Anyway, for muscle strain, you can choose to use a cold towel for cold compress at the beginning, or turn on the tap and wash it with cold water.
In the first six hours of muscle strain, cold water towel washing and cold compress can effectively reduce the swelling of the strain area and greatly relieve the pain caused by strain. At the same time, it can effectively improve the blood consistency of the injured part and reduce the influx of blood in your body to the injured part, thus reducing discomfort.
Of course, just cold compress is not enough. After the swelling is relieved, the injured part should be bandaged in time, and the intensity of bandaging should not be too great. Of course, it is impossible to wrap the side easily.
The tightness of the bandage should be determined according to your own situation. This can effectively relieve pain and inhibit bleeding. If the surrounding conditions permit, you can try to raise the part of muscle strain appropriately, which can also alleviate the pain caused by strain and have a very good effect on stopping bleeding and reducing swelling.
About four days after the injury, we can try to hot compress the muscle strain. Hot compress can speed up the blood flow in your body and let more blood flow to strain. Accelerate metabolism and speed up your recovery time. At the same time, we should pay attention to not excessive hot compress, three or four times a day, each time 15 minutes.
Finally, if you are seriously injured, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time.