Heating an injury is another vital option when deciding how to treat an injury or pain. Heat is primarily for relaxation, comfort and reassurance, and taking the edge off of several kinds of body pain, mostly duller and persistent pains associated with stiffness, cramping, and/or sensitivity.
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.