so much pain in my quads?

Question

at soccer practice we did lunges, frog hops, squats, and wall sits. pretty much everything that works the quad muscles. my quads hurt a lot after practice, but then it was 10x worse the next day. i cant walk too well with them hurting like this and i can walk up and down stairs without horrible pain. iv missed practice today due to this but i want my quads to feel better by fri for practice and on Saturday for my game. Iv stretched a lot and ate bananas but r there any other ways that will help out my quads and help them feel better by Friday?

Answer 1

If you have a bicycle just spin your legs, low resistance, be gentle but spin for 15-20 minutes. swimming also works. The reason is that working the sore muscles will get the blood flowing through them it takes out the bad stuff and replenishes with good stuff. Do this twice a day until recovered.

Answer 2

MASSAGE THERAPIST

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas (natural muscle relaxers) daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, (if this does not do it you probably need a chiropractor as well) you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.