Well , that actually should give you some clues into what's happening . So , the traditional dogma of delayed onset muscle soreness is what this is called is that it is a result of quote unquote micro tears in the muscle . And so you can sort of think I challenged the muscle .
If we are sore is something I know we'll get into a little bit later . And then why the delayed onset muscle soreness ? It's actually one question .
Uh But what other organ systems and tissues and cell types does it involve ? And then I'm particularly interested in this concept or this experience that many of us including myself had , which is delayed onset muscle soreness . Why would it be that when we are less in shape or when we perform a movement that is extremely novel to us , the soreness seems to arrive after a reasonable delay of maybe even a day , you know , we're fine the next day .
And this has a time sequence . So what happens is by the time we get to this 28 to 48 hour window , now the muscle soreness kicks in which wait a minute , if I , if this was a result of my muscles being torn and that happened immediately , wouldn't that pain start immediately ? Well , the answer is it would .
So what's probably happening here ? And I just , I just hate to give you another bone , but a lot of delayed on some muscle soreness is probably just a neural feedback loop rather than it is actual muscle damage makes a lot of sense . There's a lot of interactions between the um types of neurons that control touch , sensation and pain , sensation and itch sensation .
