How to speed up muscle strain recovery

There are treatments for strained muscles, and patience is the key to healing. A muscle strain, also called a pulled muscle, occurs when a muscle is stretched too far. Microscopic tears can occur within the muscle fibers.

This type of injury usually causes mild to severe pain, and other symptoms, like bruising and immobility, can develop too.

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Common muscle strains include pulled hamstrings, groin strains, pulled abdominal muscles, and calf strains.

Symptoms and Grading

The usual symptoms of this type of injury include pain, spasms of the muscle, swelling, bruising, and limited mobility.

Often an athlete will feel a sudden grabbing or tearing sensation in the muscle, and will then be unable to continue their activities.

Muscle strain injuries are graded by severity:

• Grade I: Mild discomfort, often no disability, and usually does not limit activity.
• Grade II: Moderate discomfort, can limit the ability to perform high-level activities.

  May have moderate swelling and bruising associated.

• Grade III: Severe injury that can cause signif
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