What to do for extreme muscle soreness?

Question

I took a spin class for the first time 2 days ago and I really really overstrained myself. My legs are incredibly sore..I have never been this sore before..I couldnt walk for a while and i still cant walk right and sitting hurts too..all i can think about is the pain. I took tylenol and that didnt work...is there anything i can do to relieve the pain? Are my legs going to be okay? When will the pain subside.?

Answer 1

Try taking Advil instead of Tylenol. Advil is an anti-inflammatory. Try soaking in a warm bath. Light stretching would also be a good idea. Give it a couple of days....it will get better.

Answer 2

It depends on where you're getting the soreness. If it's in your legs, try putting them in an ice bath after a hard day of practice. You only need to keep them in there for a few minutes to flush in new blood. This can help relieve the muscle pain that you experience the next day. Alternatively, if you had a lighter workout, you could do a warm water bath instead. If you're having overall muscle soreness, you may need to look into getting massages to help ease the pain.I don't recommend over-medicating when it comes to muscle pain. Muscle pain can be an important indicator if you've gone to far in your workouts and need a break.

Answer 3

you'll be fine. Try Motrin or some kind of Ibuprofen that works for me. Also take a hot bath. You can try heat packs, Therma care heat wraps are great if you have to move around. Eat a lot of bananas the potassium helps. It should take no more then 2-3 days for the pain to go away. Next time you take a spinning class or any exercise that will strain you take an aspirin first and then take it easy. I hope you feel better

Answer 4

I did this myself years ago doing jazzercise. My friend and I had never been before, thought we were in pretty good shape and we competed with each other, really went way beyond what we should have done. I couldn't go upstairs with out pulling myself up for 3 days, couldn't sit for more than couple of minutes. I remember it was awful. Hot baths, some aspirin or Tylenol and time. It will get better, but you will probably always remember it.

Answer 5

Hot bath.
Ben Gay
Bayer Back and Body

It will take a few days to get back to normal,but these tips should help.
If you've never tried it, call a massage place and ask if it's ok to have a massage, that might releave some of the aches. If you can't afford it, I would check massage schools, and pick a student, they are really careful when working on clients, and it costs less that a pro.

Answer 6

Welcome to a learning process about muscles. Read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches about muscles, pain and referred pain and how to fix it.
The best mix of vitamins according to a heart specialist in CA are prenatal.
The thing all vitamins seem low on is the combination of magnesium and potassium (the very thing muscles need) but they can be found in bananas or molasses

Answer 7

Yes, get on the bike and just spin with no resistance or go for a swim. only do about 15- 25 min. This will help you recover. Even a walk will help.

Answer 8

Make sure you are drinking enough water. Strech those muscles out. Hold the strech till the muscle is pliable. Drink so much water. Take ibuprophen instead it will work better for the pain and inflamation. drink water.

Answer 9

im afraid the best way for a quick cure is to excercise again and remember to stretch those legs...ouch..it will hurt but is effective and keep up the classes as regular excercise will strengthen your muscles and avoid a repeat of the painl

Answer 10

when you over work muscles they run out of energy and release lactic aci to burn 4 energy this causes soreness. strecthing, and massiging helps remove this from the muscles. a hot bath will also help