posted Thu, 10/17/2013 - 07:54
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Pop in my quad
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I posted another forum similiar to this and hardly got any advice. I was doing squats and felt a pop about halfway between my knee and hip on my outer quad. Wondering if this is just a muscle tear or strain and will repair on it's on......
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Was it a super sharp pain when it happen?
gcskater713Not super sharp just felt like a piece of paper ripping
it is muscle tissue and what you felt was a superficial nerve tap. I have done this a lot. Cross tape it for support go easy let it heal you will be fine. Ibuprofen for anti pain and swelling. In a day or so a bruise should form and in the muddle of it will be a darker spot that is where the tear happen. Sometimes there is no bruising it depends on the person.
gcskater713Thanks a lot pankration69. How long would you recommend to stay away from training legs?
You will know by testing the quad on leg extensions. Start with the lowest weight and slowly raise it if at any point feel pain stop it. If you feel a tightness but no pain than do some reps slowly and control the negative movement on the way down. The muscle fibers are healing when it is tight and has a pulling feeling. Then just take it from there gradually adding more weight. Potassium, calcium, and magnesium are essential for muscle healing. But watch the magnesium to much and you will get bad gas, stomach cramping and diarrhea. Also taurine is very good for healing the torn muscle as well. You may heal quicly depends on the person's immune system and the smarts to not over due to quick. Goof luck buddy hope you heal fast.
Is it sore? Swollen?
gcskater713really sore like someone punched the fuck out of me. Not swollen though.
Human body can be deceiving sometimes. I had a grade 3 tear in my pec, minimal swelling and bruising was only in my bicep. Docs thought it was grade 2 til MRI proved otherwise.
You did this a few days ago? Sometimes swelling takes a few days too
gcskater713This happened also a couple weeks ago and took 2 weeks off. Did legs last week and everything was fine then today it felt like a rubber band popping in my leg. Leg didn't swell last time. I was just limited on my movement in bending my leg
Probably a tear brotha. Can't say what grade but I had the exact same feeling when I tore my pec. I went into shock it was so bad lol
gcskater713Do you have to get surgery on muscle tears?
Grade 3 yes surgery is recommended, grade 2 is about 2-3 months off, grade one is about a month.