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Using a sore muscle normally? (kbin.social)

submitted 11 months ago by Damaskox@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Let's say that I feel a little pain after doing some exercise I don't normally do.
Is it okay to, say, walk normally instead of limping a bit with a minor pain in a leg, or does it make the muscle's condition worse?

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[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

The very general advice I've been given is to coddle joints, tendons and ligaments like pampered princesses, and to treat muscles like dirt.

Of course, an actual tear or something you let the damn thing heal - but if you've just overdone it a bit, you're better off better pushing through and using it normally.

Most of the pain from day-after-workout soreness is from swelling - the muscle bundles get a little frayed and leak fluid into the sheath, and it's the pressure buildup that causes the pain. If you walk on it anyway (or equivalent), you gradually squeeze the fluid out, and it becomes much less complainy (until you rest for a few hours and it fills back up again).

At least, that's what I've been told, and what I've noticed in my own experience. This is not medical advice.