Whether shoulder muscle strain can recover on its own needs to be determined according to the degree of injury, mild muscle strain can recover on its own after appropriate rest, if the degree of injury is more serious, such as severe rotator cuff injury, generally can not recover on its own.
1. Mild injury: Mild injury is characterized by local pain and discomfort, no obvious swelling and activity limitation, most of them can recover by themselves after proper rest. During the recovery period, excessive weight bearing and stress should be avoided.
2. Rotator cuff injury: rotator cuff injury includes injuries to the soft tissues around the shoulder joint, such as subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus and teres minor, etc. Generally, it cannot be recovered on its own, and it needs to be fixed and braked, and it can only be recovered with physiotherapy, medication or even surgical treatment.
Shoulder muscle strain patients, it is recommended that timely hospital consultation and examination, according to the severity of the injury targeted treatment, so as not to delay the condition.