Post-workout muscle soreness: How to relieve it – and avoid it

Just as heavy drinking can give you a hangover, so can a hard workout lead to muscle soreness. And as “hair of the dog” can help relieve the former, so can moderate exercise – counterintuitive though it, too, may seem – help you get rid of the latter. “It increases blood flow to the damaged muscles, enabling them to heal faster,” explains physiotherapist Alexander Srokovskyi. He recommends walks, swimming and cycling, for instance. You shouldn’t exercise the affected muscle groups harder than that, though, so wait before your next workout and don’t do any stretching either. Otherwise your reli…

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