muscle strain

Millions of people suffer from various types of pain. While medications can sometimes help with it, they don’t always fix the problem. Some might even worsen pain because they only temporarily hide it. Chiropractic care can naturally help with pain management by healing the source of pain and preventing it from occurring again.

Muscle cramps, which are often referred to as “charley horses,” are something that most everyone has experienced at one time or another. Follow along as we outline 10 possible causes of muscle cramps, as well as ways to prevent them and when to contact a doctor.

Either way, an injury is the last thing on your mind when you decide to take the fitness plunge. However, a muscle sprain, strain, or injury can crop up if your lifting technique is sloppy or if you tend to push your body a little too hard. Here are seven ways exercise can lead to injury.

A muscle pull (or strain) occurs when you twist, pull, or tear one of your muscle. As we age we are more susceptible to muscle pulls. However, you risk a pull if you don’t warm up properly before you exercise and stretch a muscle past its limit, train longer than what your body can handle, or if you push a past muscle injury too far before the muscle has had adequate time to heal.