Homemade Ice Pack

So my daughter has been down for about 6 days now with a herniated disc.  Not fun and no health insurance to help.  So she has been booking it to the Chiropractor 3 times a week.  Last Monday we got her a Tens machine and some natural anti-inflammatories.  We were also instructed to ice her back several times a day.  Well have you seen how much reusable ice packs are?  And we needed half a dozen to rotate so one is always frozen.  So off to my pinterest boards to see if I had a recipe to help.  Yup and here it is:

3/4 cup dawn dish washing detergent
1/4 cup rubbing alcohol
1/2 cup water

Put it all in a Ziploc bag and then shove the whole thing into a food saver bag and seal it up.  I tried just putting the mixture in the food saver without the Ziploc and sucked the mix into the trough to seal it.  What a mess! So I put it in a Ziploc, with as much air out of it as possible, laid flat inside of the food saver bag and sealed it up.  Look, no leaks!  Or I should qualify it - No leaks outside of the food saver bag.

 

It also does not set up hard like water would.  It's very flexible.  Works amazingly well.

Enjoy!