Muscle soreness after exercise is often not immediately after exercise but occurs on the second or third day, and gradually relieves after 2-3 days.

If muscle soreness is caused by lactic acid accumulation during exercise, then it should reach its peak immediately after exercise or after exercise. How can it appear after the next day? What causes this muscle soreness? How to reduce or prevent it?

The pain reached its peak 24-72 hours after exercise, and the pain disappeared after 5-7 days.

In addition to soreness, there are muscle stiffness and problems with other functions of the body. Delayed muscle soreness can occur in the body after intense exercise, especially after long distance running.

After the extreme exercise in the hot summer, in addition to muscle pain, symptoms such as dehydration, low calcium, and low protein may occur. But it is not very common in winter.

Most people think that excessive use of muscle can cause muscle soreness

The reason is：

The sharp increase in muscle tension and elasticity can cause physical damage to muscle structural components.

Increased metabolism. Excessive muscle use increased muscle fatigue

The neuromodulation of the muscle changes, causing the muscles to become paralyzed and causing pain.

How to prevent it?

Exercise arrangements should be reasonable. After a period of exercise, the amount of exercise that was originally caused by muscle soreness was less frequent. And the performance is specific. For example, downhill exercise can reduce the muscle soreness caused by downhill exercise after a period of exercise.

Prepare and organize activities during exercise. Preparing for the activities to be done well and organizing the exercise properly can help prevent or reduce muscle soreness.

How to deal with muscle soreness?

For me, if the problem is not serious, I may take a few days off and let the pain disappear. Or local warming and rubbing the drug to relieve pain.

Stretching muscles can relieve pain. Stretching muscles can speed up muscle relaxation and antagonize muscle relief, helping to restore muscle tension.

There are also some scientific methods of treatment.