How to Recover Quickly from a Muscle Strain

There is no fast recovery for muscle strain, generally need to promote recovery through rest and immobilization, physical therapy, medication and other methods. 1. Rest and immobilization: after muscle strain with local swelling, pain, activity limitation, need to brake and rest, such as heavy injury, may need to be fixed with a brace, to prevent further aggravation of the injury, to avoid the ground activities or do heavy work. 2. Physiotherapy: local ice packs can be applied within 72 hours during the acute stage to reduce the swelling and pain, and hot packs can be applied after 72 hours to promote blood circulation. Ultrashort wave therapy or ultrasonic physiotherapy, deep red light therapy and other physiotherapy modalities can also be adopted to promote local inflammatory absorption. 3. Medication: Yunnan Baiyao aerosol should be used externally immediately after the injury to stop bleeding and swelling, and patients with obvious pain can be given oral nonsteroidal drugs such as ibuprofen, meloxicam, etc. to relieve muscle pain. Muscle strain by conservative treatment most of the 3~4 weeks can return to normal, if the injury is serious, should consider whether there is a muscle ligament tear and complete rupture, may also need surgical treatment, it is recommended that the patient should be timely after the injury to the hospital, a clear diagnosis to give targeted treatment, so as not to delay the condition.