Muscle Soreness and Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness

Immediate and delayed-onset muscle soreness differ mainly in chronology of presentation. Both conditions share the same quality of pain, provoking and relieving activities as well as the variable degree of functional deficits. There is no single mechanism for muscle soreness; instead, it is a culmination of six different mechanisms. The several modalities to manage the associated symptoms of muscle soreness have outcomes that seem to be as diverse as the modalities themselves. The clinical presentation, cellular mechanism and selected treatment modalities are reviewed in this communication.