Ailments and Situations - Muscle and Joint Sprains and Strains - Symptoms and Signs

 

Symptoms and Signs:

Pain is an obvious symptom of a strain or a sprain. Although pain is a subjective feeling, a strain tends to carry a dull and constant pain, even at rest, while a sprained joint tends to lead to sharper pains, especially felt during movement. In most circumstances, your body will let you know quite quickly if you have one of these injuries. However, when the injury results from constant wear rather than from a sharp movement, such as in sports associated with endurance training, the injury is often felt hours or days later. As previously mentioned, the lack of any kind of movement may indicate a more serious problem, such as a torn ligament or a broken bone.

New pains are not the only signs of strains and sprains. Symptoms of over-training, such as persistent muscle discomfort, insomnia, irritability, fatigue, frequent infection, and depression are often precursors to muscle and joint injury. Sharp swelling, increased heat, and redness are all signs of inflammation.

 

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