Differences Good Pain, Bad Pain

In fact it was good enough for me to write down my thoughts about pain cause as of now I'm just I feel great, but my muscles aren't liking me too much since I started to pick up weight training again.

What is Pain?
Pain - noun
1- Physical suffering or distress, as due to injury or illness.
2- A distressing sensation on a particular body part.
3- Mental or emotional suffering.

Good Pain- "Feel the burn!" It can be hard to believe, but there is such a thing. For example you’re trying your first 27 in 5 and you get the burring feeling in your leg muscles or just getting done with a workout from the gym and/or home. This kind of pain is a burning feeling in your muscles which is an indication that you are working hard, pushing yourself to a new limit.

DOMS- Delayed onset muscle soreness this is a very common thing, normally if you try something different that your muscles are not use to or more than they before. This can last up 24 to 72 hours after whatever training you have done. If you still feel sore for longer than that then it would be best to go get it checked out and hope that it isn't serious. "We can rebuild you. Make you stronger, faster, healthier" this is a saying that relates to a good pain because the exercises that you've done are tiny little tears on your muscles that going to repair themselves so the pain that you are feeling is your body adapting to the new growing muscles. A good stretch before and after will help ease your muscles.

Bad Pain- This kind of pain is the kind that makes you grab that body part, cry, swear, grind your teeth together, just stop whatever it is your doing this is the pain we don't want to have. Sprains, twists and breaks are no joke these things will keep you from skating temporally unless your doctor says otherwise hopefully nothing like that happens because either way bad pain just sucks all the way around. Either way if this happens to you follow R.I.C.E- Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation this acronym is consider a first aid treatment rather than a cure. This doesn't just go for skating anything can happen in your everyday life.

Listening to your body is the best thing you can do as it goes through the changes of helping you improve. Most of the time pain, soreness and aches will go away. Always have a rest day at least once a week so that your muscles have the time to catch up. Don't push yourself to hard to where the bad pain happens and the good pain is basically thanking you.

Helpful tips

1) Set your our goals and don't hold yourself back. Find out what your strength & weakness are, ask your coach for their feedback and don't just wait. You'll find that once your goal is set everything will run a lot smoother.

2)  Be the first to show up to practice & be the last to leave practice.

3) Listen to your coach. Seriously! listen don't let it in one ear and out the other. Have respect for your coach & trust what they train. Same goes for your refs don't talk back to them.

4) The words "I can't" "She better than me" "I'll never get" etc... Erase these from your brain. If you have that kind of attitude then you'll never get anywhere. Roller derby is 50% physical & 50% mental, you can't have one over the other.

5) Support your teammates & encourage them no matter what everybody is at different levels, but everyone still starts off as a fresh meat. Cheer the girls on, if you see someone struggling to learn something just help them.

6) Don't be afraid to ask questions. The more you ask the more you learn. Roller derby is a sisterhood there will always be someone out there that is willing to answer questions & help you on this journey.

7) Watch as much games as you can possible can. Study how the teams work together, the blockers keeping the pack & the way the jammer races through the track.

8) Learn all positions. This will help you in the long run cause you'll never know what is going to happen. If you get hurt learn how to be an NSO that way you still can go to the scrimmages & bouts.

9) If something does happen to you like a simple thing of just twisting your ankle to a horrible thing as breaking a bone just remember listen to what your doctor says. If s/he says you need to rest then rest & recover. Its okay to have the fear of skating again after recovery, but remember that your teammates are there for your support.

10) Don't be afraid, disappointed or jealous. Don't be afraid of falling, knocking someone out or even getting hit. Not saying this won't happen, but try not to let it happen. Honestly jealously is just an ugly thing there really is no point to it try not to let it get to you.