[header] How to ease sore muscles after a hard workout [title] Ice your sore muscles. [step] When put ice on your muscles, your blood vessels contract, which reduces the swelling in your muscles and can relieve pain. You can either take a cold shower or use an ice pack to the same effect. 
To use an ice pack : [substeps] Wrap the ice pack or bag of ice in a cloth. You don't want to have the ice directly against your skin because if you leave it on for too long you can actually give yourself frostbite.