Need a little therapy advice

[parepat]

We had a guy in our association that had a similar problem what would occur every year. He finally tried and subsequently swore by Swedish Massage. (Let me stop here and tell all of you dirt balls that I am not talking about a tall blonde named Olga) I guess this involves deep painsfull rubbing of the muscle. Haven't tried it, but he swore by it.

[ABoselli]

Man, an ice bath? How long does it take before you have feeling back?

[bossman72]

Originally Posted by ABoselli

Man, an ice bath? How long does it take before you have feeling back?

A good 10 minutes or so. Your legs feel real stiff when you get out, but they will thaw quickly. Seriously though, you feel like a million bucks when you get out. It's even better if you have access to an actual "cold tub" like many football teams do so you don't have to play around with ice and temperature management.

[Rick KY]

Doc Moore, I experienced this very thing about 3 years ago, though only in the right leg. I belong to a gym where they have a staff that facilitates post surgical physical therapy. They gave me a sonogram treatment on my calf muscles. The sonogram is a deep muscle massage using sound waves. You hear or feel nothing. But after it's over your muscles feel great. The physical therapist said I probably had a mild mucle pull causing the tighness and pain.

[Warrenkicker]

The ice tubs are great. We used those in college and after showering you would stand in them, as deep as you were willing, for as long as you were willing. When coming out your legs would feel great as the cold helped remove the acids built up from running apparently.

The other was the ice bath where it was a stainless steel tub with a seat and something similar to a trolling motor to circulate the water. You didn't have a choice to not go in to your waist on this one, especially when it was a hip issue you were trying to treat. After that you were too numb to know if your legs felt better. Let's just say it was easy to be offended when you were sitting in there and a trainer dumped in a bunch more ice.