Step 5. Train your brain to use new muscle through short, fast repeats. Several times a week, run short, fast repeats. Ten repeats, about 20 seconds long, run at about 90 percent of your maximum speed, will train the brain and nervous system to recruit the leg muscles.
Vitamins may help speed your recovery, in some instances. Vitamin C helps wounds heal quicker by assisting with production of collagen, a protein that your body uses to make connective tissues, such as skin, tendons and ligaments.
Antioxidant vitamins, including C, E, A, zinc and selenium, appear to speed wound healing, according to a study published in the January 2012 issue of the journal Clinical Nutrition.. In the study, trauma patients with wound healing disorders took oral supplements of the vitamins for 14 days.itamin C helps wounds heal quicker by assisting with production of collagen, a protein that your body uses to make connective tissues, such as skin, tendons and ligaments.