How many days does it usually take to recover from a hamstring injury

  The recovery time after a hamstring injury is related to the extent of the injury and the treatment method.  Patients can experience pain, swelling, deformity, dysfunction and other symptoms after a tendon injury, which require prompt treatment. If it is a simple muscle or tendon pull injury, can be conservative treatment, usually soft tissue edema 72 hours to reach the peak, the injury site bruising, swelling is the most obvious, and then gradually recede, absorption, blood flow gradually restored, bruising, swelling completely subside, pain disappeared need about 10 days, the fastest 2 weeks can be fully recovered; if the tendon or muscle rupture, need to surgical suture treatment, with external fixation protection 1 month can heal If the tendon or muscle is ruptured, it needs to be treated with surgical stitches and healed with external fixation for 1 month.  Patients with tendon injuries should avoid excessive flexion and extension of the injured area and weight-bearing activities, and can take pain-relieving drugs and blood-stasis-activating drugs to assist in treatment.