Muscle Tear? What do I do?

rediguana

Yesterday evening, I had a hot shower (instead of warming up, tsk tsk), then immediately after kicked off an outdoor five-a-side game, in the freezing cold. I pulled something in my thigh almost immediately. It wasn't REALLY painful, but it made me very immobile and it was difficult to fully raise my leg, let alone tackle or kick properly.

Is this a muscle tear? A small one, I mean? I had a bath with "Dead Sea Salts" after, which seemed to help. I can still feel it this morning though.

I don't want to have to stop going to the gym, playing football etc. Does this sound like a muscle tear? Will it last long? What's the best way to speed up my recovery?

Cheers!

Shrimp

The chances are it's a muscle strain (also called a pulled muscle) occurs when a muscle is suddenly pulled or twisted, causing a tiny tear. Healing usually takes about 1 to 2 weeks. however, it can take less because sometime they are very mild. I did the very same yesterday, playing 4-a-side astro and got a tiny niggling pain in my right lower back. It was an injury I sustained about a week ago, so it probably hadn't healed fully. Nothing major.

Do not use the pulled muscle for 2 to 3 days, or while you still have pain.

I wouldn't say it's anything serious, any bruising or swelling?

rediguana

Shrimp wrote:

The chances are it's a muscle strain (also called a pulled muscle) occurs when a muscle is suddenly pulled or twisted, causing a tiny tear. Healing usually takes about 1 to 2 weeks. however, it can take less because sometime they are very mild. I did the very same yesterday, playing 4-a-side astro and got a tiny niggling pain in my right lower back. It was an injury I sustained about a week ago, so it probably hadn't healed fully. Nothing major.

Do not use the pulled muscle for 2 to 3 days, or while you still have pain.

I wouldn't say it's anything serious, any bruising or swelling?

No bruising or swelling. It seems quite deep, as opposed to being on the surface.. It's not actually too bad now. I guess it's at the mild end of the spectrum, whatever it is. Hopefully it won't linger.

Live and learn - I'll warm up from now on, like everyone else

Cheers.

D-Generate

Contrast showers will cure all that ails ya.
Also take fish oil supplements too. Reduces inflammation if i remember correctly.

Shrimp

No contrast showers are to reduce the lactic acid build-up in muscles that leads to muscle soreness. By the sounds of it he has ripped part of a muscle so what he needs to do is rest.

rediguana

I'm a complete wuss anyway, about cold showers, especially in this weather. It seems to have completely healed now anyway, amazingly. Bit of a miraculous recovery, as I may as well have been a mannequin on the astroturf after it happened, I was so immobile!