The 15-Minute Warm Start Plan

Your first 14 days with Avor, and the moments worth warming up for.

This is your free guide with every Avor order. Download the printable version, print it, and stick the last page on the fridge. The full plan is also below.

Download the printable plan (PDF)

Why this plan exists

Avor gives soothing warmth and gentle massage, and your knees feel looser and more comfortable moving. The part most people miss is when to use it.

Fifteen warm minutes at nine in the morning are nice. Fifteen warm minutes right before the stairs, the far garden bed or the rug with the grandkids are the ones that count.

So this plan does one job. It helps you put your 15 minutes in the right place in your day, and keep them there until you stop thinking about it.

It takes two weeks. After that, it is just what you do while the kettle boils.

Before your first session: safety notes

Please read these once. Avor gets warm, which is the point, so it deserves one minute of your attention.

Do:

Keep each session to 15 minutes, and never more than 20.
Start on the lowest heat level for your first few sessions.
Check your skin after each session. Slightly pink is normal. Red, blistered or painful skin means stop.
Use it seated or lying down, while you are awake.

Do not:

Do not use Avor while sleeping, or anywhere you might fall asleep with it on.
Do not use it on skin that is numb or has reduced feeling. Heat can harm skin you cannot feel.
Do not use it on open wounds, cuts, rashes, sunburn, or broken or irritated skin.
Do not use it on a knee that is freshly injured, hot, red or swollen. See a doctor instead.
Do not use it with heat rubs, menthol creams or warming ointments on the skin.
Do not use it in the bath, the shower or near water.
Do not look directly into the lights.
Do not let children use it or play with it.
Do not wear Avor while it is charging.

Ask your doctor first if you have:

Diabetes, neuropathy or poor circulation
A pacemaker or other implanted electronic device
A history of blood clots or varicose veins in the legs
Metal implants in the knee, or a past operation on the knee
A pregnancy
Any condition that affects how you feel heat or pain

Stop using Avor and see a doctor if your aches get worse, keep coming back despite rest, or come with swelling, redness or fever.

Avor is for relaxing warmth, massage and temporary relief of minor aches and stiffness. Keep taking anything your doctor has prescribed. If you are unsure about anything on this list, ask your doctor.

Fit and settings in two minutes

Sit down first. Every session happens in a chair, on the sofa or on the bed with your eyes open. Feet up is nice.

Wrap it around the front of your knee. The panel sits on the outer side, where your hand finds it easily. Close the strap so it feels snug, not tight. You should be able to slide two fingers under it.

Too tight or too loose? Loosen the strap a notch. If you ordered the pair or the gift pack, the spare strap gives you extra room for a fuller knee or for leggings.

Heat. Start on the lowest level. Move up one level only if low feels too gentle after a few sessions. Warmer is not better. Comfortable is better.

Massage. Try each of the three vibration modes for a minute in your first session. Most people settle on one quickly. You can run massage with the heat or on its own.

Both knees. If you have the pair, put one on each knee and start them together. Your warm start is still 15 minutes, not 30.

Charging. Charge it on the counter overnight. Take it off the charger before you put it on.

Your warm start moments

Tick the moments your knees grumble about. These are where your 15 minutes go.

☐ Getting going in the morning
☐ The garden: kneeling, weeding, getting back up
☐ A walk, the shops, a day out
☐ Getting down on the floor with the grandkids
☐ The stairs up to bed
☐ A long drive or a long sit, before you get up and go
☐ Something else: ________

Now pick the one that matters most this week. Write it here:

My first warm start moment is ________.

The rule is simple. Avor goes on 15 minutes before that moment. When it switches off, you go and do the thing while your knees still feel warm and loose.

Pair it with something you already do at that time, so you do not have to remember:

Kettle on, Avor on.
Weather report on, Avor on.
Seed catalog out, Avor on.
Grandkids due at two, Avor on at a quarter to.

Your first 14 days

Day 1: Meet it

☐ Charge Avor fully.
☐ Read the safety notes above.
☐ One 15-minute session on the lowest heat, seated.
☐ Try each massage mode for a minute. Circle your favorite: 1 / 2 / 3
☐ Check your skin afterwards.

You will feel the warmth within minutes. That is all today is for.

Days 2 to 4: Find your slot

☐ One session a day, same time each day.
☐ Pick your anchor: coffee, the crossword, the weather report, or something else.
☐ Move up one heat level only if low feels too gentle.

You are building the habit first. The warm start comes next.

Days 5 to 7: Move it to your moment

☐ Move your session to right before your first warm start moment.
☐ When Avor switches off, go straight to the stairs, the garden or the rug.
☐ Notice how getting going feels in the half hour after a session.

This is the warm start. It is the part of the plan that does the work.

Days 8 to 10: Add a second moment

☐ Keep your first moment.
☐ If you have a second moment on your list, add a session before it too. Leave a few hours between sessions.
☐ Still 15 minutes each, never more than 20.

Days 11 to 13: Tune it

☐ Is the strap comfortable for the full 15 minutes? Adjust it, or try the spare.
☐ Is your heat level still comfortable? Go down a level if your skin is more than slightly pink.
☐ Is your slot still the right one? Move it if a different moment matters more.

Day 14: Take stock

Answer honestly:

☐ Are my knees easier to get going after a session?
☐ Did I do something this week I had been putting off?
☐ Do I want to keep this habit?

If the answer is yes, keep going. The plan is now your routine.

If you are not sure, email us at support@avorhealth.com. A real person will help with fit, settings and timing. You still have more than 75 days of your guarantee left.

Your 90 days

This plan comes with the 90-day money-back guarantee. No fine print.

90 days from the day your order is delivered.
If Avor is not right for your knees, send it back and we refund the product price.
Keep this plan and any free gifts.
Return postage is paid by you unless the item arrived faulty, damaged or wrong.

Give the plan its 14 days first. Then decide with your own knees.