Condition · Thigh
Muscle strain
Reviewed by Dr. Ryan Rietz, D.P.T. and Dr. John Breyman, D.C.
A strain is a load-tolerance problem, not bad luck. Tissue got asked to absorb more than it could absorb that day — usually without a proper warm-up or enough recovery behind it — and the specific gap is almost always eccentric control: the ability to lengthen under load without losing control of it. Rebuilding that capacity is what stops the same muscle going again.
Also known as
- pulled muscle
- muscle pull
- strained muscle
- muscle tear
- torn muscle
- hamstring pull
- calf strain
- groin pull
- tweaked a muscle