4 Tips to Reduce Muscle Sorness

Four Ways to Reduce Muscle Soreness

D.O.M.S (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) is the burning pain you feel mostly after the day you have an intense work exercise session. It can be a pain the neck taking away all of the attention from your work sometimes.

Guys the pain is not due to an injury, it is because of the micro damage our muscle fibers go through when we exercise. Learning to accept the pain is surely going to help. This pain is the sign that your strength is growing. You will be faster and stronger after the pain goes away. But can you do anything to reduce it? Yes you can and this article would help.

Way 1 Post Workout Stretching

When we stretch our muscles, the muscle fibers relax allowing more blood to pump in the bringing in more nutrients for muscle repair. The recovery speeds up and the muscle is relaxed.

Perform a stretching routine for 10 minutes after your workout. The stretches should be slow and smooth not quick and bouncy. When we stretch quickly, the muscles contract instead of relaxing wasting our efforts.  

Way 2 Have Enough Protein

Protein has two functions in our body, one to repair the muscle tissues and to provide energy. Not having enough protein leaves the damaged muscle tissues unrepaired and sore. Have lots of small meals with ample of protein.

Way 3 Be Regular At Exercise

People not into high level sports or bodybuilding do physical exercises quite irregularly. Their body needs time to adapt to the constantly changing routines accounting for one the major reasons for muscle soreness.

Recreational sports and activities should be regular for maximum health benefits.

Way 4 Move It

Yes, lack of movement can be a reason for the pain. Movement lets blood flow properly in the areas where usually the flow isn’t good especially in the adipose tissues. More blood means more repair and proper riddance of lactate wastes.

Jogging the next day of your leg workout may seem a big task but the movement would surely help you. I have this same problem in my abdominal muscles. After an ab workout, I couldn’t get up from my bed. But when I started to perform my abs and cardio workouts regularly, the soreness was just a thing of past.

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