Ice/Biofreeze for the 1st 48 hours. Prop it up on a pillow several times a day. Once the swelling goes down, you can start wrapping it with KT tape for support. Go easy on the high intensity workouts for a week and just do light cardio for maintenance. If you have access to a bathtub, soak that bitch in Epsom salts for 15-20 minutes. For ankles and wrists, you can use a large bowl or bucket.
Get yourself a box. Put in KT tape, Biofreeze, a tennis or lacrosse ball, some CBD salve, a bag of Epsom salts, some hydrogel heating/cooling patches (Tiger Balm makes good ones), a heated neck wrap (you can DIY one of these: directions here) and a small foam roller if you have room for it. Congratulations….
Aka “pulled muscles”. Usually, there isn’t any swelling, redness, or puffiness; it just hurts when you move a certain way. So warm it up to get the blood flowing. More Epsom salt baths, yay!! Afterwards: This is where you want to use your hydrogel patches and your heating pad. No heating pad? No problem. Get…
Roll it around on a tennis or lacrosse ball, and apply your favorite CBD salve to it afterwards. Do this as needed.
That DIY can’t cut. If the pain makes you want to throw up or pass out, go to Urgent Care or the ER. Mom’s tired of cleaning up that mess and you’re too big now for her to lift up onto the bed.
Get a Neti pot. Fill with warm water, a pinch of sea salt, and another pinch of baking soda. Stir gently to dissolve the salt and baking soda. Breathe through your mouth as you tip your head to one side and pour the solution through one nostril until it runs out the other side. Repeat…
Mostly in our kids, they’re dirt balls. Can be viral and/or bacterial. Joy. It generally resolves on its own within a couple weeks. Don’t want to get the drops or ointment with with petroleum, alcohol, mineral oil, lactose, borate, silver sulphate, sodium nitrate from Walgreens or your kid refuses it? Let’s fix that shit. Hygiene….