Originally Posted by
RubeRad
My wife has a wooden roller that she swears by for muscle soreness. I use it occasionally, and it does seem to help a lot.
I was going to suggest a foam roller too but a thick wooden dowel works pretty well. I have even used a wooden rolling pin, like the kind used for rolling out pie crusts, and it works really well also. Regardless of what is used, some kind of rolling really helps, IMO.