Stretching of muscles: causes and methods of treatment

Stretching muscles is always accompanied by severe pain and requires a long-term comprehensive treatment. Stretching occurs as a result of muscle damage and it is peculiar not only to professional athletes, but also untrained people.

An unpleasant situation happens when the muscles are stretched excessively, which leads to their stretching. Most often, the cause of a painful condition is heavy loads that do not correspond to human capabilities, as well as rapid and abrupt movements. Especially often when prolonged doing household chores, there is a stretching of the muscles, the symptoms of which often appear only the next day.

The main manifestations are severe pain in the affected area of the body, its swelling, sometimes bruising. Usually, rarely after the injury, the muscle again acquires the former elasticity, more often it will not be so strong, but becomes weak and vulnerable.

With a view to removing the tumor and stopping bleeding at the site of injury, it is very important to properly align in the first moments of injury.

Human actions after stretching the muscles:

• After trauma it is desirable to avoid any, even minor, physical exertion, it is important to provide a sore spot with absolute calm;
• Immediately after stretching, ice should be applied immediately for 20 minutes, after which it should be applied every 2 hours for 2 days;
• On a sore spot superimposed tight, but at the same time elastic bandage;
• If a hand or leg injury occurs, then this part of the body should be kept in a raised position.

After 48 hours it is useful to conduct:

• Warming compresses, as well as light massage during the adoption of a warm bath - these actions help restore the stretched muscle;
• Special exercises designed to take into account the fact that a man has a muscle strain;
• With a damaged leg, you do not have to walk, trying not to stand on your foot, but on the contrary, at this moment it is important to develop it, completely becoming the entire foot, but at the same time to take big enough steps.

Necessarily after it was found out the stretching of the muscles, immediately you need to call a doctor. He can offer the patient a medical anesthesia, but, as a rule, when performing special exercises, the damaged muscles come to their previous state within a week.

In the people there are many recommendations for the treatment of muscle stretching, which are aimed at the full restoration of the functions of muscle tissue.

How to treat the stretching of muscles with folk remedies:

1. A common method of treating the resulting injury is the use of vodka, egg white and soap. To do this, the soap is rubbed onto a large grater, mixed with vodka and egg whites, taken in equal proportions, and applied to the affected area. Such procedures should be done until complete recovery.
2. Known among the people for its anti-inflammatory properties and barberry. Stretching muscles is treated with a decoction of the branches, bark and roots of this plant, which are taken one tablespoon per glass of water. Collect the need to boil for 5 minutes. Such a decoction is used in the form of lotions, and also drink, adding to milk.
3. To accelerate the recovery of the stretched muscle, it is necessary to brew the elderberry berries in 5 liters of water and add a spoonful of soda. Insist and wash the sore spot.
4. The following recipe is considered effective: take a small onion, peel and grate, mix with sugar. Mix the mixture on the bandage and attach to the injury site, changing it once a day. Carrying out these procedures removes swelling and pain.
5. The stretching of the muscles is also treated with apple cider vinegar with the addition of black ground pepper. Bint need to moisten with warm vinegar, sprinkle abundantly with pepper and apply a peppery side to the stretch. The compress is aged for 10-15 minutes, after which it is washed off with warm water.

When implementing the recommendations of a doctor and the systematic implementation of procedures widely used in traditional medicine, you can significantly accelerate the recovery of muscles. It is important to remember that stretching the muscles always requires a long and complex treatment.