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- Path: sparky!uunet!meaddata!timh
- From: timh@meaddata.com (Tim Humphrey)
- Newsgroups: rec.skate
- Subject: Re. pulled muscle
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 14:20:24 GMT
- Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
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- >While skating, I pulled a muscle in the back of my upper thigh. This
- >happen 4 months ago, but it is still bothering me. Has anyone had this
- >happen and if so how did you get rid of it?
- >
- >Tim
- >timh@meaddata.com
-
- The following are responses I got from the above inquiry.
-
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 15:33:26 -0500
- From: georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark)
-
- To pull any muscle means the force you exerted on it was greater than
- its inherent strength. This causes muscle fibers to tear.
-
- The only treatment is rest. Rehabilation doesn't begin, until after you
- are able to exert the muscle without pain. At that point, you
- begin strength training with very light weights doing leg curls, leg
- presses, etc, gradually increasing the resistance, provided there is no pain.
-
- The goal of rehabilation is to strengthen the muscle to a level that can
- accommodate any force, since force is the cause of tearing in the first place.
-
- I suspect you've been trying to exercise, ignoring the pain, which
- explains the delay of healing. The muscle fibers that are not injured
- must assume a greater role to compensate for those that are injured,
- which increases the risk of further injury. In other words, the
- time for healing may become indefinite.
-
- You have to forego any physical activity that contributes to the pain,
- even if it means finding an alternate sport. Otherwise, you risk
- permanent disability.
-
-
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- Date: Wed Dec 23 08:52:01 1992
- From gcoleman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
-
- I have found that amputation is by fair the fastest relief method by some times
- phatom feelings persist long after the limb is gone....
-
- The thing I do when I get a skiting injury is strech, often. This help you
- feel good and keeps you from re-injuring it. Also, eat right. Sleep good ect
- so you bodies healing processes work at thier peek. If this still doesn't help
- and you want to see a doctor go to sports medicine. Those guys look at your
- body a a machine that needs to be fixed and returned to running condition.
- Ortopiedist, ect have a wierd way of doing business. They take x-rays. Tell
- you to rest and if it doesn't get better use a cane- (thanks a lot doc, you
- pinhead)
-
- Ed Coleman
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