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Originally Posted by Caged Great
As strange as it sounds, put a baseball or softball on the ground, and sit on it kind of with the top part of the ball placed right where it hurts. It'll hurt like a son of a bitch but it'll help it. It'll make the muscle bleed which is what you need for it to heal quickly.
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Don't mean to nitpick but this is completely inaccurate. Using the "tennis ball" technique is somewhat useful if you can't get an actual muscle massage. But all it does is simulate a massage that you can do by yourself (not nearly as effective as an actual massage mind you). All your doing is applying pressure to injured, tight muscle fibers, ligaments, tendons which help them to relax and compress the nerves around the injured area.