I went to the gym yesterday and my muscles are so sore. How can I relieve the pain?

Answer 1

What you need to do is first of all drink a lot of water! When you get any kind of body work done like massage or you work out you need to drink half of your body weight in 24 hours. It might sound like a lot of water but you will actually re-hydrate your muscles and flush out toxins that was built up in your muscles. So you can also try to go get a massage to help increase the circulation to the areas that are sore, you can take a hot bath that will also increase the circulation. And to add a little something for your muscles you can add rosemary oil in your bath-it's great for muscles! Good luck n remember it's a good sore so go back to the gym!

Answer 2

Your muscles have a buildup of toxins from your first exercise. Lots of water flushes out the toxins. Aspirin will ease the aches and pains. A hot bath or shower will loosen you up, too. More exercise will first feed the pain, then flush out the muscle cells with fresh blood, then cause new soreness tomorrow. After a week of exercise, this soreness phase will pass. Exercise every other day to allow your body time to rebuild. Drink lots of fluids every day (beer and cokes don't count!) and while you exercise. Stretch before and after to push the toxins out of your newly exercised muscles and to stretch your muscles so you don't turn into a clenched fist all the time. Stretch first, then start slowly in your exercise, build up a good heart rate (you will be shiny with sweat and on your second wind) and keep that for up twenty or thirty minutes to an hour, then finally stretch again to end the session. Work to perfect your movements in your exercises. Work out for 1-2 hours three times a week. Keep a diary.

Answer 3

Man, there is so much garbage in the answers about toxins and stuff. Not true,

When you worked out you caused tiny little tears in your muscles, the next day you are sore because of them. As a result you should not exercise the same muscles two days in a row, you need to allow one day between to let the muscles heal.

That is how you develop muscle.

Take some Aleve, you will be fine.

Answer 4

I had the same problem, I found that if I did a good stretching session at the end of the exercises and plenty of water helps but the best thing of all is not to sit down but keep walking and when you can stretch the muscles you have worked for the rest of the day. Works wonders

Answer 5

The pain is simply a message telling you to slow down .... it is not pathological on this occasion, just a little warning to rest. Of course it will fade .. give it a day or two ... try ibupofren for simple relief today ... but not on an empty tummy! Your body is clearly using muscles that are not used to it! And muscles were built to use .. so keep up the workouts .. but pace yourself .... rest the muscle groups between workouts ... and you will feel and look great!
As they say ... no pain ... no gain ...

Answer 6

The pain is caused by excess production of lactic acid, which is a byproduct of cellular metablolism. About the only thing you can do is take hot baths, stretch gently and take something like ibuprofen. It will go away by itself.
You did too much exercising for your fitness level. When you go back to the gym, put in less time for each exercise, and do a greater variety of exercises.

Answer 7

Massage, or go to the chemist, superdrug, boots etc and look for some muscle relief cream.

Remember, always have a day off after an intensive work out otherwise the pain will be dreadful.

Answer 8

It's probably too late to help you for this event, but in the future when you have exercised to the point that you know you might be sore the next day...drink lots of water for 24 hours. That helps your body flush out the lactic acid more quickly.

The other advice you got here is good too. The water is a preventive measure.

Answer 9

Have a hot bath. But the important thing about exercise is that you MUST warm up and cool down before & after exercise. Stretching your muscles prior to exercise is vital, as is cooling down post exercise. Just 10 minutes of each will make the difference. As your body gets more used to exercise it will get easier and less painful.

Answer 10

Get some regular old, white rice and a clean cotton sock. Fill the sock about 2/3 full with the rice, tie off the open end, and throw it in the microwave for about 2 minutes.

Perfect for any part of your bod, and will stay hot about half an hour.