6. Applying Direct Heat
Many types of muscle injuries can mean that it’s impractical or uncomfortable to get into a warm bath without risking further damage to the injury – and other times you might just have access to a shower that means you can’t immerse the injury directly into hot water in the way that you would like to.
There are other ways to treat a pulled hamstring, although it’s true that the application of heat is still going to be one of the best things you can do for the hurt and tense muscles in your body.
Heated pads are one way in which you can apply direct heat to a pulled hamstring where it’s not practical to get into a warm bath for it. Sometimes wrapping an injury together with heating gel can also have the same effect if you don’t have heating pads on hand.
Combine direct heat with some of the other methods in this article for the best possible effect.