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Muscle Strains

What causes muscle strain?

Muscle strains occur when when a muscle is stretched to far, is overused, or is improperly used. Strains are mostly a result of poor flexibility, and poor conditioning. They will be more common in athletes who use their muscles for a long period of time and do a lot of work with their muscles. Athletes or people who do some sort of physical activity are at higher risk of getting a muscle strain from not warming up or stretching their muscles properly before a workout or physical activity.

How does a person treat a muscle strain?

A muscle strain can be very painful. It can take a while for a muscle to recover. If you get a muscle strain, the first thing you need to do is rest it. You should to avoid intense exercise that would damage the muscle fibers even more. It is okay to do light exercises and stretches to prevent the muscle from weakening. The second step is icing the muscle. Ice will prevent swelling and reduce pain, as will using a heating pad after you have iced it. Next you should have your muscle massaged. It can be a light massage or a deep tissue massage, but first you should ask an expert.

What is a muscle strain?

How does a person prevent muscle strains?

Why this topic is important to me.

A muscle strain or pulled muscle is the over stretching of the muscle fibers. This is most common in athletic activities. It can be a small little damage of the muscle structure to a severe muscle rupture, which is when the muscle fibers literally tear apart. These can happen in any muscle and can happen to any person.

First of all, a person who participates and physical activities should always warm up and stretch before. The person can start off by doing some aerobic exercises (such as a sprints, high knees, skipping etc.) to warm up his/her body temperature. Now that the person's body is warmed up, it is now time to stretch. A person should always stretch because it loosens up the muscles. When the muscles are tight, they will not be prepared to suddenly stretch, so you must loosen them up in order for them to be ready to be stretched. The next step is making sure that the amount of physical exercise that you get is appropriate. You don't want to be doing exercises that are too easy, but there is also such thing as too much exercise. There is a difference between pushing yourself farther than you thought possible, and over training. Over training is a huge factor when it comes to muscle strains. You should push yourself to do things that you didn't think you could, but if is beyond your level then do not risk it. One workout is not worth ending your whole career, so if it is beyond your capability then you must keep giving 100% at your level and work your way up. The final step to preventing muscle strains is to stretch and drink lots of water after your workout. Stretching will help the muscle recover from all of the work that it went through and water will get rid of lactic acid. These steps will lower the risk of injury and will help your muscles function better.

This topic is important to me because I am a hockey player and I have suffered from muscle strains before. It is not a very pleasant thing and I wanted to learn more about it, but I also wanted other people to learn more about it if they are athletic and have had or will have the same thing happen to them. If it does happen to them then they will know what it is, how it happened, why it happened, how to fix it, and how to prevent it from happeing again.

Where are muscle strains most common?

Obviously muscle strains are most common in athletes who work their muscles to perform in physical activities. The muscles that most commonly get muscle strains are:

  • Lower back
  • Neck
  • shoulders
  • Hamstrings

These muscles are used more often in sports and can easily be overstretched or over worked. Muscle strains can still happen in other muscles.

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