Muscle scar tissue

[tulip]

Tiger Balm. Just don't touch any sensitive areas (like, um, eyes, for one...) until you've washed your hands well.

[indysteel]

Tiger Balm. Just don't touch any sensitive areas (like, um, eyes, for one...) until you've washed your hands well.

+1. I carry Tiger Balm with me on every ride, mostly because it keeps my hot foot/toe pain down to a dull roar. During a ride last month, I was having some hip pain and thought, hmmmm, I wonder if Tiger Balm will help. Poof, the pain was gone. The stuff is magic.

But I also agree that use of a foam roller along with some yoga and gentle stretching might help, not just with the scar tissue, but in general.

[Catrin]

Tiger Balm seems popular, will check it out. I've been stretching after every ride using the same stretches we use after spinning class - hip, quad, hammie, and calf stretches. No soreness afterwards - but I didn't get sore last year unti it was too late.

Balm, more stretches, and rolling will likely solve this. Thanks!

[Owlie]

+1 on Tiger Balm. DBF and his fellow scouts apparently used to bathe in the stuff when doing the cycling merit badge...