5. A Warm Bath
The application of heat directly to muscle injuries is something we’ve been doing for centuries, and it’s something that injured sportspeople continue to do today. Other than massage, applying heat is one of the first bases urges you’ll experience if you’ve pulled a muscle – and it’s your body trying to guide you towards the right thing to do for healing your injury.
Exposure to cold makes muscles contract: Shock and pain can do the same thing. If you combine all of these things together, you have a muscle injury that hurts far more than it’s supposed to. Applying heat can help shock, pain and cold subside all at the same time – and make the injury heal at a better rate while relieving the pain almost immediately.
Try a warm bath if you can’t get rid of the pain and tension from a pulled hamstring: Just remember to brace or wrap up after the bath is done to avoid injuring a relaxed muscle.