Can you please explain the difference between muscle pulled and muscle stretched?
2006-12-09 14:18:57 · 5 answers · asked by bananawarriors2002 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
Basically when you pull a muscle it is done quick, stretching a muscle is slow and continuous over seconds. Both can injure and hurt.....Treatment is cold packs 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off for a couple of hours for 48 to72 hours then switch to heat for the same time period..Motrin will help with the discomfort.
2006-12-09 14:25:02 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invest in some relaxing muscle rub, like IcyHot. GENTLY stretch your leg periodically. Put an ice pack on it, but only if it's swollen. If it isn't swollen, keep a heating pad on it. Heat melts away muscle strain. Get plenty of rest, but don't immobilize yourself, that can make it way worse than it already is.
2016-05-23 01:00:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a pulled muscle means it's out of place and painful while a stretched muscle is in place, lengthend gently without pain
2006-12-09 14:22:36 · answer #3 · answered by burton_angella59 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
eccentric contraction your muscle shortens, concentric contraction it lengthens
2006-12-09 14:22:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://fitness-weights.e-banshee.net/030819/zaahym.html
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/sprainsstrains/a/sprain.htm?terms=pulled+muscle+treatment
2006-12-09 14:22:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋