Yes, they are very helpful and loosen up the muscles to they aren't so tight. When you add heat it helps the muscles to move apart and not be so close together. This should help with the sore muscle
put a heating pad on it or maybe ice it?...
A moist heating pad might support the healing process of a sore shoulder by warming it up and thereby help the muscle activity around the inflammation.
You can apply warm moist packs or cloths to the sore muscle or you can apply a heating pad, being careful not to get too hot. You can also apply over the counter rubs found in the pharmacy department.
Ask someone to massage it, or but a heating pad on it.
Yes, a heating pad that is applied to the area of neck pain can often relieve muscle tension and pain, especially when the neck pain is due to cervical osteoarthritis (spondylosis). The heating pad should be used for no more than 20 minutes at a time.
Muscle pain can be relieved at home by soaking the sore muscles in a warm bath, one may also use a heating pad. Muscle pain is often related to spasms and the best treatment for that is rest.
What an ordeal. If it is something such as a charlie horse, you should apply an ice pack for 10 minutes and then a heating pad. The ice allows it to contract and the heating pad allows the muscles to release.
Typically a heating pad will help to ease lower back pain. The heat will help to get blood flowing in the area, dull the pain from nerve endings, and ease the tension on stretched muscles.
If you have a migraine, or your eye muscles are strained, it may hurt when you roll your eyes. Apply a heating pad to the eyes and rest.
That would have to be one darn hot heating pad. So, no, probably not.
I think you mean what is generally called a heating pad. A heating pad is a fairly thin (1/2 to 3/4 inch thick) about 1 foot x 2 feet pad that has wires inside used to heat it electrically. It's used to put on sore muscles to get relief.
A heating pad typically uses electrical energy to generate heat. The electrical energy is converted into heat by the heating element within the pad, providing warmth for the user.