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- From: rjudy@dime.cs.umass.edu (Judy Ruot)
- Newsgroups: rec.skate
- Subject: Re: Pulled muscle in upper thigh
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 18:59:14 GMT
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- In article <1h7qbvINNd4e@meaddata.meaddata.com> timh@meaddata.com (Tim Humphrey) writes:
- >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-
-
- The thing to do for a pulled muscle is the standard RICE treatment,
- which stands for Rest Ice Compression and Elevation. In addition to
- RICE, you could take an antianflammatory like aspirin or ibuprofin.
- The ice should be applied about 4X a day for 15 mins. at a time
- (various sources give different times and durations but don't leave
- it on too long, say more than 20 mins. at any given time) for, ideally,
- the first 48 hours immediately following the injury. That is to be
- followed (once the first 48 to 72 hours after the injury occurred have
- passed) by applying heat to the injured area. This helps your system carry
- away the dead and damaged blood cells that are a normal result of the
- trauma by increasing blood circulation to the area. The Rest is very
- important. It is advisable to not
- use the injured muscle for a week... let it heal and mend completely
- before you resume using it. Walking is probably ok but you're just going
- to keep reinjuring it if you don't let it heal fully in the first place.
- I think the compression and elevation are pretty self explanatory. Keep
- the injured part elevated and wrap (not too tightly so as to cut off
- circulation). I find that, when I do pull a muscle and follow these
- procedures, I am back working out pain free in a relatively short time.
- Ignoring the injury will greatly lengthen this time and make you more
- prone to reinjuring it in the same way repeatedly. If you use the
- muscle when it is still healing, it is weaker and this is what makes it
- prone to reinjury. I don't know what
- to suggest to you to do since you are still having pain now, 4 months
- after you initially injured it other than give it a rest and let it heal
- fully and then gradually resume skating and see how it feels and goes.
- I'm not a doc. or health professional of any kind (my disclaimer) but
- I have injured myself in this way and found this process to work well
- for me. I got my advice for what to do from a competent track coach.
- Good luck.
-
- Judy
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