What should I do if my legs hurt after climbing a mountain?

Mountain climbing is a popular outdoor sport, and China also has many famous mountains. Students who like traveling must be very familiar with them. However, mountain climbing is also an extreme sport, especially climbing Mount Tai and Mount Huangshan. If you are not in good physical condition, you should basically not climb such mountains, because you will definitely have leg pain after running. Of course, I think it is a miracle that you can finish the run, so how do we solve the problem of leg pain!

Massage tools, towels, hot water, ointment

Muscle soreness 1 The formation of muscle soreness: Muscle soreness is a normal physiological manifestation in life. After exercise, the body will produce a product called "lactic acid". Human exercise requires energy. When the human body performs anaerobic exercise (very intense exercise or rapid bursts of exercise), the metabolites produced by the body cannot be eliminated through breathing, which forms lactic acid.

2 Causes of muscle soreness: ① Lactic acid accumulation. ②Muscle spasm. ③ Damage to muscle fibers or connective tissue. ④Other factors. Changes in interstitial osmotic pressure or acute inflammation can also cause muscle soreness.

Self-treatment of muscle soreness 1. Rest more: Rest can alleviate muscle soreness, slowly promote blood circulation, accelerate the elimination of metabolic products, and eliminate the supply and repair of nutrients to the muscle sore area, restoring it to normal. So you should rest more after exercise to relieve fatigue.

2 Stretching exercises: When resting, don’t forget to perform static stretching exercises on the sore areas, that is, stretching exercises. How to carry out this operation will be mentioned later.

3. Massage: Massage the sore muscles to relax them, promote blood circulation, speed up the decomposition of lactic acid, and reduce the degree of muscle soreness.

4. Hot compress: Use a hot towel to apply hot compress to the sore muscle area to promote blood circulation, speed up metabolism, and relieve the pain caused by muscle soreness. (It is best to accompany the stretching exercise in step 2 during the hot compress process, which can speed up the elimination of muscle soreness and restore it to normal)

5 Medication: You can also choose appropriate ointment to apply to the sore muscles and use medicine to relieve the pain.

You must pay more attention to not exercising beyond your tolerance, otherwise your body will definitely be hurt. So you should exercise more often so that your body can have a certain foundation. If you are injured, you should pay more attention to rest, reduce strenuous exercise, and let your body recover slowly.