Breg Polar Care Wave Knee Cold Therapy System (100578-000)

The Breg Polar Care Wave Knee is part of the third generation of cold compression products that deliver cold therapy through anatomic wraps while also providing compression. 

The Polar Care Wave is a motorized cold therapy machine housed in a simple, quiet, and compact unit with various anatomic pads such as knee, hip, shoulder, ankle, universal, and back. Polar Care Wave combines motorized cold therapy with active compression in a simple and compact system, making it ideal for facility and home use. Polar Care Wave is easily transported from the hospital, physical therapy clinic, or athletic training room to the patient’s home, extending the benefits of cold and compression. 

Breg Wave vs Game Ready

This is the highest-end cold therapy product on the market in its price category. A comparable system you should google is "Game Ready" to best understand the value you are receiving with this cold therapy unit. Gameready is a great device and nearly 10x the cost. The Polar Care Wave delivers a great value for the clinical benefit. Click here to read about the differences between Breg Wave and Game Ready.

Breg Wave Ice Bags

A very popular and often recommended accessory for the Breg Polar Wave Ice Machine is the ice bags which are extremely helpful because when you are recovering you do not want to be getting up and down going to the freezer to refill your ice machine: huge convenience factor.

How to Use the Breg Wave System: Instruction

The Breg® Polar Care Wave System is intended to treat post-surgical and acute injuries to reduce edema, swelling, and pain where cold and compression are indicated. 

United States Federal Law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a medical professional. It is intended to be used by or on the order of licensed healthcare professionals in hospitals, outpatient clinics, athletic training settings, or home settings.

Breg Polar Care Wave Reviews

Check out our article reviewing the Wave System. It goes over the pros and cons and gives you an excellent idea and the ins and outs of the system. 

Features and Benefits

Simple

• Single patient use facility-to-home unit

• Remarkably easy to operate

• No additional barrier needed

• Ice bag accessory available for an easier way to refill system

Customizable

• Varied levels of cold + compression settings

• Y-adapter for bilateral usage

• Multiple pad configurations

Convenient

• The compact design facilitates transport

• The system alone and system/pad combos available

• Hose-management storage system

• Whisper quiet pump technology encourages rest and recovery

Proven

• High-quality Breg Cold Compression Pads

• Class II 510(k) clearance

• The Breg Wave Cold Therapy system is not available on Amazon and only authorized retailers are permitted to sell Breg products. 

Adjustable compression therapy settings: Regular, Low and Off

Regular = 50 mmHg average peak compression
Low = 25 mmHg average peak compression

Adjustable cold therapy settings: Regular, Low and Off

Colder ≥ 45°F average operating temperature of the pad
Cold ≥ 50°F average operating temperature of the pad

Size Chart

SIZING CHART FOR BREG POLAR CARE WAVE REPLACEMENT PADS

Instructions for Use

Complete Overview

The Breg Polar Care Wave Cold and Compression Unit: A Complete Review

Since as far back as 3500 BC, healthcare professionals have used ice in the care of traumatic injuries–taking advantage of its unique ability to reduce pain and swelling in trauma-affected areas.

The science behind the innovative Breg Polar Care Wave draws not only on this exalted history of ice in healthcare but also the extensive body of contemporary research into cold therapy. Except this nifty machine goes one step further: it takes cold treatment out of the clinic and into a home setting.

Are you looking for at-home cold therapy? We explore the pros and cons of the Breg Polar Care Wave in the article below.