Heat therapy is great for aching muscles

Heat can help with aching, tense muscles as well as ease the symptoms of inflammation.

Heat therapy is as close to a cure-all as it gets: It helps with tension, inflammation, even constipation for some people.

But on days where there is no hot water bottle on hand, there is still an easy at-home solution to provide targeted heat relief. It’s what some people call a hot roll, made with only boiling water and towels, explains physiotherapist Janosch Faerber.