How to treat arm muscle strain

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For athletes, daily physical exercise is very normal, but if you are not careful, there will be muscle strain of the arm. Let's talk about the treatment of muscle strain of the arm.

How to treat arm muscle strain

Method 1: after muscle strain, first confirm the severity, lift the arm, or swing the arm, to see if there will be severe pain. In general, after a muscle strain, there is a sharp pain in the injured part. With your hand, you can feel the cord like hard mass formed by muscle tension, with obvious touch pain, local swelling or subcutaneous bleeding, and obviously limited activities.

Method 2: if it's just a slight strain, the feeling is not very strong, but it will hurt when holding a heavy object or raising the arm. It's suggested to apply hot compress at the most painful point. After hot compress, the situation will be alleviated a lot. Generally, it can heal itself. It doesn't take a long time, and it can be active in three days at most.

Method 3: if you feel severe pain at the moment of muscle strain, you should immediately cold treatment, flush the local area with cold water or wrap it with towel, and then apply cold compress until the pain and burning sensation are reduced. After cold compress, wrap the injured part with bandage to prevent swelling. At the same time of slowly relaxing the injured muscles and raising the injured limbs, some analgesic and hemostatic drugs can be taken.

matters needing attention

People with arm muscle strain should pay attention to bed rest, do not do strenuous exercise, and pay attention to fixing the arm, cold compress the injured area, cold compress for at least 10 minutes every two hours to reduce pain and swelling.