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UGA study finds that caffeine cuts post-workout pain by nearly 50 percent

01-09-2007 · EurekAlert!

In a study to be published in the February issue of the Journal of Pain, a team of University of Georgia researchers finds that moderate doses of caffeine, roughly equivalent to two cups of coffee, cut post-workout muscle pain by up to 48 percent in a small sample of volunteers.

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