I hear absorbine / horse liniment (the vetinary grade stuff, NOT the weaker "safe for human use" one) cautiosly applied works wonders for muscle soreness. It's

I hear absorbine / horse liniment (the vetinary grade stuff, NOT the weaker "safe for human use" one) cautiosly applied works wonders for muscle soreness. It's like deep heat / tiger balm, but a few hundred times stronger. Of course this still needs to be combined with physiotherapy to resolve longer term, but the liniment can provide significant relief while you work on it.