How To Care for Sprains and Strains
Posted by admin on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 03:43 in
A sprain is different from a strain but their care and rehabilitation is the same. A sprain is a stretch of one or more ligaments. It can result from a blow to your joints forcing it to displace. You can barely do your activities with the severe pain you are experiencing. A sprain usually swells up like painful lumps on your body. A strain, on the other hand, is an injury to a muscle or tendon. Regardless if you injure a ligament or a muscle, these conditions have a common sharp pain. Caring for your sprain or strain only takes four easy steps most people remember in its acronym RICE:
