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Aches and pains

  • 30-09-2009 11:18am
    #1
    Hank_Scorpio
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    I played a game of football last night and I have another game to play tonight.

    My legs are a bit sore, aches in the joints of the knee and muscle pain in the legs from constant sprinting.

    What would be a good treatment, besides rest as it's not an option I am going to take.

    Would deep heat cream/spray help? Or something along the lines of Tiger Balm or Arnica cream help?

    Is it plenty of water I need to try flush out lactic acid?

    Or is there anything I can do relieve the aches and get through another match tonight.

    Thanks for any advice


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  • #2
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    This is fairly general stuff.....

    What you have is called DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness). Tiger balm or that kind of craic will help it a bit. Mostly you'd be best to rest it but since it's not an option, I'd suggest the following:

    Before your next game spend a long time warming up and warming down afterwards. Get some carbs and some protein into you after you're finished (preferably within 60 minutes)....half a litre to a litre of slimline milk will do the trick....this will help reduce the chances of it happening again.


  • #3
    Hank_Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Hank_Scorpio


    Khannie wrote: »
    This is fairly general stuff.....

    What you have is called DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness). Tiger balm or that kind of craic will help it a bit. Mostly you'd be best to rest it but since it's not an option, I'd suggest the following:

    Before your next game spend a long time warming up and warming down afterwards. Get some carbs and some protein into you after you're finished (preferably within 60 minutes)....half a litre to a litre of slimline milk will do the trick....this will help reduce the chances of it happening again.



    Thanks very much. I would normally rest between games or any sort of exercise, and I don't normally exercise when I have muscle pains, but I do want to play tonight.


    I warmed down a good bit last night and did some stretches which helped a lot. I'll be sure to warm up a lot before and after the game.

    Thanks


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