Muscle Pain...?

[la_chica]

Well...i started working out yesterday and getting in shape for basketball...the coach had us working out in the weight room and we did squats and lunges and a few other things...My legs started aching so bad last night and i got out of bed today and they hurt more! All day they have ached. ANy idea what I can do to get better? I need to fast! It hurts so bad and my friends are getting tired of me complaining! lol....but seriously any help would be great! :)

[nellybaby2002]

the pain is so intense because you were using muscles harder than you do on an everyday basis...try some icyhot...i love this stuff, it works for me

[Mike Smith]

take a warm bath or sit in a spa, and next time you lift, eat fuit and foods with vitamin E, it helps to minimze muslce soreness the next day....

[cherry pie]

Try stretching, it always helps me.

[Standing in Line]

Ever feel fine the day after a workout, only to be incredibly sore on the second day? Believe it or not, that second-day pain is your body's way of healing itself. Delayed onset muscle soreness -- DOMS -- is a by-product of the muscle building process, says researcher Priscilla Clarkson, Ph.D., of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.Strenuous exercise, she explains, creates minor tears in your muscles. In response, your body sends in a "repair crew" -- cells that fight inflammation, sweep the area of damage and initiate rebuilding. But the process often results in swelling and the release of chemicals that irritate nerve cells, causing the soreness that usually peaks 48 hours post-exercise.Possible treatments to ease the pain include massage, stretching, ice therapy, over-the-counter pain relievers and nutritional supplements. One promising prevention is tart cherry juice. Researchers from the University of Vermont gave 14 students either tart cherry juice or a placebo twice a day for eight days. A tough workout was scheduled on the fourth day. Two weeks later the procedure was repeated with the treatments reversed. Strength loss and pain were significantly lower when the participants drank the cherry juice.