Almost everyone has sore, aching muscles now and then. Muscle pain can involve a small area or your whole body, ranging from mild to excruciating. Although most muscle aches and pains go away on their own within a short time, sometimes muscle pain can linger for months. Muscle pain can develop almost anywhere in your body, including your neck, back, legs and even your hands.

Muscle Pain Home Remedies
Push yourself a little too hard on the treadmill or overexert any part of the body, and you could face excruciating pain in your muscles. Pain can come right after you finish an activity or hit you like a ton of bricks in the morning. Home remedies for muscle pain provide a nice alternative for people hesitant to use drugs to solve their medical issues. A few suggestions include:

Cold Shower or Bath:
Overworked muscles respond well to a cold shower or bath, which eases the damage produced through overuse. After a hard run, icing down muscles may help prevent soreness and stiffness. It is suggested to apply cold packs for about 30 minutes every hour for the first 24 to 72 hours after activity.

Stretch:
Combat sore muscles after a hard workout by stretching. A good warm-up and cool-down is to take a 20-minute walk.

Dry Beans:
Place a couple of handfuls of dry beans into an old sock. Microwave the sock with beans inside on high for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Allow the contents of the sock to cool for a minute, and then apply to painful muscles [1].

Bouillon:
Sip warm soup before engaging in activities to help prevent muscle pain brought on my cramping. It’s suggested to drink one cup of beef or chicken bouillon, which also helps replenish depleted sodium lost from excess sweat.

Epsom Salts:
Soak in a hot bath filled with two cups of Epsom salts. With a high content of magnesium that easily absorbs through the skin, you can encourage the healing of torn muscles, as well as ease painful swelling. It is recommended to wait at least 24 hours before trying this home remedy.

Rosemary:
To reduce the swelling of strained muscles, a couple of rosemary leaves can help. Fresh and dried rosemary leaves contain four anti-inflammatory properties that can soothe inflamed muscle tissue and speed up the healing process. Soak a cloth in a wash made out of rosemary, which easily absorbs into the skin. Add one ounce of rosemary leaves to a 1-pint jar. Add boiling water to the jar. Cover and let stand for 30 minutes. Use the wash two or three times a day.

No Heat:
Heating pads and hot water bottles can do more damage than good for sore muscles, as heat dilates blood vessels and increases circulation to the area. This is not a good thing, as it causes swelling to actually increase.