How to cure a muscle injury
 A
muscle injury or a sprain is often viewed as a minor medical event.
A sprain is an acute medical injury to a liagment. It should be
rested in order to decrease the amount of inflammation. Hence it
is important to follow tips to allow the muscle to heal:
1. Ice is also used to decrease the amount of inflammation. Ice,
wrapped in a wet towel, should be placed on the area of injury until
that area has become numbed. This can be pepeated every half hour
upto two hours. Afterwards. an hour of cessation should be observed
before beginning again.
2. Hot water compression is also used to decrease the amount of
vascular leakage in the area of the muscle injury. Compression helps
to decrease the amount of fluid in the tissues known as swelling.
3. Elevation is also used to decrease vascular pressure in the
area of injury which reduces the amount of muscle swelling.
4. Anti-inflammatory medication and painkiller can be advantageous
in the treatment of injured area, but must be used according to
the physician's instructions and only if necessary.
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