We have all wanted to enter the fitness world at some point and we start doing basic exercises at home or we join the gym closest to our home. Along with this, we adopt a healthier lifestyle in order to feel better about our own body.
But, as is well known, not everything always goes as we expect, since we may encounter problems along the way, such as muscle tears, more common than you might think in areas with which we work a lot or, even, we make them work more than they should.
Now do you have any idea what a muscle tear is? It is defined as the rupture or distension of a tendon or a muscle due to the contraction or excess extension of a muscular tissue. The most affected areas are usually the lower part of the back and the legs; in fact, it is common to hear that a soccer player tears himself after a strenuous match.
That is why in this guide we will teach you everything about muscle tears, from the possible causes of a muscle tear, the steps you must follow if you suffer a muscle tear doing any physical activity or in a normal situation and, obviously, how you must cure or the treatments that you must follow in the case in which you suffer one.
Without further ado, let’s get started with this guide!
What do you need
What do you need to know about muscle tears?
The first and fundamental thing that you should know about muscle tears is that there are different levels or, better said, degrees, which are subdivided into three degrees.
You should know that there are three levels of tearing; of first degree, with which you will simply notice a muscle tension and a slight pain or brief pain, you can continue with what you are doing. On the other hand, second and third degree DOES make it impossible for you to continue with your activities and the pain they cause is substantially greater.
Without a doubt, one of the most important questions you should know about muscle tears is how they can be generated, that is, what is the limit of the body, at least on average, or what situations favor a tear:
One of the most frequent situations in people who we can define as beginners -amateur- or little experts in this world or field is that they do not warm up enough for their muscles to be able to assimilate the work that is required of them, do don’t forget that your body can’t go from 0-100 like nothing happened. It is the most common way to tear, so be careful.
Another situation that is common for a muscle/tendon to suffer a tear is when there is not enough space (of time) between the various training sessions that are done, it is true that sometimes we want quick results or we want to speed up abruptly form; it is useless and dangerous for your muscles.
Knowing your own body is very important, to the point where you need to know if your muscles are stiff or tight, as straining them will lead to a muscle tear.
The same can happen if you are tired and/or fatigued, since you will not be able to withstand the work that you demand of your muscles and this will overload, thus generating situations that you would never want, such as a tear.
Tired or fatigued is not the same as weak, sometimes when you are sick or have not rested enough or simply feel that you do not have much strength, it is NOT a good idea to start forcing your muscles to be strong, the best thing What you can do is rest and wait a few hours or the next day to continue with your routine.
Having said all this, we can now explain how to react and proceed in the event of a muscle tear. Many times we believe that we can handle a situation effectively, but when we find ourselves faced with it, we see that it is more complicated than we thought.
Instructions
Tips: how to avoid suffering a tear?
It seems logical to say that one of the most effective ways to avoid a tear is to avoid doing one of the actions that we discussed above that are the causes of a tear, however, it is important that it is explained in more detail how to avoid it effectively.
Something that is essential is to carry out a whole process of warming up and then cooling down the whole body before starting the training sessions. The exercises that should be included are cardiovascular as well as stretching.
How does this help me avoid a muscle tear? The key is to prepare your body to work at a certain level of demand, which is why these processes should never be neglected, since without it, the body would not understand, so to speak, what we are doing. And, therefore, it does not perform as we demand since it is not prepared.
It is essential that when you suffer a tear, even a minor one, if you do not see improvement or you see that the inflammation is still considerable, you go to the doctor or a physical therapist to help you reinforce the area and treat it in the best possible way.
Motor skills and mobility are often quickly recovered, but the previous strength is never the same again, thus generating a problem, especially if you are an athlete.
This is how we come to the end of this guide and we thank you for having reached this point, hoping that you have found it entertaining, informative and useful in the event that you are looking for information for someone you know or yourself who has suffered a muscle tear. we, for our part, wish that you never suffer a tear and if you did, that you recover soon so that you can continue enjoying your body to the fullest!
