When you're young and active you tend to do more physical activities which you consider as exercise. An exercise as advised by many health specialists is a good way of keeping your body healthy. There are many ways to do exercise. Back at home, just by doing the household chores you are already exercising. If you're an athlete, then working out is you're type of exercise. And when you're through with it after a day or two you will feel a slight pain which is normal. Do you ever think why you feel painfully sensitive after every work out? Here are some of the possible reasons that will tell you why:
DOMS is often caused by exercise or by any physical activity that you're not used to. For example, you've tried cycling for the first time in your life and you've spent like two to three hours. After a day, you experience some kind of ache all over your body. This is due to the muscles that worked hard at a microscopic level which damaged the micro tears. So these micro tears need some repairing and during this damage and repairing stage that causes the inflammation in muscles. Your muscle is starting to rebuild itself by creating new muscles that are bigger and stronger than before. And when you're at rest that is the best time when your muscles are growing. DOMS is entirely different from the pain you feel during a workout and from an injury. It is an indication of a productive activity which means you've worked hard enough to break down muscle tissue where you gain new muscle growth.
There are some ways that you can use as a treatment to your aching muscles. And these are the following:
- Take anti inflammatory medications and antioxidants.
- Ice can be used for the purpose of temporary relief.
- Proper warm up before an exercise can reduce muscle soreness.
- Application of heat remedies to the skin helps increase blood flow and even heals the small tears resulting in less soreness.
- Cooling down after some exercises such as walking or light cardio can help ease the pain.
- Yoga is an effective way of reducing DOMS.
If you're trying to be more active with new routines then expect that soreness is something to return every now and then. You don't need to push yourself too much with all of the intense activities. A regular workout of at least three times a week will do. Also, muscle soreness is not an indication of a good workout so there is no need to worry about it after every training.
Hi. I'm Karen. Ever since my friend introduced me to osteopathy, I've been a huge fan. My osteopath gets me back on track when needed. Ever since I've delved further into understanding the body and how to get the best from it.
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