What to do about muscle soreness after a workout

Most of the post-workout muscle soreness is caused by lactic acid buildup due to anaerobic metabolism of the muscles, or it can be due to muscle strains. Solutions include physical therapy and medication assistance. 1. Lactic acid accumulation caused by: after exercise will cause lactic acid and other metabolites accumulation of muscle soreness symptoms, the patient first need to rest, hydration, accelerate the body’s metabolism; at the same time, you can choose to soak in a hot bath, full-body massage, microwave and other physical therapy to increase local blood circulation, accelerate the discharge of metabolic products. 2. Muscle strain: muscle strain patients in the physical therapy at the same time, you can also choose drugs for adjuvant therapy, such as pain patients can take oral ibuprofen, indomethacin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as appropriate to reduce the body’s inflammatory response; after 72 hours of remission can also be used in Yunnan Baiyao, safflower oil and other medicines, dilate the local blood vessels, accelerate blood circulation. If the symptoms of muscle pain after exercise are not relieved, or accompanied by other symptoms, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner, to identify the cause and then give targeted treatment. The above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.