Try a Remedial Massage

There are many beneficial medical ways for a Remedial Massage, one of them is for pain in the muscles, and this kind of massage can be extremely therapeutic for muscles as the deep massage penetrates the muscle and so will increase the blood flow.
Therefore allowing new blood to flow and replenish the stagnant blood thus allowing your natural healing process to begin. The attention given by your therapist depends on the stiffness of the muscle, using thumbs and knuckles the deep Remedial Massage will release the toxins allowing fresh blood to enter.
Stretching the muscles can also relieve muscle spasms where the muscle has become so tight, that it has trapped a nerve, by stretching and relaxing the muscle can relieve the nerve and so resume normal relaxation.
Many athletes have been using this method for years, especially in injuries, where the muscle can take weeks to heal a Remedial Massage will cut that time in half. Arthritis and other joint swellings can also be attended to using Remedial Massage, relieving the stiffness and the water retention that causes pain.
By working on the joints with a soft circular movement, the thumbs penetrate deeply allowing more of a supple movement within the joint.
Also by stretching the spine can be a relief to back ache, as we sit mostly our spinal cord is subjected to force that crushes the spine lightly, as our posture usually is not correct.
Thus causing the muscles to compensate, they become tight and rigid which leads to fatigue, a Remedial Massage will reduce all this but may take a couple of sessions to do so.