Muscle strain typically involves varying degrees of injury to tiny blood vessels. The effects of swelling or local bleeding into the muscle can best be managed early on by applying ice packs to close the blood vessels and maintaining the strained muscle in a relaxed, stretched position. Heat can...
Your calf muscle is referred to as a single muscle, but it is actually two separate muscles:the gastrocnemius and the soleus.When one or both of these muscles are overstretched, the muscle fibers can tear, resulting in various symptoms, including pain and swelling.The severity of the symptoms ...
I strained my trapezius while wrestling with my brother. He jumped on my neck and shoulder and something went wrong. It was very painful and even after I put ice on it, the pain continued. It's like a constant ache now, as the article said. I don't have headaches (maybe from the ...