ActiveWrap Foot & Ankle Ice Pack Wrap for Heel, Arch, and Ankle Discomfort, Swelling, Soreness, and Injury Recovery – Reusable Hot & Cold Wrap with Adjustable Compression Straps

I bought this as a gift for a friend who was really suffering after her foot surgery. She was following directions to ice her foot frequently, but she was holding a non-malleable brick-style icepack to her foot, so the contact it made with the affected area was minimal. My coworker got one of these for his ailing foot on my recommendation, and he loves it. My good friend loved this gift, too, and says it helped a ton. She has regular or perhaps even small feet, but I got her the XL to accommodate all the bandaging on said foot. The bandages are off and she still uses this regularly, but she doesn't walk on it while she's icing it. This is great for more configurations than you see in the photo. The ice repositions itself wherever you would like inside, or it comes out completely. They're very flexible despite having a basic flat shape, and really work on any body part we've needed it on. I personally have the activewrap wrist pack, and have used it on my neck, head, and back in addition to my wrist. They're really just fantastically adaptable, and again: the surface contact it makes and infinite configurations you can put it into make it the best wrap I've ever used or seen. I also purchased the wrist one for my physical therapist, as she wrists often hurt from working on people all day, and she loves hers, too. One warning: this is COLD. This is TOO cold. I had to get fingerless gloves to wear with mine, and my good friend uses a terrycloth tea towel for hers. It is MUCH to cold to us with only a thin liner, and will ice burn (or freeze) your skin. If you need something you can keep on your skin for longer and/or fall asleep with, get a Bed Buddy (or a knock-off; they're all the same and there are hand made ones on etsy) instead. I'd also be careful giving this to children, as even my fellow adults are prone to do foolish things with it. Half of my office has borrowed this from me, and then purchased their own later. I recommend the whole line. No, I'm not a shill - this is just that good.

This is my second review for the ActiveWrap as I did one for the knee wrap, which I also like. I've got a few icing solutions/wraps for various body parts. This is my new favorite for ankle. Right now, I've got multiple fractures in my leg. One of them is outside ankle. Icing helps me a lot and when I take off the aircast, it's mostly just to ice down. This thing stays on securely and gives me the right amount of cold, (which I can adjust if I need to), right where I need it. Someone else pointed out there's a hole in the back where the heel is and they didn't like that. I do like it because it gives me a perfect fit and make it easy to see how to put on. If there's some reason you need ice right on your actual heel, this might not be the right product. But for everywhere else, it's great. One thing to watch for putting it on is make sure the bottom strap covers all the hook/loop fasteners. Otherwise if you go across carpet you can stick a bit; which isn't a bit deal, but if on crutches, any little annoyance like that can actually be a maybe problem. (Though yeah, maybe you shouldn't be hobbling around with this thing anyway.) Bottom line: This is my now favorite way to deal with ankle/knee icing. I find the cold therapy more effective for pain management than pain meds even. One other thing to consider if right on the edge of the sizing of the product is that too big can maybe be wrapped more, but too small won't work. Also, swelling means your parts might be somewhat bigger than you think. Maybe for most people sizing is easy, but it seems I'm exactly average or something so it took me a return or two to get it right and it ended up larger worked. That's gong to be personal obviously. Whatever. Love this product. It's helping me with some non-trivial pain issues.

Pros: So the ease of putting it on and being able to velcro the pack exactly where you need the ice or heat is great. No need to worry about spilling ice water or ice shifting if you move your foot. You can easiliy ice an ankle or top of foot or heal and have a nice secure fit. Also neat little bag for it to store it. Cons: It does not stay cold very long, I guess it helps so you don't over ice, but it does not keep a constant cold as tradition ice does. I think you would need to buy additional packs to sawp them out. All in all a decent product

These work perfectly for therapy sessions on ankles.

Stays cold or hot for about 20 min.. Velcro is long enough to wrap around ankle or knee unlike most other brands. Comes with a cover to keep smells in the fridge. Easy to use. Quality seems good. There are 2 cloth covers for different purposes.

I play a lot of basketball and volleyball. Tweaking my ankle is pretty much a given at this point. This wrap greatly helps with my recovery.

After years of icing ankles - finally an easy way to do it. Ice packs easily slip in and out this is great

I really like this ankle wrap and use it a lot. I fractured my ankle and ruptured all the ligaments, and spent months unable to use that foot. Now that I'm in the process of rebuilding strength and flexibility, I've been using this ankle wrap at the end of almost every day, and during the day when pain and swelling require it. The only thing that's a little disappointing is that, though I ordered the correct size for my shoe size, it's a little too tight and I sometimes have a bit of trouble closing it. I have an extra-wide foot, though. I can only order certain brands of shoes that come in extra-wide widths. So, if you are in the same situation, you may want to order a size up.

It is for my mother . So far she like it.

Wrap sized correctly but the cooling packs that come with it do not last long at all. I end up using a different ice pack but have the wrap hold it in place.