Chicago Institute for Health & Wellness

Sports medicine

Injury vs soreness

Soreness is delayed, bilateral or in the muscle you trained, and eases as you warm up. Injury is sharper, local, worse with a specific move, or swollen. When in doubt, get it looked at.

This URL still appears in GSC. We would rather see you once than rehab a month-old “soreness” that was a tear.

Related: Sports injury

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