The beginning athletes are frightened more by not long loadings and heavy exercises, and consequences of wearisome trainings. Muscle pain - the integral satellite of any sport, it pursues even skilled athletes.
Why muscles after classes hurt
Pain arises when the organism experiences unusual strain. Therefore even if you train several years, but suddenly much more increased intensity of the training, overloads will respond pain next day. Unpleasant feelings arise because of several factors. When muscles are tired and ache at once after the training when the acute pain or pulling − it has an effect lactic acid. During sports activities the energy in the organism is emitted owing to splitting of molecules of glucose − this process is called glycolysis. At glycolysis also the by-product - lactic acid turns out. It collects in muscles, causes their hypostasis and pain.
Contrary to popular belief, muscle pain is not the indicator of success of occupations, it is only individual reaction of the organism.
24-48 hours later after the training there is other type of pain - muscles begin to hurt when you load them. Also they become less flexible. Such pain arises because in the course of the training on muscles microinjuries and tiny gaps are formed - it is the natural process necessary for growth of force and endurance of the organism. But because of these microinjuries you some time will feel pain until muscle fibers are restored.
Pain can be also sign of overtraining. If you really overtrained, take the break for few weeks.
Sometimes muscle pain has pathological character. See the doctor if painful feelings very strong and sharp, long don't pass, amplify over time and also if pain arose in the joint, is followed by the swelling and reddening or dry slap shots. It is worth paying attention and to pains in the backbone - they can signal about serious problems.
What to do at muscle pain
Painful feelings can be minimized if to receive the sports additives containing ascorbic acid and amino acids. Well the hot bathtub and professional massage helps. At very severe pains it is possible to use the okhlazhdayushche-warming ointments on the basis of camphor and menthol and also medical gels from the joint pain and sciatica. Also the anesthetizing tablets - analginum, paracetamol, the ibuprofen will help. Further to minimize painful feelings after the training, increase loading gradually, surely you do 10-minute warm-up, and at the end of occupation - the sports extension. If you had the long break between trainings, make occupation less intensive and gradually come back to habitual loadings.