{"id":630489,"date":"2024-08-11T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-do-our-muscles-ache-after-a-workout\/"},"modified":"2024-08-11T00:00:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T21:00:02","slug":"why-do-our-muscles-ache-after-a-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-do-our-muscles-ache-after-a-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why do our muscles ache after a workout?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32dabcb6c6d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32dabcb6c6d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-do-our-muscles-ache-after-a-workout\/#Complex_mechanisms_yet_to_be_elucidated\" >Complex mechanisms yet to be elucidated<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-do-our-muscles-ache-after-a-workout\/#How_to_avoid_aches\" >How to avoid aches<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/sore-muscle.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2024\/sore-muscle.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/sore-muscle.jpg\" alt=\"sore muscle\" title=\"Credit: Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Paris 2024 Olympics have inspired you to take up running again this year. Your shoes are all laced up, your headphones plugged in, and you&#8217;re off. 15 kilometers later, with no cramps or stitches to report, you&#8217;re home. But two days later, shooting pains in your calves make it almost impossible to climb the stairs. And yet, before you went to bed last night you were fine, so what could have h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Complex_mechanisms_yet_to_be_elucidated\"><\/span>Complex mechanisms yet to be elucidated<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Aches and pains are diffuse muscular pains that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly appear in the days following intense effort and gradually disappear. Strange as it may seem for such a common phenomenon, the scientific community has not pinned down the mechanisms responsible for muscle soreness. As with any issue that deals with the sensation of pain, understanding muscle soreness involves looking at complex biological processes.<\/p>\n<p>Pain is first and foremost a subjective experience resulting from the nervous system&#8217;s interpretation of sensory signals, whether or not them,re are associated physical lesions. Scientists have put forward many biological mechanisms to explain the origin of muscle soreness, and the current consensus is that several phenomena are involved. And contrary to what you might have heard, &#8220;lactic acid&#8221; has nothing to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>After an intense workout, and particularly after eccentric contractions (contractions that involve resisting a stretch, for example, when descending stairs), we can pick up micro-lesions at the smallest unit of striated muscle tissue, the sarcomeres.<\/p>\n<p>But it is not the lesions themselves that are painful, as they are already present im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely after the effort, whereas muscle soreness generally only appears 24 to 48 hours later.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                On the other hand, these micro-lesions trigger a cascade of physiological phenomena in the hours and days following intense or unusual physical exercise. Some of these phenomena are almost immediate, such as the leakage of components, in particular enzymes and proteins contained in the muscle cell, which diffuse outwards from the damaged cell membranes. Others occur later, such as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.physiology.org\/doi\/full\/10.1152\/japplphysiol.00971.2016\">inflammatory and immune reactions, which can take several days or even weeks<\/a>.).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these physiological phenomena, micro-injuries also lead to functional impacts, such as a loss of strength, increased stiffness or visible swelling of the muscle. However, none of these markers seems to correlate perfectly with the sensation of pain. It is therefore likely that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.2165\/00007256-200333020-00005\">multiple mechanisms interact to give rise to soreness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The nervous system itself also plays a central role in the appearance of muscle soreness. The sensation of pain as such does not exist in the muscle. It results from the interpretation of nociceptive signals\u2014warning signals\u2014received by the brain. Furthermore, several of the proposals to explain <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1526590001833095\">muscle soreness directly involve the various sensory sensors located in the muscle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_avoid_aches\"><\/span>How to avoid aches<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Muscle soreness isn&#8217;t something to worry about and generally disappears within a few days. However, functional impacts, such as loss of strength, can sometimes last a little longer (particularly when the workout has been intense), and the disappearance of muscle soreness is not necessarily a good indicator of muscle recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to prevent muscle soreness is to prepare for this unusual demand by training gradually. As the muscle is a highly adaptable organ, having already been confronted with an exercise makes it much more resistant to muscular damage caused by other stresses in the future. Contrary to what you may hear, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21735398\/\">stretching before or after a session has no real impact on muscle soreness<\/a>. And unfortunately, if it&#8217;s too late and the aches and pains are already there, no solution has really been proven to improve all the symptoms; the best thing is to remain patient. You can, however, continue to train at a more relaxed pace, which may ease the symptoms a little.<\/p>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    The Conversation<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/medx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                This article is republished from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\">The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. 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