What should I do if I accidentally pulled my thigh muscle when swimming and it hurts?

As can be seen from the description, there is a possibility of ligament injury, and it is suggested to deal with it from the following aspects:

1. It is suggested to go to the hospital for an MRI to confirm the degree of injury. After ligament injury, it is easy to cause joint instability and abnormal friction of articular cartilage, which may eventually develop into traumatic arthritis, which will be more troublesome to treat.

2, it is recommended to rest for a month, do not do strenuous exercise. But we should do some light activities appropriately.

3. Choosing suitable Chinese medicine for external application and oral administration has a good effect on improving pain and promoting ligament healing. Hot compress at night, massage the pain when nothing happens, and accelerate the blood circulation there.

4. Usually these positions heal slowly, so you must rest 1~2 weeks. The traditional treatment is to give non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for 7~ 10 days, with ice compress at first and hot compress after 48 hours. During the period, the support belt is given to fix the waist and hip joint, and the pain will be less gradually.

Tendons (commonly known as tendons) connect bones and muscles, so the relationship between tendons and bones is complementary and closely related. Muscle is to protect bones and tendons. Relatively speaking, tendons and bones are difficult to heal, which requires a lot of time to rest and is difficult to heal (100% is good). And muscle injuries should be easier.