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.
Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images. Vitamin C. Vitamin C is another important vitamin for joint health. First of all, vitamin C is more effective when combined with other antioxidants such as vitamins A., E, and D. Vitamin C improves cell regeneration along with reducing inflammation.itamin A is a very important vitamin because it reduces inflammation in the body. Joints typically ache due to inflammation from arthritis, injury or overuse. Vitamin A is found in carrots, broccoli, spinach, parsley, and other greens.