What's your dancer-remedy for sore muscles?

Question

Mine is bananas. The potassium loosens and numbs the muscles like oil on a machine. You guys?

Answer 1

have a nice hot bubble bath and then go and jump into bed thats mine! =)

Answer 2

Rest, drink water, heat , massage stretch, and dance again tomorrow

Answer 3

really,for some reason i didnt know that. and i dont have a dancer remedy...my muscles are so sore right now from dancing.

Answer 4

Some daily stretching, and icyhot packs help a lot, especially with pulled muscles too.

Answer 5

Tylonel and a foot massager.

Answer 6

Aleve and heat for muscle pain - ice for joint pain.  Just a note... physiologically, potassium does nothing for muscles except help transmit nerve impulses - so I suspect any benefit you claim from potassium is from the placebo effect - BUT if it works for you thats a good thing.  Muscles are actually activated by the flow of calcium ions, so keeping up your diet with enough calcium is very important.

Answer 7

Hot bath with epsom salts, drink plenty of water, arnica oil, sometimes bananas (if I have 'em handy), a good night's sleep.  

Also gentle stretching/movements... nothing vigorous, just to gently increase circulation to help muscles repair & rid themselves of metabolic waste.

Answer 8

lots and lots of water to replenish the muscle and stretch to loosen them back up. sometimes i took a hot bath, but its only a temporary relief:(

Answer 9

arnica. you put it on your muscles. then stretch and take a bath. and eat ice cream