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Bad case of DOMS

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
What helps you with your muscle soreness when you get it?

I failed to warm up today and pushed myself harder than my norm. Now my neck has cramped up badly and I have pain in my arms :/

Replies

  • Charliegottheruns
    Charliegottheruns Posts: 286 Member
    SMR
  • CorlissaEats
    CorlissaEats Posts: 493 Member
    Magnesium can sometimes help...in other words an Epsom Salt bath. It really depends on what is causing the DOMS and whether it is actually injury.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Charlie, thanks for your reply but I'm new around here and getting old ;) What does SMR mean please?

    Corlissa, thank you. I have magnesium tablets in the cupboard, I'll take one. I don't have any Epsom salts just ordinary bath salts. I don't think it is an injury as such as it just feels very tight around my neck and shoulder. The only pain is going down my arms which I suspect is a little swelling to the nerve.
  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
    use a rolling pin or something similar and roll those myofascial tissues out
  • deanfromoregon
    deanfromoregon Posts: 1 Member
    Ice!
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    Water, Stretching, Light movement, and an anti-inflammatory (NSAID) painkiller ... If its not an injury.
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