What Is Muscle Soreness? It Isn't Muscle Tears... | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

And it's one that I think most people are familiar with themselves , which is soreness . We think of it as a muscle soreness . But I was trained early on in my scientific career to always question the seemingly obvious .

What Is Muscle Soreness? It Isn't Muscle Tears... | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

First of all , what does soreness really reflect ? Is it really muscle soreness ? It feels like it's in the muscles .

What Is Muscle Soreness? It Isn't Muscle Tears... | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So I realize I just asked you about three questions or more . First of all , what is muscle soreness at a cellar level which sells which organ systems and so forth . What is it mean ?

What Is Muscle Soreness? It Isn't Muscle Tears... | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

But I was trained early on in my scientific career to always question the seemingly obvious . So a couple of questions about soreness . First of all , what does soreness really reflect ?

What Is Muscle Soreness? It Isn't Muscle Tears... | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

And this has a time sequence . So what happens is by the time we get to this 28 to 48 hour window , now the muscle soreness kicks in which wait a minute , if I , if this was a result of my muscles being torn and that happened immediately , wouldn't that pain start immediately ? Well , the answer is it would .