muscle soreness
Exercise aftermath discomfort
Muscle soreness is the aching, tender feeling in muscles after strenuous exercise or unusual physical activity.
The discomfort typically peaks a day or two after exertion—what trainers call delayed onset muscle soreness or DOMS: I'm still feeling muscle soreness from Monday's workout.
It signals that muscle fibers have been stressed and are rebuilding.
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
- painBodily or emotional distress
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- myalgiaClinical term for soreness
liniment · heating pad · strains · inflammation · discomfort · no pain no gain · leg day · hydration · rest periods · swelling · massage therapy · tendonitis · cramping · warm-up exercises · weakness · ache · massage · rest
- body painache, aches, pain, pang, throb
- exercise injuriessprain, sprains, shin splints, tendinitis, tendonitis
- workout effectssweating, sweat, breathlessness, fatigue, panting