by shiva joshi on February 29th, 2004

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How does heat relieve muscular pain?

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  • by Morphius on April 14th, 2004

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    Muscular pain is caused by the tightening of the muscles. Heat makes objects expand. So applying heat to a painful, or tightened muscle, stops the tightening by expanding the muscle.

    Factoid#21 - Cold makes thing shrink.

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    • This answer has brought together the light and the shadow...it simplified the whole thing, and exaggerated certain effects

      pareto

      by pareto on December 12th, 2005

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