Sport 'soreness'

I was really sure about what to name this topic or where to put it but oh well, here goes

this weekend is gonna be pretty big for me, tomoro in A grade cricket we are bowling and im expecting to bowl 15 or more overs in the day, then on sunday i have to go to hamilton to play another match to try and get into the representative team from western victoria

i need some help, because before i bowl, on the weekends and at training i always stretch up, and that does me good because im a fast bowler, but after ive bowled, especially the next day im always really sore in my shoulders and lower back. now normally, i accept this, with trainings on tuesday and thurday and games on saturday, the days break makes my muscles heal and well enough for the next trundle, but this weekend im going to have to be fit to bowl straight away, so i dont get a few days rest

i was just wondering if anyone has any good ways i can not get the soreness on sunday so i can bowl to my full potential? maybe stretching down could be a good start, or possibly things like a warm shower to keep the muscles warm or using deep heat.

i guess i just want to know, what post-game warm downs or rituals do you guys do after sport to make sure you dont get sore the next day?

your second-last paragraph is pretty much on the money. except for the deep heat, i wouldn't really be tempted to use that straight after playing. if you have any soreness before/during a game, use it then.

Awwww poor wittle Fitzy getting sore is he?

Poor wittle bubbykins, ill go get your stuffed toys to ease the pain

wheres my hug

After my basketball practices I was always last to leave, until the gym locked up. Next day I would be sore and my muscle would feel real tight. One night after practice I decided to have a cold bath and the next day I felt fine, been doing it ever since. It seems like the opposite of what you said so maybe Im abnormal.

better yet, don't play cricket

One night after practice I decided to have a cold bath and the next day I felt fine

Interesting... and it doesn't work with hot baths? I always thought it was the other way around.

^^

Doesnt work with hot baths, at least for me.

I decided to have a cold bath and the next day I felt fine, been doing it ever since.

I read something like this but I can't remember the exact details.

It's like making your body feel numb to the soreness/pain because of the cold. Same principle as putting ice in your arms, legs, shoulders during/after a game like what baseball pitchers, basketball players, and quaterbacks do.

It even suggested that the best way is to take a hot bath after the activity and a really cold one before the next activity or vice-versa, I forgot which is which.

I remember seeing an episode of that Bobby Knight show on ESPN and a bunch of guys trying out for the Texas Tech team were told to go sit in a cold tub after a practice and one of the coaches was mad because this one guy jumped out pretty early and sat in the hot tub.

I'm pretty sure it was the cold tub that's supposed to relieve soreness, but I'm not 100% sure.

A cold shower always does the trick for me.Maybe you should try it,if you can stand the cold water .I never tryed a hot bath or a shower,so I don't know about that deparment.But as I said a cold shower helps me a lot .

Rub cream all over your nuts.

hell no, that hurts like mad, thanks for the tips guys, i had a hotish bath before, and im not sore right now, but ive got plenty of deep heat if i am tomoro

Stretch, and have a warm down jog... that's the best way to avoid injury and soreness.

Stretch, and have a warm down jog... that's the best way to avoid injury and soreness.

Actually, yeah I would have to second that. Stretching with a light walk/jog before and after anything that's physically strenuous is the best way to prevent injuries.

lot of sleep is important too

Don't participate in the showerfun.

hmmm well I didn't want to start a new thread for this... but

recently (in the last week or so), I've been getting cramps in my quads when running/playing basketball. I've never had this problem in my life before and I was wondeirng if you guys know how to prevent this.

drink more water to prevent cramps

and stretch

yep, cramps are from being dehydrated, looks like i lived today, i played really good so be watching out for me on telly

Work hard. Play hard.

Eat Snickers.

@ fitzy: try bowling slow-medium, the change of pace confuses batsmen, but it really only works for one over.

Work hard. Play hard.

"We work hard, we play hard."

Apologies to Andrew for borrowing his bit.