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.
B vitamins may be able to help reduce soreness and inflammation in your muscles and joints. Essential for healthy skin, immunity and metabolism, B vitamins also contribute toward muscle tone and may reduce inflammation around joints.itamin C. Vitamin C is found in supplement form and in fruits and vegetables. Photo Credit Fuse/Fuse/Getty Images. Vitamin C may be able to help alleviate muscle and joint soreness by healing and protecting muscle tissue.