Sports doctors have told about the reasons of occurrence of the most common types of pain after an intense workout and how to minimize them. Following the simple guidelines, you will make your exercise is not only comfortable, but also effective.
Burning
Such pain can arise both during the workout and after. She says that the load is too strong - the muscles working at maximum capability.
If the pain occurred at the beginning of employment, in most cases it takes place immediately after the first exercise. If the discomfort is accompanied by training and after - they are caused by the movement of fluid from the blood plasma into the tissue. Usually the pain calms down after a couple of hours.
"Delayed" pain (delayed onset muscle soreness)
It also happens that after training the person feels fine, easy fatigue seems even pleasant. And the next morning greets pain - to get out of bed very hard, the pain affects literally the whole body. This condition is called delayed onset muscle soreness - a syndrome of delayed muscle pain.
During intensive training takes place microscopic tearing of the muscle fibers. This leads not only to increased muscle mass, but also in inflammation of tissues, which causes pain. Discomfort can be caused by long breaks in employment and are a maximum of two days. And as soon as the period of adjustment will take place, the pain will cease to bother at all.
How to prevent delayed onset muscle soreness?
Prevent the syndrome of delayed pain helps warming up the muscles before a workout - warm or light cardio load for 5-10 minutes.
Note!Especially important is a warm-up for those who visit the gym in the morning, as the night the muscles are at rest.
After a workout, you should not rush home. It is important to completely "cool", and to do it gradually. It also helps light cardio and stretching the muscles that are working in the classroom.
How to ease the "overdue" pain?
In this case, it is best to help cold compresses or gentle exercise outside the gym:
· Yoga;
· Stretching;
· Massage;
· Cycling or walking tour.
Professional athletes feel pain delayed "good". Muscles work, and this is important. Unpleasant sensations can simply wait and not get hung up on them. The main thing is not to be confused with delayed onset muscle soreness "bad" pain, which appears suddenly and is localized in certain areas. If within 2-3 days the pain persists and begins to disturb more, should see a doctor.
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