[Kim K]

Dear friends,
The day before yesterday while exercising I pulled a couple of muscles in my legs. Because of this I took a break from exercising yesterday so they could heal. This morning they are still sore. Do you think I can go back to exercising, or think that I should wait till all the soreness is gone? Thank you to anyone who replies.

[mandalinn82]

Are we talking about normal muscle soreness due to increasing your workouts, or an actual injury?

If your muscles are just sore, they aren't "pulled" - just recovering from a higher-than-normal activity level. In this case, you can use them more, but probably don't want to train that muscle group again (Ex - if your legs are sore, hold off on the squats) until they are mostly feeling better.

If you are actually -injured-, not just sore, you need to go to a doc to rule out further problems before returning to activity.

[K1nS]

I think it would be best if you left it to heal properly as you would probably only do yourself more damage. Hope you get better soon

[Kim K]

Thank you for the replies!