At 10:14 AM 5/22/98 -0300, you wrote: >Hi People! > >After a good days paddling my body aches! Muscles sore! Any soliutions? > >Surfbuff > Sore muscles are caused by lactic acid build-up and, yes, more paddling as facitiously suggested by Chuck Holst is a long-term solution in as much as physical conditioning increases the muscle's capacity to manage lactic acid build-up. Adequate intake of liquids aids the muscles in dispersing lactic acid and, along with physical conditioning, helps keep the muscles from getting sore in the first place. Once the muscles are sore, however, there's a few things that help. There are active and passive forms of clearing of the lactic acid. The passive methods include hot packs, hot tubs, warm baths which increase circulation and aid the blood to carry off and metabolize the lactic acid. More active approaches include massage and mild, relaxing movement like walking --or in the case of upper body stiffness, stretching exercises. Aspirin seems to help a bit. Aspirin is an anti-inflammatory. Naprosin such as Alleve is, I believe, anti-inflammatory. Acetominaphen like Advil is NOT anti-inflammatory but will work to relieve pain. But I like the idea of paddling more! Geo. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri May 22 1998 - 09:31:30 PDT
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