{"id":1338,"date":"2026-05-20T12:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueviolet-spider-403582.hostingersite.com\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2026-11-11T05:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T05:00:04","slug":"muscle-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/muscle-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"Muscle Strain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sprain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sprain is the rupture of the muscle fibers from either too strong contraction, over stretching or from a direct blow on the muscle by some external factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Decreased elasticity of muscles due to omission of stretching exercises<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excessive muscle fatigue after prolonged exercise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poor equipment (e.g. inappropriate footwear)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exercising in a wet and cold environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poor diet and lack of potassium, sodium or magnesium in the body<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bad technique when performing the exercises<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sprain Classification:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First Degree: simple stretching of the muscle fibers is observed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second Degree: a partial rupture of the muscle fibers is observed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Third Degree: a complete tear of the muscle is observed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treatment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Immediately after the injury we apply: immobilization &#8211; ice therapy &#8211; compression &#8211; elevation of the limb.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decongest the area from the hematoma \/ edema and improve mobility with local tissue support (bandaging or kinesiotaping).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gentle stretches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strength program that begins with isometric exercises and continues progressively with plyometric exercises.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exercises should never exceed pain thresholds while resistances are progressively increased.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sprain Sprain is the rupture of the muscle fibers from either too strong contraction, over stretching or from a direct blow on the muscle by some external factor. Reasons: Sprain Classification: Treatment:<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1341,"href":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions\/1341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activecare.com.cy\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}