How To Prevent Aching Muscles
If you’ve been spending a lot of time at the gym it’s likely that you will experience aching muscles afterwards. This 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.
What happens on a cellular level is that the fibers in the muscle are being torn, which causes the muscle cell to release content. The cell content attracts inflammatory cells and they release chemicals that irritate the nerve fibers and causes pain.
It’s always best to not work out harder than your body can handle, but if the sore muscles are a fact, there are a few things that can make the pain go away faster.
A stretch after your work out is essential to lower the risk of muscle soreness. This makes the blood and lymphatic circulation flow with more ease, which prevents tightness and stiffness in the muscles.
A massage is a great way of getting the circulation in that specific body part going and makes it easier to flush the inflammatory cells. Do it slowly, start softly and increase the pressure a little bit at a time.
Do you have a sauna at your gym? Spend some time in there after your training, or give yourself some time in the bathtub. Warmth aids the circulation and makes your body loose and limb.
Light exercise can also give relief to sore muscles. Go for a walk or do some swimming for example. This is to make the blood flow with more ease and it also helps the muscles to stay loose and relaxed.
It’s also important to give your body a good warm up before your weight lifting. This makes the blood flow and the muscles will more efficiently respond to the activity without being torn and create pain.
Let the sore muscles be your guidance and make the next session a lighter one. By working out to hard you don’t build your muscles quicker, instead you gain soreness and your muscles will get tired and in time the muscle growth process will actually slow down. So be gentle to your body and give it what it needs and the results can come.
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