Four treatments for arm muscle strain

　　The causes of arm muscle strain are relatively similar to those in other parts of the body. They are all caused by overuse or improper movement of the arm. So what should you do if you have an arm muscle strain? What is the difference between common arm muscle strains and muscle soreness, and how to treat them separately? Follow the editor to popularize science!

　　How to treat arm muscle strain

　　1. After a muscle strain, you must first confirm the severity, lift your arm, or shake your arm to see if there is severe pain. Under normal circumstances, after a muscle strain, there will be severe pain in the injured area. You can feel the rope-like hard lump formed by muscle tension with your hands, which is obviously painful to touch, local swelling or subcutaneous bleeding, and the activity is obviously restricted.

　　2. If it is just a slight strain and the feeling is not very strong, but it will hurt when you lift heavy objects or raise your arm, it is recommended to apply hot compress to the most painful point. After applying hot compress, the condition will be relieved a lot and it will be fine in two days.

　　3. If you feel severe pain at the moment of muscle strain, you should immediately treat it with cold treatment. Rinse the area with cold water or wrap it with a towel and apply cold compress until the pain and burning sensation subside. After applying cold compress, wrap the injured area with a bandage appropriately to prevent swelling.

　　4. While slowly relaxing the muscles in the injured area and raising the injured limb, you can take some painkilling and hemostatic drugs. If the muscle strain is serious, such as rupturing the muscle belly or tendon, you should seize the time to get rid of it. Hospital For surgical suturing, you must not do it yourself.

　　Arm muscle strain symptoms and muscle soreness symptoms

　　Many people can't tell the difference between muscle strain and muscle soreness. If they feel pain, they just shake their arms hard, or just leave it alone for a few days. This is fine if you have muscle soreness, but if you have a strain, handling it carelessly may have serious consequences. To know how to handle each situation, we must know the difference between muscle strain and muscle soreness.

　　In fact, there is a clear difference between muscle soreness and strain. Muscle soreness is a normal, positive physiological symptom. People often develop obvious muscle soreness and discomfort after strength training or an exercise that they are not used to (a heavy amount of exercise or a new sport, etc.). These symptoms will disappear naturally after a period of rest. When the same exercise is performed again, the muscle soreness symptoms will be significantly reduced or not produced. Muscle strains caused by exercise are different. Muscle or ligament strains can cause large-scale pathological changes in skeletal muscles, such as cell degeneration, cell necrosis, etc., which not only affects continued exercise or training, but may also bring more serious consequences.

　　What to do about muscle soreness

　　1. Learn to adapt

　　Muscle soreness is more common in people who exercise less. In fact, as long as you slowly increase exercise for a few cycles, you can quickly adapt to muscle soreness.

　　2. Massage to relieve pain

　　For muscle soreness caused by excessive exercise, massage can be used to achieve blood circulation in the painful area. Massage can help the body repair itself.

　　3. Warm up before exercise

　　This is very necessary to help blood flow, prevent injuries and prevent muscles from producing lactic acid after exercise, thereby preventing muscle soreness after exercise.

　　4. Take vitamin C or vitamin E

　　Vitamin C can help muscles withstand damage during exercise. Vitamin E is also very effective in relieving muscle soreness.