Massage Your Trapezius Muscles (Upper Traps) The first step is to accurately locate your trapezius muscle. This is a big muscle with three different parts in three different areas of your back, spanning the bottom of your skull, across your shoulders and down most of your back.
Strenuous physical activity causes microscopic tears in muscle tissue. Too much exercise can cause muscle soreness. Strong, flexible muscles and joints may help ward off muscle soreness. Muscles soreness typically occurs between 24 and 72 hours after exercising.Bruising can accompany muscle soreness.d. More commonly, muscle soreness is a delayed response that occurs between 24 and 72 hours after exercising. It is referred to as âdelayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)â or âmuscle fever.â It generally lasts from two to three days, depending on severity. There are several professional opinions as to the cause of DOMS.
1 The first type of soreness is the typical mild muscle soreness experienced the day after a good workout. 2  While scientists are still unable to pinpoint the true cause of such soreness, it is generally accepted that it is caused by micro trauma caused at muscle fiber level and by an excess of lactic acid. This soreness prevents the full muscular contraction of the muscle. 2  This type of more severe soreness is caused when you either embark an exercise program for the first time or when you train a body part much harder than usual.