Mother Earth Designs, Inc was founded in 1995 in Arnold, MO by Karen Kowal, a Registered Nurse and Nationally Certified Massage Therapist. Karen was actively involved for 30 years in the field of nursing, then became a Massage Therapist in 1994. She had searched for natural products for her own use after dealing with personal chronic pain. As her practice grew after 1994, she began developing comfort products for her patients and massage clients that offer optimum support and the therapeutic qualities of HOT/COLD therapy. Karen found that proper education about using hot and cold therapy is invaluable for the helping treat aches, pain, chronic conditions and End of Life care.