Muscle Strain vs Spain & Soft Tissue Injury
Confused on how a muscle strain differs from a muscle sprain? City Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic gives you the answers here.
Muscle Strain
- are injuries that can affect muscles or tendons. These are thick bands that attach muscles to bones. They occur in response to a quick tear, twist, or pull of the muscle.
- an acute type of injury that results from overstretching or over contraction. Pain, weakness, and muscle spasms are common symptoms experienced after a muscle strain occurs.
Muscle Sprain
- are injuries that affect ligaments, these are thick bands of cartilage that attach bone to bone. They occur in response to a stretch or tear of a ligament.
- an acute type of injury that results from trauma such as a fall or outside force that displaces the surrounding joint from its normal alignment. Sprains can range from a mild ligamentous stretch to a complete tear. Bruising, swelling, instability, and painful movement are common symptoms experienced after a sprain occurs.
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