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.
As for supplementation: 1  Vitamin C, Bioflavanoids, and Vitamin A promote healing and fight infection. 2  Vitamin E has anti-inflammatory properties and has been reported to have a role in decreasing excess scar formation in cuts. 3  A study shows that the supplement InflammEnz can heal a wound 20% faster.