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heat relaxes the surrounding muscles of the injured area and can allow more blood flow which in turn would let more adrenaline and endorphines (natural pain killers) to flow to the injury making it feel better. Though if swelling occurs you are supposed to switch off icing and heating the injury. the ice to reduce the swelling to allow circulations and the heat to allow the relaxing of the muscle.

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