What does a muscle strain feel like?

Many people should know about muscle strain, a type of physical injury. Although many people have heard of this type of physical injury, they don’t know what the specific situation is. I don’t know what a muscle strain feels like. When my muscles are injured, I don’t know whether it is a physical injury such as muscle strain, and I don’t know how to determine whether it is a muscle injury. So, what does a muscle strain feel like?

First, what does a muscle strain feel like? Muscle soreness is a normal and positive physiological manifestation. People often experience significant muscle soreness and discomfort after strength training or practicing a sport they are not used to. These symptoms will disappear naturally after a period of rest, and when the same exercise is performed again, the muscle soreness symptoms will be significantly reduced or will not occur. However, muscle strain caused by exercise is different. Muscle or ligament strain can cause large-area pathological changes in skeletal muscle, such as cell degeneration, cell necrosis, etc., which not only affects continued exercise or training, but may also bring more serious consequences.

Second, muscle and ligament strains occur suddenly due to a damaging movement, while muscle soreness gradually increases. There is a way to distinguish between the two: muscle soreness can be relieved by stretching, but if it is a sports injury, stretching will make the pain worse. In short, muscle soreness after exercise and muscle damage are completely different in nature. Muscle soreness can be relieved by rest, stretching, massage, etc. Muscle injuries must be treated medically. After a muscle strain, you should immediately apply cold treatment - rinse the area with cold water or apply ice cubes wrapped in a towel, then wrap the injured area with a bandage with appropriate force to prevent swelling. While relaxing the muscles of the injured area and raising the injured limb, you can take some analgesic and hemostatic drugs. The bandage is removed after 24 to 48 hours. Depending on the severity of the injury, you can apply blood-activating and swelling-reducing plasters externally. Xiaozhen magnetic therapy patches have these effects. In addition, you can apply appropriate hot compresses or massage the injured area with lighter techniques. If the muscle strain is severe, such as if the muscle belly or tendon is broken, you should rush to the hospital for surgery to suture it.

What does a muscle strain feel like? Many people suffer from muscle strain during bodybuilding. In any case, muscle strain is the enemy of bodybuilding training, and often forces you to give up muscle training in that area for a long time. So we need to prevent muscle strain early. Rest: If you feel some abnormal pain in a certain part of your body during bodybuilding training, don't continue. You should relax and rest completely. Do not add burden to the injured area: After finding out the injured part, not only should you not do bodybuilding training movements that affect the injured area, but you should also be careful not to add burden to the injured area during daily activities. Gently stretch: Slowly stretch the injured area until you feel slight resistance, then try to relax the injured area. When doing this, try to stretch further. When the muscles are stretched and relaxed, more therapeutic blood will flow to that area, and they will heal faster. However, if you stretch too much, it will lead to worsening of the trauma or even further injury. Massage: Gentle massage can directly increase blood flow. You can rub yourself, but a more effective way to relieve pain is to relax yourself and let someone who knows massage give you a massage.