Therapeutic heating — “thermotherapy” for therapy geeks — 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. Pain caused by over-exertion, muscle spasm, and muscular trigger points (muscle knots) is common and often severe, yet often mistaken for other kinds of problems.
Therapeutic heating — “thermotherapy” for therapy geeks — 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. Pain caused by over-exertion, muscle spasm, and muscular trigger points (muscle knots) is common and often severe, yet often mistaken for other kinds of problems.