Think of an inactive muscle as someone who’s fallen asleep or a machine thats been powered off. It’s not dead or broken, but it needs to be woken up and turned on before it can get to work again.
Every body has its own state of homeostasis, perfectly balanced and free from tension, injury, and disease. This is the ideal state of our physical selves, the goal towards which we are always striving. What makes it so hard to get there? Life.
You've just got back from your run and you're feeling great -- your body is pleasantly fatigued, and your endorphins are running high. But before you hit the showers, you need to cool down if you want to properly recover and prevent imbalances. Here's what to do:
Plantar fasciitis -- that nagging pain at the bottom of the feet that runners get -- can be a real pain to treat. Fortunately, I've got a few great tricks and tips to help.
Suffering from whiplash? It may not be as severe as you think. In fact, most cases of whiplash are really just a bad case of delayed onset muscle soreness in your neck and shoulders.
Delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS if you want to impress your meathead friends, is the muscular pain, stiffness, and soreness you feel 24-48 hours after you worked them, and can last up to ten days.
