aren McKee worked many years in the health industry as a registered nurse. She operated a pain clinic and spent 15 years in doctors' offices and hospitals, as a medical sales representative.
Karen became concerned about the amount of medications people were taking and felt that there were natural options for combating pain and stress. She ventured to India and studied at an herbal hospital that specialized in natural healing practices, many using heat therapy. In 1995, Karen discovered microwaveable remedies that she thought were very impressive.
Karen experimented, and developed new products. She approached massage therapists and exhibited at craft fairs. People were buying her products and loving them. The products had cozy designer fabrics and held heat for a long time. Testing proved that they were very safe to use. The products can all be put in the freezer for very effective cold applications. Warm Buddy products have been tested extensively and have been approved as a Class 1 medical device by Health Canada. They have sold over a million products in the past 18 years. All Warm Buddy heat packs are made in Canada and provide many years of comfort.
"Warm Buddy awareness steadily increased as more spas found us," karen says.
"Spas use our products in their services and clients get first hand experience using them. Clients want to purchase them and take them home."
The Warm Buddy company offers a wide range of products that are excellent for spa use. Products
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Warm Buddies donates a portion of sales from the bear mitts to Bear Matters.
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include: shoulder wraps, warming blankets, eye pillows, aromatherapy sleep mists and oils, warming socks and slippers for the people with cold feet. The company also developed the original warm up animals. These soft cozy warm up animals have a separate heat pack that can be taken out and heated or frozen for relief for promoting sleep and relief from aches and pains. Warm Buddies famous ultra plush robes are machine washable and dry quickly. They are probably the plushest robes on the market.
Warm Buddy products are used at hospitals, for children with arthritis, and for all conditions involving aches, pain or stress. The Warm Buddy animals are being given to comfort children during ambulance rides on Prince Edward Island. The Edmonton Zoo even uses the small warm up animals to console newborns at the zoo!
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888-649-0649 #4 - 801 West 1st Street,
North Vancouver, British Columbia
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Warm Buddy Founder Karen McKee