Hot compresses can be applied to all pains in the shoulder and neck, patients with confirmed cervical spondylosis, frozen shoulder, and patients with local soft tissue inflammatory reactions, ligamentitis or fasciitis, all can be effective. However, some special patients, such as hypertensive patients, difficult to control with drugs, particularly high blood pressure, patients with recent stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, patients with febrile diseases, including pharyngitis, cough, pneumonia, pleurisy, these patients are not suitable for hot compresses. Patients with bleeding tendencies are also not suitable for hot compresses. Patients who are not suitable for hot compress combined with shoulder and neck pain or neck and shoulder pain can be treated by other methods, such as acupuncture, small acupuncture knife which are very good, paste ointment, appropriate Chinese medicine are very good.