{"id":72732,"date":"2024-07-26T13:23:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T07:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/?p=72732"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:18:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:48:48","slug":"delayed-onset-muscle-soreness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/2024\/07\/26\/delayed-onset-muscle-soreness\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices For Relieving DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever felt your muscles go sore after a workout? That\u2019s just pain leaving your body. Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) is the muscle pain<\/a><\/strong> that starts when you are done with your workout. It usually starts one or two days after your workout.<\/p>\n

What is Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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DOMS is not felt during a workout. Pain felt during or immediately after a workout is called acute muscle soreness, which is different from DOMS. DOMS symptoms typically occur up to at least 12 to 24 hours<\/a><\/strong> after a workout. The pain peaks at about one to three days after your workout and then usually eases. No matter what your level of fitness, DOMS may affect you after you are done working out.<\/p>\n

What causes DOMS?<\/h3>\n

Any high-intensity exercise<\/a><\/strong> like short bursts of running, burpees, mountain climbers, jumping jacks or squat jumps, can cause DOMS, but exercises that cause you to tense a muscle at the same time you lengthen it particularly trigger DOMS. DOMS mostly affects your lower body and abdomen.<\/p>\n

Microscopic tears<\/h4>\n

High-intensity exercises can cause tiny, microscopic tears in your muscle fibres. Your body responds to this damage by increasing pain, which may lead to DOMS.<\/p>\n

Inflammation<\/h4>\n

Your body responds to microscopic tear damage by increasing inflammation, which may lead to a delayed onset soreness in muscles (DOMS).<\/p>\n

Recognizing the signs of DOMS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

How do you differentiate DOMS from muscle strain? DOMS usually stops once you get moving as the blood flows in your body. However, muscle strain due to injuries doesn\u2019t get any less painful.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of DOMS include:<\/strong><\/p>\n