recovering from five a side

northernneil

its that time of year again where I go out and run around like a headless chicken for an hour pretending I know what i am doing, thing is I am always buggered with stiff legs for 2 days after playing footy. So much so it hurts to walk, its probably because we just start, play for an hour then stop.

anyone got any tips about how I can minimise the stiffness in my legs after footy ?

(never happens when i get back from my bike or a run !)

term1te

I have exactly the same problem this time of year. Play 5 a side and Unihockey on Monday nights, can't move on Tuesday or Wednesday. I find it is worse the first couple of weeks then its not problem. I'm not into cold baths and the like, but I know that rehydration with beer doesn't work. Stretching and warming up before hand helps as does vitamin I the next day (ibuprofen). The hobbling about does give you the opportunity to tell everyone in the office how "sporty" you are though.

wiffachip

your body is telling you something - 'pack it in'

mine said the same thing, but I didn't listen, now me knees are well and truely shagged

it is very difficult to accept though. As a minimum just take it easy and play no more than once a week and stroll around at the back, Beckenbauer style

STEFANOS4784

You must be joking right?
You need to warm up and warm down properly, ie gentle jog followed by various stretching exersises :roll:

P.s i've probably missed another joke, if so i apologise :oops:

verylonglegs

It depends on your age really, I played football saturdays and sundays for over a decade and when i was in my early twenties I could turn up, get changed and play and bugger off after with no issues at all but as the years wore on warm-ups and lots of stretching after became essential. The reason it probably hurts more than biking and running is the twisting and turning and quick hard effort bursts.