When Muscles Resent
One of the most common injuries
We can define the excess strain or stress on the ligaments responsible for stabilizing the joints between the various bones of the body, resulting in them breaking elongation or bone specimens without altering their normal position or from being damaged.
Ligaments are fibrous and tough strings that start to work when two bones together make a movement that goes beyond the normal limits of the joint. When this happens, the ligaments are tightened so as to prevent the bone that is moving is out of place. Sometimes, the forces that cause movement of the bone (trauma, falls or other impacts) is so large that the ligament is unable to hold and overstretched more than their own fibers can endure, being the origin of the strain.
strain intensity will depend on factors such as age of the person, because the structures do not have the same elasticity for all ages, sex, since it is more common in males by the reduced flexibility of the ligaments, how are muscles and tendons that also protect the joint, the force of impact, etc..
If the ligament gets hold without overstretching the fibers are broken, but it is damaged, it produces what is known as mild sprain or strain of the first degree. If the fibers are partially broken, but still a functioning tissue is produced moderate sprain of the second degree and, if on the contrary, the fibers are almost completely broken and cause the ligament to become useless for your activity occurs in third grade, in which even can be associated to detach part of the bone.
At present, we consider a strain as one of the most common injuries especially in sports, the most common knee and ankle. They are also common in the cervical traffic accidents, so that optimal treatment is important and effective.
Normally, when you suffer a sprain are a set of symptoms that vary in intensity depending on the extent and severity. It is therefore advisable to perform a proper examination and a professional assessment to start the best treatment, since a strong third-degree sprain may require complete immobilization or even surgery.
In a not very complex strain appears normal acute pain and considerable swelling also frequently arises in the joint impotence that has suffered. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent these symptoms start is in place: we start with a treatment of the acute phase consisting of relative rest with the limb elevated, ice and anti-inflammatories.
masajeCuando this acute phase is over, the real recovery starts we attempt to heal the sprained joint to return to his pre-injury status. For this resort to anti-inflammatory creams circulatory massage or other massages to decrease contractures that can result from stress following injury. They are also very desirable recovery exercises and the various measures which includes physiotherapy (ultrasound, analgesic currents, etc.)…
Once past this stage of rehabilitation, it is important to maintain a preventive step to avoid sprains can come back to do more chronic repeated injury. This will include exercises to strengthen all the muscles that affect the joint, and other proprioceptive that we use to train the joint to the mishaps that can occur in the future.