The study was a double - blind, randomised - controlled crossover trial in which the Curcumin or placebo were taken two days before to three days
after eccentric exercise and the results found that only the Curcumin had beneficial effects.
What this means is that while muscle - tendon stiffness often increases with normal strength training or with concentric exercise, it does not necessarily increase
after eccentric exercise (Kay et al. 2016).
A similar study in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism (2006) also found that vitamin c (3000 mg per day) helped to reduce muscle soreness
after eccentric exercise (3).
Not exact matches
Keep in mind that it's normal to experience a certain degree of soreness and pain while performing
eccentric exercise as a remedy for chronic tendon injuries, and with regular daily performance, the pain should dissipate
after about 10 weeks of training.
A 20 g / day supplementation regimen administered 7 days prior to (with additional 20 g immediately before and following the damaging
exercise) and for 4 days
after a damaging bout of
eccentric biased
exercise reduced soreness and the plasma level of intramuscular enzymes.
I tend to do a little more than this (not just
eccentric exercise), but only because it makes me feel better about myself to do so, and I actually enjoy it
after 30 years of near couch potato levels of activity.
In addition, it is interesting to observe that
after programs of unilateral
exercise,
eccentric training produces a greater cross-over of strength gains from the trained limb to the untrained limb than concentric training (Hortobágyi et al. 1997; Seger et al. 1998; Nickols - Richardson et al. 2007; Kidgell et al. 2015).
The Curcumin or placebo were taken 2 days before to 3 days
after eccentric single - leg press
exercise and only the Curcumin was found to have beneficial effects.
This is a great
eccentric loading
exercise so your heel is sort of dropping down
after the ball of your foot touches.
Vikne H, Refsnes PE, Ekmark M, Medbø JI, Gundersen V, Gundersen K. Muscular performance
after concentric and
eccentric exercise in trained men.
Muscle soreness, swelling, stiffness and strength loss
after intense
eccentric exercise.
Resisted
eccentric inversion is a great
exercise for using
after ankle sprains to help reduce the chance of future injuries.