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  1. Advertisement. If you’re dealing with lingering injuries (older than 6 weeks) then it’s okay to use heat. The increased blood flow relaxes tight muscles and relieves aching joints. This is especially helpful to improve range of motion on a joint that maybe isn’t moving as well. Use heat before stretching or doing a home exercise program.

  2. Heating opens your blood vessels and encourages the muscle to loosen up. Because of this, you wouldn’t ever really want to apply heat within the first 48 hours (at least) after an injury has occurred, and normally you would wait until the majority of the swelling and inflammation has gone down.

  3. Apr 27, 2022 · How to Make A Simple Hot Compress for Muscle Pain: 10 Steps. methods. 1 Making a Hot Compress. 2 Trying Medical Alternatives. Other Sections. Related Articles. References. Medically reviewed by Shari Forschen, NP, MA. Last Updated: April 27, 2022. Make a hot compress to soothe aching muscles.

  4. Jan 18, 2024 · Heat and ice can help relieve uncomfortable muscle soreness, but your treatment shouldn’t stop there. It’s important to keep moving your body, even when you’re sore. Exercise helps address underlying issues that could be contributing to your soreness.

  5. Feb 12, 2021 · Heat helps reduce pain by relaxing and loosening tense muscles, and it promotes blood and nutrients to speed healing. Use a heating pad or a moist towel warmed in the microwave and apply it to the painful area. Or you can take a warm bath or shower. Apply heat for up to 20 minutes three times a day. If you use a heating pad, never sleep with it.

  6. Sep 14, 2023 · Muscle aches, spasms, and pains. Lower and upper back pain. Stiff, swollen, or tender joints. Neck stiffness. Finger, hand, or wrist pain. Knee pain. For short-term pain relief of any of these...

  7. Dec 16, 2021 · Therapeutic heating — “thermotherapy” for therapy geeks, the opposite of its trendier cousin, cryotherapy — is more useful than most people realize, mainly because muscle is a source of more and worse pain than most people realize, and muscle pain seems to respond well to heat.