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How to Get Rid of Sore Muscles
February 6th, 2007 by admin
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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.
I did (Serious) rock climing at summer camp, also I climbed a 50ft pole so I could zip line off. I have very very bad soreness on my upper back and on my arms (all over) I hurts to sit and uncomfortable to lay (no standing) PLZ HELP!
Lower back area is in soo much pain, but I think it may be from all the back bends and back walkovers I do. The shoulders also hurt, but in my lower back area I cant even sit properly during my classes at school.! What should I do?:/
i have lactic buildup in my right knee from running and spreads each time i do sprints limiting my range in motion with my stride. what causes this “lactic buildup” in which you speak of and is it normal for runners.
I’ve played soccer since I was 4…so I had a tournament this weekend and played about 7 games. I’m really really sore and I feel like I will collapse if I walk much more. Any tips to get the soreness away fast?
The best thing to do before physical activity is warm up and then stretching. If you put an elastic band in the trite for a while took it out and stretched it, it would snap. However it you heat it up by rubbing it it will stretch murutted ther before snapping. This is compared with your muscle.
The best things to do after your physical activity is a cool down to get rid of the lactic acid stores in your body. Next you should do some static stretching, you muscle should have already cooled down enough for it to be effective. When you get home you should have an ice bath, for an ice bath you only need cold water in a bath, different people handle different temperatures of water but try to challenge yourself as if you don’t, there’s no point in doing it at all. A hot bath will help but nowhere near as much as a cold bath. Your muscle was warm, it could stretch to a certain length, it cools down, it can now only stretch a smaller distance, you the the. Heat it back up again with the hot bath. It just doesn’t help. Try both, hot bath and cold bath, see which one you feel works the most.
Hi. i have recently started weigh lifting. i am capable of pick up the 6 kg weights however now i cannot stretch out my arms due to the extreme pain
I dance a lot an always get sore muscles. i find that going over the pain with boiling water helps and loosens them up.
Hi Everyone,
I have a lot of muscle soreness especially after football games. A couple things of things that work for me.
1)Stretching the muscles after the game and the next day really takes out the soreness and tightening.
2)A massage on the muscles that are aching almost always helps.
3)Tiger balm or mineral ice on the muscles that are aching.
5)Hot shower also helps.
Hope this helps you. Feel Better !
About 2 days ago i was in kung fu and we worked for an hour and a half my legs are really sore…they’re so bad that i cant even get out of bed and walk. the other muscle that are sore do not hurt as bad. i want to get back as soon as i can, but i don’t know how to get ride of the pain….PLEASE tell me how to get rid of it
I’ve been plzying sports for many years and what usally helps my soreness is stretching after your workout drinking lots of water and then taking a cold shower…So i hope that might give somepeople some ideas….