If you play sports, you’ll likely sustain a sports injury while playing, or some sort of joint pain, and because you’ll be eventually looking for something for back pain relief. Depending on what you do after you sustain your injury will determine how long it might take to recover from the muscle pain. Most sports injuries require rest and rehabilitation, especially for back pain relief, baring broken bones or torn ligaments/tendons. The absolute first thing you must do upon the injury is getting an ice pack and tape it to the sports injury.
This is to help slow down swelling that takes place and to ease the joint pain. Don't ignore your injury if it requires the hospital to go have it checked out. I personally don’t recommend taking any painkillers at this point, so an accurate assessment can be taken of the injury. Once you determine whether your muscle or joint pain is severe or minor enough, you can continue to regularly ice it and apply heat after alike 3-4 days. An example would be 20 minutes on ice or heat, 20 minutes off.
