my sports  podiatrist recommended at about the same time that I wear my custom orthotics all the time but I doubt that would have had the same effect alone. Having used all the products commonly available on the web, and having received cortisone injections, laser, etc. to the cost of thousands, you make the only product that delivers, at least in my opinion.",
            "author": "Raymond from New York",
            "products": "ColdCure Foot|BFST Foot",
            "date": "Aug 09, 2013"
        },
        {
            "content": "I hurt my knee more than 2 months ago and an MRI revealed a meniscus tear and some cartilage damage.  Not really knowing what a meniscus is, I searched various sites on the internet to learn about the injury and suggested treatments.  The pain was at times intense and I tried to stay off my feet as much as possible.  If the swelling went down, I could feel the bones grating in my knee.\r\n\r\n My doctor said that I could have arthroscopic surgery, but he didn't think it would do much good due to the location and type of tear.  He suggested that I get a cortisone shot.  I was very frustrated because I knew the cortisone shot will not help my problem.  Then I remembered that your website said that meniscus injuries need to get blood to location to speed healing.  It made sense to me, so I spent the money for the cold wrap and the BFST knee kit.  Deep inside, I thought I might be wasting money but I didn't see a good alternative.  \r\n\r\n When the package arrived, I read the instructions and tried the BFST wrap before bed for 20 minutes.  When I got up in the morning, I was astonished to discover that I could stand virtually without pain.  I'm now using the wraps 3 or 4 times a day for 20 minutes and I can even walk with negligible pain.  I realize that the injury hasn't healed, but my knee feels good and the fluids in my knee are almost gone.   I feel like I can do moderate exercise without damaging my knee.\r\n\r\n Then someone from your office telephoned me from Canada to see how I was doing and to answer any questions.  She was very knowledgeable and she answered questions for more than 15 minutes.  I have already recommended this product to several friends and I've raved about the results to most of my friends.  Thank you so much.",
            "author": "Richard from Hawaii",
            "products": "ColdCure Knee|BFST Knee",
            "date": "Aug 02, 2013"
        }
    ]
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