How many times have you been told to not do too much on the weekend? But there is more time to do stuff. You will pay for it on Monday. That’s what I say to myself. Thank god I am a chiropractor and have friends to fix me on Monday morning. It is always easy to say I will ramp up my running mileage or I will work on the yard in stages, but I end up throwing in a long run or doing all the yard work in one day only to pay for it with muscle soreness and pain. I hate to take an anti-inflammatory too , but sometime you need to work or sleep for that matter and sometimes pain will put an end to that. The best tricks I know how to deal with muscle soreness are #1 Drink fluids and electrolytes (gatorade, etc.) all day and afterward#2 Take a hot bath with a cup of rock salt in it afterward to help pull out the lactic acid or the toxins or whatever is making the muscles sore. #3 Get your body moving properly via chiropractic, yoga, stretching du jour. #4 Don’t forget your protein to help rebuild the muscles, so eat some. and#5 build up if you can and don’t do it all in one day. Enjoy!
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