Modular physio tape with thermal properties

An adhesive physio-tape adapted to produce heating or cooling comprising:

• an elongate planar, flexible, elastic strip of material with adhesive along the length of an underside thereof and configured for securing the planar strip to a body of a user while the planar strip is in place on the user's skin in a substantially planar orientation, said planar strip having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis between first and second ends thereof,
• at least one pocket disposed along the longitudinal axis of the tape between said first and second ends;
• a removable heating or cooling elements mounted in the pocket,
• a slit in said pocket substantially aligned with the transverse axis of the tape to retain the heating or cooling element vertically,
• whereby the heating or cooling elements may be inserted into the pocket and retained by the pocket or removed from the pocket vertically.

A modular tape or pad adapted to produce heating or cooling comprising:

• a planar, flexible, elastic strip of material with adhesive along the length of the underside thereof and configured for securing the planar strip to a body of a user while the planar strip is in place on the user's skin in a substantially planar orientation;
• a planar removable heating or cooling element, wherein the removable heating element includes a resistive heating element and a control system for controlling generation of heat by a battery;
• and
• a mechanism for securing the heating or cooling element to and removing the heating or cooling element from the planar strip of material.