Causes and relief of muscle soreness all over the body

Many people experience muscle aches all over the body. What is the cause of this condition? Generally speaking, there are two reasons for muscle soreness. The first is that muscle soreness may occur immediately after exercise, but this situation disappears quickly. However, the other is that fatigue, pain, weakness, etc. will occur several hours or even a night after the exercise. So what are the causes and solutions to this situation? Let’s take a look at it together below.

Why do muscles become sore? The mechanism of muscle soreness is relatively complex, mainly including the following aspects: ① Lactic acid accumulation. ②Muscle spasm. ③ Damage to muscle fibers or connective tissue. ④Other factors. Changes in interstitial osmotic pressure or acute inflammation can also cause muscle soreness. How lactic acid is produced: Human exercise requires energy. If the energy comes from aerobic metabolism in cells, it is aerobic exercise; but if the energy comes from anaerobic glycolysis, it is anaerobic exercise.

During aerobic exercise, glucose is metabolized into water and carbon dioxide, which can be easily excreted from the body through breathing and are harmless to the human body. During anaerobic exercise, glucose is fermented into a large amount of intermediate metabolites such as lactic acid, which cannot be eliminated through breathing, resulting in lactic acid accumulation. Self-treatment of muscle soreness: Rest can relieve muscle soreness, slowly promote blood circulation, accelerate the elimination of metabolic products, and eliminate the supply and repair of nutrients to the muscle sore area, resting it back to normal. Static stretching of muscles can accelerate muscle relaxation and relieve antagonist muscles, which helps the recovery of spastic muscles. Perform static stretching exercises on the sore area, maintain the stretch for 2 minutes, then rest for 1 minute, and repeat. Doing this stretching exercise several times a day can help relieve spasms. Patting massage is used to massage the sore areas to relax the muscles, promote muscle blood circulation, and help repair injuries and relieve spasms. Of course, you can also perform self-relaxation treatment, generally focusing on the neck, back, and limbs, and supplemented by the head, chest, and abdomen.

The causes of muscle soreness were discussed above, and now let’s talk about how to improve it. Generally speaking, hot compress is a relatively effective way to relieve muscle soreness. For sore muscles, you can apply hot compress locally, which can speed up your blood circulation and increase metabolism, so that muscles can relieve soreness more quickly. Also, you should proceed step by step when exercising, and you can’t try to do everything at once. The key to exercise is persistence.