After my long run on Saturday, I followed a three-part plan of attack against my ITB:
1. Foam rolling and stretching.
2. Taking an epsom salt bath.
3. Slathering my leg with Biofreeze.
What’s your plan of attack against sore muscles?
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Where do you find a carton of Epsom salt? Mine only comes in a bag, and it has enough for 3 baths.
I have the mister massage my sore muscles, I find he's more eager to do it if I'm naked. TMI?
I think you can find epsom salts at the drug store or grocery store. The ones I've found came in a cardboard carton (sort of like the size for a 1/2 gallon of milk). I do believe there are more than 3 baths worth in there – ha!
Slather.
One of the best words of all time.
How did it work?
How did your 3 steps work? I hope your IT band is feeling good.
Right now I'm resting my sore Achilles. I'm really not sure what to do with it – I want to try some KT tape this weekend.
I had sore hamstring last week, and I decided that a 90 minute Bikram session was in order to work out the kink. It seems to have done the trick because the hamstring is back to normal this week.
Ive gots the carton
and the biofreeze 🙂