He was applying it every 3-4 hours in conjunction with traumeel for 7-10 days. He did light stretching and jogs to loosen it up. He hurt it at an all star game during their week long practices. They just over ran him as usually seems the case. The massage is a good idea just not to deep. You want to avoid adhesions in the tissue without providing a crush injury to already irritated fibers. Think more translation instead of pressure straight down. Foam rolling would also help. Just dont sit on the spot too long. When you get an adhesion fibers both superior and inferior to injury as well as those lateral to it a predisposed to a new injury.