DOMS from hell! - whats your strategy?

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Velociraptor Aug 2011 8:51pm, 16 Aug 2011 16,773 posts	0 Velociraptor Runners don't like to rest, but that doesn't mean that rest isn't the best thing, Lyns In reality, though, no matter what you do it'll get better within two or three days
Bazoaxe Aug 2011 9:11pm, 16 Aug 2011 3,304 posts	0 Bazoaxe The best thing for DOMS is not to get them, once you have them, then rest/stretching til they go....
plodding hippo Aug 2011 9:27pm, 16 Aug 2011 36,063 posts	0 plodding hippo Um I cure my DOMS with a slow run/walk
plodding hippo Aug 2011 9:29pm, 16 Aug 2011 36,064 posts	0 plodding hippo Goodness.and no mention yet of ice baths!
Wine Legs Aug 2011 9:30pm, 16 Aug 2011 2,175 posts	0 Wine Legs Cold bath. Wine. Obviously. Bike ride. I've always been best if I've biked the day after a big run & the following one too, rather than if I do complete rest.
Bazoaxe Aug 2011 9:31pm, 16 Aug 2011 3,305 posts	0 Bazoaxe Not real DOMS if you can slow run !!! I tried that post VLM and got real pain in other previously un DOMed parts of me Never been brave enough to try and ice bath and not prepared to eithers !
Kenny_Boy Aug 2011 9:32pm, 16 Aug 2011 219 posts	0 Kenny_Boy ICE BATH!! To avoid getting DOMS in the first place...
plodding hippo Aug 2011 9:43pm, 16 Aug 2011 36,065 posts	0 plodding hippo Bazo, yes it is you didnt see me run after kent 5It was a pitiful stagger But I felt better after
may Aug 2011 9:44pm, 16 Aug 2011 749 posts	0 may ....not had dooms for ages...but the times I have had them hot baths brufen..and lots of arnica gel gentle walking or easy cycle till it feels better!!!
may Aug 2011 9:45pm, 16 Aug 2011 750 posts	0 may Dooms??????is the new Doms lol