What to do if my leg muscles hurt

If you have leg muscle pain, you should pay attention to understand the causes. For example, some people often experience muscle soreness after exercise. At this time, you should pay attention to preparing before exercise and do some muscle stretching exercises frequently. At the same time, exercise cannot be done all at once, but should be done step by step.

1. There are two types of muscle soreness. One is muscle soreness that occurs during or immediately after exercise. This is caused by lactic acid accumulation because the lactic acid content reaches its peak at this time.

2. The other type is muscle soreness on the second or third day after exercise. This type of soreness is mostly caused by muscle damage. It is not surprising that muscle soreness is caused by occasional muscle fiber damage, because the process of muscle growth is the process of super-recovery from the destruction to the recovery of muscle fibers. However, prolonged or severe muscle soreness is a manifestation of over-training, which will cause great harm to the body.

3. Ways to prevent muscle soreness include:

1. Do muscle stretching exercises before and after fitness, mainly static stretching.

2. Be sure to follow the principle of gradual progress, no matter whether it is weight-bearing or training intensity. For beginners, muscle soreness will occur even without weight-bearing fitness, let alone weight-bearing. No matter how much weight you can lift, you must start from zero intensity and increase it slowly.

3. After fitness, supplement protein and carbohydrates to repair muscles.

4. Once a muscle strain occurs during fitness, you can use cold and hot compresses to eliminate soreness. 1 to 2 days of cold compresses can relieve pain, followed by 1 to 2 days of hot compresses to completely eliminate pain. During this period, you can do some simple activities, such as walking and stretching exercises.