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.
Our ligaments are made of collagen and vitamin C is a key vitamin for collagen production and ligament repair. Your intake of vitamin C should increase immediately after an injury to help support the healing process as it directly assists in wound healing and tissue repair.