Whenever I would feel muscle pain, particularly in my legs, I would apply a bandage. At first, the pain would increase but after a few minutes when I had relaxed, the pain would be mild. The bandage is the home remedy for muscle pains of old folks here. But I had read in the internet that placing a bandage on the painful muscle tends to constrict the blood vessels and hence would increase the pain. Now I wonder if which is which, really.