Arnica for muscle soreness?Have you ever heard someone recommend arnica for a sports injury sports injury A injury sustained practicing or competing in a sport Sites Thigh, foot, knee, lower leg, ankle, hip, finger Types Contusion, strain, sprain, heat exhaustion, lacerations, etc Sports with most Martial arts–judo, tae kwon do, wrestling, ? Researchers in England sought to test the claim that homeopathic Homeopathic A holistic and natural approach to healthcare. Mentioned in: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome homeopathic, adj arnica helps control pain from delayed onset muscle soreness Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) is the pain or discomfort often felt 24 to 72 hours after exercising and subsides generally within 2 to 3 days. Once thought to be caused by lactic acid buildup, a more recent theory is that it is caused by tiny tears in the muscle fibers caused . In a double-blind study, 519 runners were randomized ran·dom·ize tr.v. ran·dom·ized, ran·dom·iz·ing, ran·dom·iz·es To make random in arrangement, especially in order to control the variables in an experiment. to receive either arnica or a placebo during the five days immediately following a long run. No difference was observed between arnica and the placebo. This is pretty good evidence that arnica is not likely to be an effective remedy for delayed onset muscle soreness. Too bad, since nothing else seems to work very well either. (Clinical Journal of Pain, 1998, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 227-231) |
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