Symptoms of neck muscle strain, early treatment when symptoms are discovered

Muscle strain is very common among people nowadays. Many times it is caused by maintaining the same posture for a long time or doing strenuous daily work. Neck muscle strain usually occurs suddenly. The neck muscles will become stiff and painful, and the patient will be restless.

1. Symptoms of neck muscle strain

According to experts, the onset of cervical muscle strain is relatively sudden, and common symptoms include neck muscle pain, stiffness, and limited movement. The patient is restless, cannot move part of the body or has significantly limited movement, or has a crooked waist, or holds his waist with his hands while walking. If untreated, symptoms can become increasingly severe within the first few days of the disease. During the doctor's examination, it can be found that the local movement in all directions is significantly limited and stiff. The slightest movement causes the pain to increase significantly. The affected muscles have obvious spasms and there may be widespread tenderness in the back of the waist.

2. How to treat cervical muscle strain?

Experts point out that different conditions require different treatments. For example, acute myofasciitis can have a tendency to naturally improve and recur. Bed rest can alleviate the symptoms, but fatigue and cold can aggravate them. Through bed rest, controlled activity, anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, and physical therapy, most patients can quickly relieve pain. Usually the symptoms can be significantly alleviated within two or three days, and disappear within 1 to 2 weeks without leaving any sequelae.

However, this disease can recur, causing certain pain to the patient and affecting the patient's study, work and life. When doctors examine patients with chronic lumbar muscle strain, they may find that there is no obvious impact on lumbar movement, no obvious muscle spasm, and there may be widespread tenderness in the lower back or no tenderness at all. The treatment of patients in the chronic stage mainly consists of proper rest, oral and topical anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, muscle relaxants and sedatives, the use of Chinese medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and proper muscle relaxation massage.