How to Remove Muscle Knots - 11 ways to get rid of muscle pain

When you have lower back pain, shoulder pain, upper back pain or other pain resulting from muscle knots, it feels like a rock of pain in your muscle.  Follow these steps to reduce the pain and to 'break up" the massive muscle knot pain.

#1- Apply heat in the form of a rice sock or a heating pad.  If you don't have a heating pad, fill a tube sock with rice and stick it in the microwave for a minute.  The rice (you can use barley or dried corn, too) will retain heat for up to an hour at a time.  Applying heat brings bloodflow to the sore muscle, relaxes it a bit and cn relieve the pain.  You can also use an electric heating pad, a disposable heating pad or a hot pulsing water massage from your fancy shower head.

#2- Try taking an anti-inflammatory medicine like Ibuprofen.  Aspirin isn't really a good idea because if you end up needing muscle relaxers to relieve the pain they're counter-indicated with aspirin, since it thins the blood.

#3- Place a tennis ball on your floor and lie down, so that the weight of your body is pressing the  tennis ball into the muscle knot.  wiggle a bit so that the knot gets pressed out and breaks up.

#4 - Periodically stretch your muscles as much as you are able to.  Stretching helps bring bloodflow and oxygen into the deepest parts of your muscles to help them get healthy again.

#5- Alternate ice for 15 minutes and heat for 15 minutes if you have a muscle injury.  The heat relaxes the muscle and the ice tightens it up.  Alternating them is supposed to help reform the muscle into its ideal condition.

#6- Drink plenty of water.  Nutrients, medications and even toxins in your bloodstream become far too concentrated when there's no water in your system.  Drinking enough water helps ensure that your body is able to function properly, and a properly functioning body doesn't tend to have muscle knots.

#7- Get potassium in your diet.  Whether you're eating a baked potato, strawberries or a banana, make sure that you get enough potassium in your diet each day to prevent muscle cramps and muscle knots.   A supplement of calcium, magnesium and zinc can also prevent muscle tissue damage and pain in the muscels from growing, cramping or over exhertion.

#8- Have a friend massage your muscle knot.  A strong massage around the center of the pain and  then directly on the center can help break up the knot.

#9- Calf pains are sometimes from a blood clot and massaging it can actually kill you, by releasing the clot and sending it straight up to your heart.  Never massage knots in the calves.  Just in case.

#10- You might need to see a chiropractor or another specialist if you find yourself repeatedly getting muscle knots.  it could be a sign that your spine is out of alignment and causing undue pressure to your muscular system.

#11- Rub on a topical analgesic pain relieving cream.