What do you do for really sore muscles?

[notfred]

I was lifting weights and I guess I overdid it. My arms are really sore right now. I can barely straighten them out all the way. What will help? Heat? Cold?

 

[minendo]

Icy Hot

 

[dxkj]

protein!!

 

[tnitsuj]

Water, lots and lots of water along with some ibuprofen.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Mineral Ice 🙂

 

[Konigin]

Take a warm bath with epsom salts, also a little slow stretching will help (now and regularly before and after you lift).

 

[AbsolutZero]

Advil and a warm bath or shower. I think cold is bad for overworked muscles.

 

[MustangSVT]

hot water.

Dont over work it. from my understanding , if you want to gain muscle mass, you need to balance how much you work and what/how much you eat.

I wannna get RIPPPPPPPEEEEDD!!!

well.. once i can get staretd..

 

[krunchykrome]

First time lifting in a long time? When that happens to me, I just stretch it out little by little and wait it out.

 

[Francodman]

just wait it out, it'l go away in 2 days, then lift again.

 

[SWScorch]

Icy Hot, ibuprofen, stretching, and The Stick

BTW, I've heard from a few repoutable people that heat (aka jacuzzis and hot showers) are actually bad for sore muscles and a cold shower is better for relieving muscle strains. For example, after long runs (20+ miles), most professional runners take an ice bath to soothe their leg muscles. I haven't tried it, as I think warmth feels better on muscles than cold, but thought I'd just add that.

EDIT: The Stick!!!

 

[MustangSVT]

what's "THE STICK" ??? :Q

 

[jessicak]

Those heat wraps that you always see commercials for work REALLY well.

here's what they look like: http://www.epinions.com/Thermacare_Therapeutic_Heat_Wrap

I used them when I was carrying around about 45 lbs on my back for about 12 hours a day (mind you I only weighed 105 at the time) and they worked great. They lasted more than 12 hours too.

 

[Ikonomi]

I've never taken ibuprofen for delayed onset muscle soreness... Usually a hot bath or shower and gentle stretching feel great. Just take it easy on them and wait it out. Be careful to not overdo it lifting, though. Those two days your muscles are blasted are two days when you can't make any building progress.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Morphine. Duh!!!

 

[andy2812]

Take 2 Excedrin. Works like a charm

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

This won't help you much now but when you know you're going to be really sore from a workout pound a little lemon juice. It helps neutralize all that lactic acid that will end up making you sore the next day. Works like a charm. I usually never bothered with it though because I always kind of liked the soreness. Let me know I was doing something. I'm just a freak I guess 😛

 

[Riprorin]

Bromolain is supposed to be an anti-inflammatory when taken on an empty stomach.

 

[Geekbabe]

I've come to the conclusion that if I don't hurt pretty much 24/7 I either didn't use good form or didn't put in enough of a workout. I do upper/lower body on an every other day rotation and which ever body part that isn't being worked hurts till it's time to work it again.

 

[olds]

Hot tub, beer, nice woman to massage you.

 

[MustangSVT]

I hear bathing in tomato juice with honey in your hair will fix it. If you want faster and more effective cure, make sure you have mouth full of eggs and pancake on your head.

Please take pic and post it here for us to evaluate.

thank you.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Hot tub, beer, nice woman to massage you.

:beer:

For baseball soreness, I usually just ice it for the evening then put some A-535 on it just before I go to sleep.

 

[Squisher]

Water and BROMELAIN.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe
I've come to the conclusion that if I don't hurt pretty much 24/7 I either didn't use good form or didn't put in enough of a workout. I do upper/lower body on an every other day rotation and which ever body part that isn't being worked hurts till it's time to work it again.

Pics?

 

[bleeb]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Mineral Ice 🙂

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