Are there any quick fixes besides lots of stretching? I can’t rest it because I have football all day the next few weeks and I’m not losing my starting spot for a little pull in my leg.
Not sure what others might think here but I don’t think I would be stretching a strained quad. Not sure of the severity, but the obvious initial remedies should include R.I.C.E. and possibly T.E.N.S… Maybe a Physio or Osteo on this board could recommend something. Anyone?
Yea ice and maybe some massage.
If it’s a high quad pull, I find CF’s advice on getting a sprinter back after a hamstring injury to be pertinent. He is very cautious in limiting the distance that the athlete can accelerate so as not to over stress a still-strained ham with the higher speeds. I have done the same thing with people that have high quad pulls. Limit the distance they can accelerate for some time so as to avoid the higher speeds which can further strain the quad. Over time, the coach can re-introduce accelerations of gradually longer distances and correspondingly higher speeds. The shorter distances still allows the athlete to work on acceleration speed without further strain-if monitored carefully.
I agree with above poster re: avoidance of much, if any stretching of injured area-particularly in the early stages after the injury occurrence. Stretching should be brought back into the total program very carefully and gradually. Too much stretching early on could set you back.
mpod…I am not sure if this is the same injury you have but a couple months ago I popped the inside of my quad lunging around…I could still use it but I trouble lunging…can you run at all? Here is what I did, I iced it after I did anything on it, then I waited a bit and would zap it with a low-med frequency of EMS for 30 minutes ( I was hoping this would keep blood flowing to the area???) after that I either hand massaged it or used a junky Kmart vibration massager…I kept using these implements as well as doing bodyweight movements ( squats, step ups ect) as long as there was no pain…this method was not great and I do not know if it made the injury heal quicker but I kept lifting and running and the injury never got worse…took about 2-3 weeks to be back to normal. Hope you heal up quick
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I had a strained biceps and successfully treated it by:
–Warming up fully before doing anything at all hard with it
–Not stretching it at all, just gently moved through the easy ROM
–Diligently using contrast showers after every w/o. They helped a lot.