muscle aches
Post-workout discomfort
Muscle aches are dull, throbbing pains felt in muscle tissue, typically from overexertion, tension, or illness.
They accompany many conditions—flu, fibromyalgia, intense exercise—and range from localized soreness to widespread discomfort.
I woke up with muscle aches after yesterday's hike.
The phrase functions as a count noun, usually plural: one of my muscle aches, several muscle aches.
- chillsShivering spells from illness
- overexertionHarmful excess of effort
- leg dayLower-body training session
- headacheCranial pain
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
fever · fibromyalgia · spasms · nausea · sore muscles · inflammation · lactic acid · massage therapy · stiffness · dehydration · weakness · nerve compression · stretching · foam roller · deep tissue · malaise · viral infection · heat therapy
- body symptomsheadache, headaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- hangoversheadache, nausea, thirst, dry mouth, fatigue
- illness symptomsfever, chills, aches, headache, cough
- side effectsnausea, headache, dizziness, drowsiness, rash
- anesthesia recoveryrecovery room, waking up, wake up, emergence, vital signs
muscle achesfeeling good
Positive emotional condition
pain-free · relief · painlessness · well-being · comfort