--- title: Sore the next day, stretching and rest days — how Mova does on the tests · Medicine description: Lesson 39 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/) / 39 # Sore the next day, stretching and rest days **Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 5 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 39 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Arthur: "Can't do the stairs, it's lactic acid, innit." Two days after the race. What's the truth? - **1.** Yes, lactic acid stays in the legs for days — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It's a sign his legs are broken — no support - **3.** He needs to drink it out of his legs with fizzy pop — no support - **4.** It's muscle repair; lactic acid was gone in about an hour — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Coach bellows "No pain, no gain, you soft lot!" What would happen if kids trained to be sore every time? - **1.** More aches and injuries, not more progress — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** They'd all become pros in about a month — no support - **3.** Their aches would vanish after one week — score 4 - **4.** Nothing, pain always means gain — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 39, line 1: «After your first netball training or a long cross-country, your legs may ache so much the stairs feel like a mountain, usually worst one or two days later. Tha…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ache» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} "My ankle's just sore from footy" — but it's puffy on one side and he can't put weight on it. What do you say? - **1.** Bounce on it a few times to loosen it — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It's normal soreness from footy, so ignore it — no support - **3.** Tell an adult, that sounds like an injury — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Play on, it'll warm up and loosen — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Teammate: "Rest days are for lazy people, bro." What's the fact? - **1.** Rest makes muscles weaker every single time — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** Rest is when the body repairs and gets stronger — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Only adults need rest days, not kids — no support - **4.** Rest days cause injuries — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 14: «A pill organiser with the days of the week helps people who take several medicines take the right ones at the right time, and a pharmacist can check whether so…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «right ones» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Lily: "Bed's mid, I'll sleep after the gala." What would likely happen? - **1.** She'd grow faster that night — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** She'd swim slower, tired in body and brain — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** She'd swim her best time ever — no support - **4.** Nothing, sleep doesn't matter for sport at all — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Cooper: "Stretching's useless then, eh?" Is he right? - **1.** No, it stops all soreness forever — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, never bother stretching again — no support - **3.** Yes, stretching just makes you stiffer the next day — no support - **4.** No, it helps flexibility, just not soreness — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} Big sis: "Bounce it, bounce it, no pain no gain!" during the toe-touch. Sound advice? - **1.** Yes, bouncing stretches it the safest way — no support - **2.** No, stretches must always be done cold — no support - **3.** Yes, the pain proves it's working — no support - **4.** No, bouncing can pull the muscle — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 12: «Bouncing in a stretch can pull the muscle; ease in slowly to a feeling of mild tightness, not pain, and hold still for about 20 seconds.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pull» (+3); the same doer «bouncing» (+3); the same thing acted on «muscle» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Finn's mam: "Go on, you eejit (daft lump), walk the dog, it'll do you good." Is she right? - **1.** No, sore muscles need total stillness — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, but only if he runs a 10K with it — no support - **3.** No, walking will tear the sore muscles even more — no support - **4.** Yes, gentle movement often eases stiff muscles — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} In a film, a footballer leaps into an ice-cold lake to recover. Real-life rule for kids? - **1.** Never get into icy water, especially alone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Kids should take ice baths daily after sport — no support - **3.** Cold water can't hurt you — no support - **4.** Ice water is always good for recovery, at any age — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} "Water's mid, this has electrolytes." Jack, after one can on a scorching day. What's sensible? - **1.** Fizzy cola replaces water — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Water is enough for most children's sport — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Drinking nothing at all is best in the heat — no support - **4.** Sports drinks are needed for all kids who sweat — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} "Crap, my legs are dead, I'll lie on the sofa for a week." What helps soreness fade? - **1.** Gentle movement and time, a few days — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** A week of total stillness on the sofa — no support - **3.** More of the same hard training straight away — no support - **4.** Ice baths every hour for a day — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 13: «Gentle movement on a rest day, like a walk or an easy swim, often makes stiff muscles feel better than lying still all day.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «gentle movement» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Identify the principal cause of muscular soreness experienced one to two days after unaccustomed exercise. - **1.** Deficiency of sports drinks — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Minute strains in the muscle undergoing repair — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Fracture of the underlying bones — no support - **4.** The retention of lactic acid in the muscle for several days — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning stretching after exercise. - **1.** It assists flexibility but scarcely reduces subsequent soreness — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** It is harmful to flexibility in all cases — no support - **3.** It entirely prevents subsequent soreness of the muscles — no support - **4.** It is required to remove lactic acid — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} It is given that a pupil retires at midnight and rises at seven o'clock. Determine the deficit relative to retiring at nine o'clock and rising at the same hour. - **1.** Seven hours — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Three hours — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Ten hours — no support - **4.** Two hours — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Ascertain which of the following symptoms following sport most strongly indicates an injury rather than ordinary soreness. - **1.** Sharp pain and swelling in one spot with a limp — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Tired legs on the evening of a match — no support - **3.** Mild stiffness on the morning after training — no support - **4.** A dull ache in both legs that eases in a few days — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 39, line 8: «Normal soreness is a dull ache that eases in a few days; sharp pain in one spot, swelling, or not being able to put weight on a leg means an injury and an adul…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ease» (+3); the same doer «dull ache» (+3); the same property (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/39-sore-the-next-day-stretching-and-rest-days/e4/) - ← previous: [38. Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter/) - next →: [40. Growing and sport](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/40-growing-and-sport/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/)