Any help for treating DOMS (Delayed onset muscle soreness)

hi there,
Recently I joined a local gym/health club, I went along on monday night after work for a workout around the gym (all cardio), tuesday i went along for my induction but i could only get the cardio workouts done because i had to get to the pharmacy to pick up my nicotine patches before they shut, wednesday i had the rest of my induction which was all weights which was a killer. I got the normal aches you get after exercising and decided that night that i would take thursday off and go on friday. When thursday came i was in quite a bit of discomfort and pain which i thought would pass within a day but today i was aching more, i felt like an OAP (no offence to OAPS), walking down stairs seemed such a difficult task, lifting my arms and getting up still feels like a huge mountain to climb. just wondering if anyone knows some treatments/remedies to ease the pain and speed up the healing process?
any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks
oli
Recently I joined a local gym/health club, I went along on monday night after work for a workout around the gym (all cardio), tuesday i went along for my induction but i could only get the cardio workouts done because i had to get to the pharmacy to pick up my nicotine patches before they shut, wednesday i had the rest of my induction which was all weights which was a killer. I got the normal aches you get after exercising and decided that night that i would take thursday off and go on friday. When thursday came i was in quite a bit of discomfort and pain which i thought would pass within a day but today i was aching more, i felt like an OAP (no offence to OAPS), walking down stairs seemed such a difficult task, lifting my arms and getting up still feels like a huge mountain to climb. just wondering if anyone knows some treatments/remedies to ease the pain and speed up the healing process?
any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks
oli
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All I can suggest to help is taking some ibuprofen and telling the people at the gym about it before your next session so you can tailor your programme to avoid this in the future.
CJC do you think that light exercises such as swimming would be alriight during this period?
I'm just getting back into to the gym thing after quite a while. I've a dodgy shoulder which may or may not have been to my previous over enthusiasm - the doctors haven't been able to find out what's up - and that's prevented me from doing much but it seems to be on the mend so I'm tentatively starting to work out again. Still finding swimming difficult though.
Any painkiller would probably help but I find that ibuprofen is best as it deals with inflammation, the codeine I have from the docs for my shoulder is great for pain but leaves me feeling even dopier than usual.
I've not done the cold bath thing, but often athletes with have ice baths to help recover :crying:
After a sudden movement you mucle will secrete some acid, if you relax you mucles immediately after exercise the acid would reduce and you would have less pain
So forget all that and do what I'm doing now, limping to the fridge and getting a cold beer! :thumbup1:
Yes
Its like you wouldnt just jump on the weights without warming up first would you? so why wouuld you just jump off the weights and expect not to be stiff or hurt yourself, by warming down you are suttly de streaching the muscle mass back to normal levels. Also drink plenty of isotonic fluids it replaces all the fluids missing (unless you big hunky men are going into muscle comps) then you need to be practically de-hydrated in increase the viens . So mark lay off the water
o BTW Spambot
Not correct in all cases - especially this one.
If you're in that much pain then warming down wouldn't have made one iota of difference. You may be stiff now and in pain when you move about, but if u keep movig around then the pain will ease. Go for a jog, loosen yourself up. It will make you feel more relaxed for a while, but then it'll hurt the next morning the same. It's just your body's way of saying "Hey, what the bloody hell was that resistance all about". It'll get used to it.
I certainly would NOT continue ANY resistance training until the pain has subsided, regardless of how much warm-up / warm-down time you perform.
Get well soon.
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