Excessive stretch

Excessive stretch's disease overview

Muscle or muscle tension is a condition when the muscles are excessively stretched and even torn. This is the result of fatigue, excessive abuse or improper use of muscle. Any muscles can be pulled, but the most common are lower back muscles, neck, shoulders and hams.

When a person has a muscle damage, the muscle fibers and ligaments are attached to the muscles that are torn in part or the whole. Muscle tear affects small blood vessels, leading to local bleeding or bruising and pain in the spot.

Cases of less serious muscle tension often pulls out the muscle from normal orbit. More serious cases often tear muscle fibers and may even cause complete muscle tear. Typically, the calf muscle tension appears a small tear in some muscle fibers, but most of the muscle tissue remains intact.

Causes of Excessive stretch's disease

Excessive muscle tension is when muscles are stretched, stretched or sudden and unforeseen, often due to injuries or other lesions, the cause of muscle tension is:

Do not boot properly before performing excessive physical activity

poor muscle stretch

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Currently there is a misconception that only excessive activities or strong intensity lead to muscle tension. However, according to some documents from the United States, muscle tension may even occur when walking or when: slip, jump, run, throw an object, lift heavy objects, lift an object in an incorrect posture

Acute muscle tension often occurs in the cold season. That's because the muscle is often hard when the temperature drops, so the starting or heating the body is essential to prevent excessive muscle tension or muscle stretching.

Chronic muscle tension is often the consequence of repetitive activities. Example:

Practice sports such as rowing, tennis, golf or baseball

regularly to the back and neck in the wrong position for a long time like sitting for a long time at the table The

walking or sitting in the wrong position

Symptoms of Excessive stretch's disease

Muscle pain, or muscle tension occurs when the muscle of the muscle is excessively stretched or muscle torn. This is often the consequence of fatigue, use or excessive motor movement and unreasonable. Muscle tension can appear in any muscle but most common in the waist, neck, shoulders and area behind the thigh.

Muscle tension can cause pain and exercise limit in the affected muscle group. Mild to moderate muscle tension can be effectively treated at home by applying ice or hot compresses and anti -inflammatory drugs. Severe or muscle tension may need intervention treatments.

Symptoms of muscle tension include:

Swelling, bruising or red due to trauma

Pain when resting

Pain when using damaged muscles or joints related to the That muscle

weak muscle tendons

restrict the use of muscle

In case of mild muscle tension, although muscles are torn and lacking Flexible, can still use it. Severe cases when the muscles are seriously torn, causing extreme pain and limit most movements.

Mild -tensioned muscle tension will go away on average after a few weeks, while severe cases can last for months.

People at risk for Excessive stretch's disease

Muscle tension occurs with all with men and women. When we do not boot before practicing or doing something moving to the limbs, most of them are stretched.

Muscle tension occurs with all ages.

Prevention of Excessive stretch's disease

Good living mode can help prevent muscle tension:

Do not sit still for too long: Walk regularly, take a break and should change your posture, should use the type of chair suitable for work or suitable for the sitting posture of the back, can be added The back pillow is to rely on comfort. And sit in a posture so that your knee is horizontal as the hips.

Lifting heavy objects carefully: Keep your back straight, contract your knees and slowly lift your legs. Keep heavy objects close to the body and not to be lifted or throw heavy objects at the same time.

Be aware of places or locations that are easy to fall down such as stairs, slippery surfaces and should keep the floor neat and clean.

Avoid weight gain or obesity.

Suitable shoes.

regular exercise can help muscle toned and healthy, but most importantly, need to exercise properly and properly to avoid excessive muscle stretching. Always boot your body before entering your physical exercise. Similarly, after exercise should also relax muscles and work lightly to prevent stiffness. If you are just starting to exercise, start slowly and gradually increase the level of exercise.

Understanding the limit of the body is very important. If there is something or something that feels too much for the body, stop immediately.

When injured, the patient must not apply heat or use oil and alcohol massage. Because hot compresses or massage causes the ligaments to be fibrous, loss of elasticity. They will become weaker and easily injured when there are strong movements.

Normally, if the mild damage, the patient will completely recover after treatment for 2-3 days. At this time, patients can exercise lightly (about 50%), and slowly increase to the body to adapt. If it is seriously injured or first aid but it is still difficult, the pain lasts for more than 2 weeks, patients should visit specialized hospitals for treatment as soon as possible.

Diagnostic measures for Excessive stretch's disease

Ask for medical history and physical examination.

X-rays can be done to eliminate the case of fractures. Ligament lesions or tendons, however, is not necessary in many cases because diagnostics can be quite clinically clear.

Excessive stretch's disease treatments

When stretching the muscles, the arm muscles should stop working immediately, exercise, then apply cold compresses. Because cold compresses are very effective in acute injury. Cold compresses also reduce the amount of blood circulation to the cold compress, helping to reduce swelling around the injury.

When we play football, how to cure muscle tension when playing football is to apply cold compresses to use ice wrap to cool or use ice bags (avoid direct cold) to apply cold compresses on the spot for 10 - 15 minutes, each time the way About 1 hour. Can repeat many times a day.

Can apply cold compresses for the first 1-3 days after pain. Do not apply for too long. However, do not use cold compresses if the circulatory is poor or skin scratches. It is necessary to stop sports activities and when exercising, you need to adjust your physical fitness, reduce the volume of exercise or choose another exercise form. Note, do not apply heat or use oil and alcohol massage. Because hot compresses or massage causes the ligaments to be fibrous, loss of elasticity. Normally, if the patient is mild, the patient will completely recover after 2-3 days. If it is a serious injury or a first aid, it is still difficult, the pain lasts for a long time, it is necessary to visit the osteoarthritis specialist for treatment.

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