Remember how we discussed that soreness is caused by
microtrauma of the muscle fibers?
Not exact matches
There are several stages
of muscle building process:
microtrauma, compensation and supercompensation.
A study in Clinics in Sports Medicine found that DOMS is the result
of microtrauma in the muscles and surrounding connective tissues, which causes inflammation.
While muscle soreness from a workout is largely contributed to the
microtrauma that the muscle fibers sustain, recovery may be sped up by actively encouraging the metabolic waste out
of the working muscle.
Muscle soreness, in a nutshell, occurs due to «
microtrauma»
of the muscle fibers and connective tissues.
Remember, muscle
microtrauma happens when you lower the weight with gravity, so slowing down the pace here can earn you lots
of extra muscle.
DOMS has tried to be explained by
microtrauma from the tear - down
of muscles.
When you do an exercise your body is not used to it your muscles become fatigued (through volume) and the muscle suffers
microtrauma which is small tears to the individual muscle fibres (through load), it is this that stimulates the repair process and causes muscle growth (the size
of the muscle fibres increases — hypertrophy).
Foam rollers are commonly used both before and after a workout, but laymen's literature claims that SMR before a workout allows an athlete to increase his or her volume
of training and decrease dysfunctions resulting from
microtrauma without the cost
of hiring a professional (5,9).
Some
of this effect is triggered plainly by the
microtrauma caused by the fine, thin sterile FDA - approved medical device called the acupuncture needle.
These animals are very prone to chronic cystitis, as these sharp crystals cause
microtrauma to the lining
of the bladder that results in discomfort and irritation.
Just like in people, arthritis is the result
of bony changes within joints; once the cartilaginous «brake pads» have worn down, bone grinds on bone, resulting in
microtrauma, inflammation, and pain.
For instance, the list
of possible types
of trauma has now expanded to include insidious trauma, intergenerational trauma, vicarious trauma,
microtrauma, and betrayal trauma.