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How to Get Rid of Sore Muscles
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Why Do Your Muscles Become Sore Anyway?
Whenever you engage in an unusual level of physical activity, whether lifting weights, going for a jog, or simply moving a heavy piece of furniture you create microscopic tears in your muscle tissue. Don’t worry; this is normal – when your body rebuilds the damaged muscle it grows back bigger and stronger than before. This is the same mechanism that athletes and bodybuilders use to become faster, bigger and stronger. As a general rule, the more you exert yourself, the more microscopic tears you create, and the more soreness you feel later on as the muscles are being repaired by your body. The soreness itself is a result of both the damage to the muscles, and chemical waste products produced by the muscles during use (namely lactic acid).
Different Types of Muscle Soreness
If you’ve found yourself with sore muscles and have come here in search of relief – the first thing you should do is determine the cause of the soreness. Is it normal post-workout soreness or does it feel much worse than that?Normal, Post-Workout Muscle Soreness
Many people who work out on a regular basis will describe this type of muscle pain as ‘good’ – many even enjoy it as a sign that they’ve pushed themselves hard enough to see a benefit from their exercise as the muscle fibers grow back stronger than before. Normal muscle soreness manifests itself as a dull but localized pain in the worked muscles that doesn’t limit range of motion but may be accompanied by tightness and temporary loss of strength. It can appear right after your workout, or several hours after your workout (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness). Treatment
You can reduce some of the discomfort by stretching the sore muscles often to keep them from tightening up along with participating in light cardiovascular training to get the blood and lymphatic systems moving (to assist flushing of remaining waste products like lactic acid). Anti-inflammatories such as ibuprophen can help relieve the pain (More tips on how to get rid of pain), but it has been argued that they may also limit muscle gain.
Strained or Overexerted Muscle Soreness
This happens when you push too hard, too fast and is most common in people who are just beginning a workout program and overdo it on the first few trips to the gym. The symptoms are the same as in normal, post-workout soreness but with the addition of tenderness in the area of the strained muscle and painful tightness which may limit your range of motion. Treatment
If the pain is severe, see your doctor. If it’s tolerable, try not to use the muscle and each day you should notice an increased range of non-painful motion. Stretching *may* help depending on the extent of the strain. If the soreness turns into pain as you stretch, stop and just give that muscle some time to heal. Anti inflammatory medication such as ibuprophen can lessen the immediate pain, but may also lessen your muscle gain. Continue Reading >>
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I’m a dancer and a cheerleader my arms, shoulders back and legs are sore after every practice all I do is let them rest a day stretch all the time and it gets so much better the stronger you get. Ice and Heat help with the soreness and like I said STRETCH!
I went to a pole dance party, and oh my god!! I am so so sore. I run2 miles a day, and I can tell that I need to push my workout up, cause I didnt think I would be sore, it hurts to even sit on the toilet. This happened 3 days ago, and I havent worked out since, I thought I would rest my poor legs. Its my hamstrings that are killing me.. Any Advice?? Im thinking of at least walking on the treadmill today, to maybe losen up. Is that a good idea?? THanks
sex is a great way to release the pain , all the jolting of muscle contractions help loose muscles for relaxation, if your to lame to get some , theres always porn
your friendly neiborhood doc
^you should try to relax more, stress can cause more pain, if you are unloading from a move it is party from the stress too so take an hour out iof your dy to toatlly reeeelllaxxx ahhhhhh
to the guy that said whoever works out after being sore is dumb? is dumb. lol ur supposted to work out to get rid of the soreness
all that soreness is is “lactic acid” buildup in your muscles. only way to get rid of it is to exercise n stretch again. so if u do nothing but sit THAT DOES NOT HELP AT ALL…
I play basketball everyday. When u come home I take a very hot bath and relax in the tub for about 35-45 mins and wake up in the morning feeling fine. Just remember to stretch it’ll help with the soreness…
I don’t know how by just playing a simple game of tage for long could make me feel so bad.I have terrible pains all over my body.I feel like Sh*t today :(.I can barely move without saying ow!
Question: My muscles stay sore all the time and I don’t work out. I have heard that Lipitor (cholesterol medicine) can cause sore muscles. I take a cholesterol medicine that works in the stomach (not Lipitor). Could this be the reason? If so - isn’t that dangerous?
don’t proceed with any workout plans while sore, becaus eit will only make it worse
How do I get my muscles to not be sore? I was stupid and didn’t stretch before my workout today ( 10K swim). Now I feel awful, any advise?
Everyone that is working out while sore is DUMB!!! You wouldn’t walk on a broken foot would you? Then why lift weights with partially torn muscles? If you’re just starting out take it slooooooooow. Work your way up to the big stuff, and if you’re already sore, wait till it passes COMPLETELY. Then start again. If you do the exact same workout as before you’ll notice healing time will be cut by half or more. Then slowly add on to your workout.
…that might work for the ladies, John but…I’m not into that sort of thing…
Protein Shakes post workout work well
Chad,
What are you talking about? Hmmm…that would change the pain direction on the sore muscles…good point…
E
Message to Julie> I go running every morning, and if I suffer from sore muscles, I trust in warm baths with Epsom Salt. Just soak it for 15 minutes, and your muscles feel way more relaxed (cause of its Magnesium Sulfate). And btw. I tried all the cheap ones, but now there’s a new product on the market called REV., and this is worth every penny. Good luck, Viv
Hi! I love running, but I often suffer from sore muscles. Now I heard epsom salt should be very helpful to relax my muscles. So my question is: what is the best product out there? So many Epsom salt and so much variety in prices. Can somebody weigh in?”
The biggest thing that I found to help me with severely overworked sore muscles is to run into a b-hive in the buff, boner first. You’ll be so pre-occupied with pulling stingers out of your sack, that you won’t even notice your sore muscles…trust me; it’s a sure cure…
the top of my right leg hurts when i have a shot when i play soccer but its ok when i walk or run. how do i et rid f that
my arms hurt really badly from a lot of pushups and my right arm hurts more i guess i favor that side because i’m a righty but anyway i cant really move it above my chest and i can’t even lift a phone up to my ear with that arm I am also waking up in the middle of the night in sever pain in my arm and i can’t fall back asleep and i’m afriad it’s jeapordizing my health because i’m not getting enough sleep any pointers guys???
is takin a warm bath wrong if you have muscle soreness?