Muscle strain symptoms

Some people will experience muscle strain when exercising, especially in some strenuous exercise, and the muscles will be strained when they contract rapidly. If a muscle strain occurs, the strained area will feel very painful, and if you touch it with your hand, the muscles in the strained area will appear very hard. Let us learn about the symptoms of muscle strain.

Muscle strain is a very common phenomenon, especially in some sports. If we exert too much force, this situation may occur accidentally. The pain of muscle strain will be very obvious, and it will also restrict activities. Let’s take a look at the symptoms of muscle strain.

reason

In sports, due to improper warm-up exercises, the physiological function of a certain muscle has not yet reached the state required to adapt to the exercise; the training level is not enough, and the muscle elasticity and strength are poor; fatigue or excessive load causes the muscle function to decline, the strength to weaken, and the coordination to decrease; incorrect technical movements or lack of concentration during exercise, excessive or rough movements; low temperature and high humidity, poor quality of venues or equipment, etc. can all cause muscle strain.

When completing various movements, muscles can be strained if they actively and violently contract, exceeding their own bearing capacity, or if they are suddenly and passively over-stretched, exceeding their elasticity. For example, when you bend over and grab the barbell during weightlifting, the erector spinae muscles may be strained due to the strong contraction. When doing exercises such as front leg stretches and vertical splits, suddenly exerting too much force can cause the posterior thigh muscles to be over-passively stretched and injured; horizontal splits exercises can cause the inner thigh muscles to be over-passively stretched and strained. In sports, strain of the posterior thigh muscles is the most common. The adductor muscles of the thigh, lumbar and back muscles, rectus abdominis, calf triceps, upper arm muscles, etc. are all prone to muscle strain.

Symptoms

Local pain, tenderness; swelling, muscle tension, stiffness, spasm; functional impairment. The pain worsens when the injured muscle is actively contracted or passively stretched, and the muscle contraction resistance test is positive, which means that the pain worsens or a rupture depression appears. Some wounded people have a tearing sensation, obvious swelling and severe subcutaneous congestion, and there is a depression when touching the local area or an abnormal bulge at one end, which may be a muscle rupture.

deal with

Acupuncture therapy can achieve significant results for patients with mild muscle fiber strain and muscle spasm. For those with partial muscle fiber rupture, use cold compresses and pressure bandages in the early stages, and place the affected limb in a position to relax the injured muscles to relieve pain. Start massaging after 48 hours, using gentle techniques. After the initial cold compress treatment, external application can be performed. If you suspect that your muscles or tendons are completely ruptured, you should be sent to the hospital immediately for diagnosis after applying local pressure bandage and fixing the affected limb, and receive surgical treatment if necessary.

The most obvious symptoms of muscle strain are pain and muscle stiffness. Many people do not prepare well for some sports, that is, they do not warm up before exercise, which will easily lead to such a situation. If a muscle is strained, it must be treated in time. The best way is to apply cold compress to the strained part first and don't move around anymore.