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…
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,…
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….