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Sun May 23, 2010 3:17 amby foweyman
Diego Sahagún wrote:Hard and therefore sore muscles, even without doing excercise
I have found that a very forceful (almost painful) slow massage or squeezing focused specifically on such chronically tight muscles gets them to relax much better than stretching them, which sometimes makes the tightness worse. Sometimes the relaxation is surprisingly immediate if you are able to focus the massage in just the right place. I've never tried magnesium or potassium supplements for such a problem.
Posted:
Sun May 23, 2010 10:36 amby Diego Sahagún
Why not
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Sun May 23, 2010 5:45 pmby tigerlilly
I have a friend that swears by icecream.
Immediately after excercise, she eats a bowl of icecream. Not kidding
Posted:
Tue May 25, 2010 10:35 amby Diego Sahagún
knoback wrote:Because as long as our kidneys and endocrine systems are in working order, our bodies are incredibly good at maintaining our electrolyte balance, and electrolyte imbalances don't typically cause those kind of symptoms until the imbalance is severe. So, without a big shock to the system (cholera, hot weather marathon, diet consisting only of Pabst Blue Ribbon) or an underlying renal or endocrine disease, which are fortunately rare if you don't count iatrogenesis, electrolytes probably aren't the problem. What you have described so far, joint or muscle aches that move around and aren't related to exercise, most often turn out to be caused by that large and ever-expanding category of disease called "I don't know"("idiopathic" if you want to charge for the diagnosis). But sometimes they are symptoms of autoimmune, infectious, neurological, etc. problems that can be treated. Mr. Peak is right, it's worth having this looked into a bit.
When the pain becomes intense I use to visit a physiotherapist who deeply massage my back. You can read more
here
Posted:
Tue May 25, 2010 3:25 pmby rhyang
If I'm sore, then I take a rest day and let my body recover. Sometimes two rest days, depending on how sore I feel.
If I do something really strenuous, then I may not feel up to par for a week or so and will take it a bit easier than usual during that period.
I think it's just part of getting older. The spinal cord injury doesn't help .. my left side muscles innervated below C4 tend to fatigue faster.
Posted:
Tue May 25, 2010 4:38 pmby Diego Sahagún
Everybody is different rhyang, take care you too
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Tue May 25, 2010 5:00 pmby MoapaPk
Diego Sahagún wrote:Hard and therefore sore muscles, even without doing excercise
Just to keep the thread fresh...
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Tue May 25, 2010 8:46 pmby Ze
From what I've read, lactic acid doesn't cause muscle soreness. That's
DOMS. My guess is anything talking about 'washing out' lactic acid is BS.
Muscle soreness and stiffness are two different things. I believe muscle stiffness is due to a certain amino acid buildup (
titin?)...
Not addressing the OP's concern really since he has some issues without exercising, but just saying.
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Tue May 25, 2010 10:51 pmby Diego Sahagún
Ze wrote:From what I've read, lactic acid doesn't cause muscle soreness. That's
DOMS. My guess is anything talking about 'washing out' lactic acid is BS.
Muscle soreness and stiffness are two different things. I believe muscle stiffness is due to a certain amino acid buildup (
titin?)...
Not addressing the OP's concern really since he has some issues without exercising, but just saying.
Well, that's not totally correct. Read that:
http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewto ... sc&start=0
What's BS
Posted:
Wed May 26, 2010 12:26 amby Ze
dunno what in that thread disagrees with what I stated. the BS is lactic acid being a cause of muscle soreness.
of course you could have pain from bone jamming into muscle, nerve impingement, muscle tear, all sorts of things. i have no clue
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Wed May 26, 2010 2:35 amby Diego Sahagún
Ze wrote:dunno what in that thread disagrees with what I stated. the BS is lactic acid being a cause of muscle soreness.
of course you could have pain from bone jamming into muscle, nerve impingement, muscle tear, all sorts of things. i have no clue
It's OK Ze,
muchas gracias.
Take care
Posted:
Wed May 26, 2010 10:25 amby Diego Sahagún
Why are you all talking about pain just after excercise
Perhaps you are out of topic since the pain is due to stiff muscles but they hurt even without doing it
Posted:
Wed May 26, 2010 11:04 pmby Ze
Hi Kristoria,
Very nice post! I wasn't judging the benefits of the shower per se, just that one specific point. Thanks for the links into this stuff.
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Wed May 26, 2010 11:55 pmby tigerlilly
Diego,
Have you ever had your thyroid checked? Hypothyroid can cause muscle stiff/soreness.
(fyi) just a thought.
Posted:
Thu May 27, 2010 12:50 amby Diego Sahagún
No, I haven't tigerlilly. Is that true