David hey the exact thing happened to me. Rest it mine felt good too then when I kicked it started hurting again just rest it and Ice it for another week and do some single leg squats. Then you’ll be good don’t come back too fast I just returned to my team training today and I injured it 2 weeks ago.Dont extend your time just rest
I see a lot of comments saying they played or worked through it with pain. I'm no expert but you really shouldn't do that! It's pretty much a cut that you need to give time to heal. 2 weeks minimum.
Thanks, one of the things i have learnt from this video is that you need to recover the muscle in extended position, not let it lie fallow and then resume sprinting because the muscle will heal in shortened position.
I’ve just inured my quad ( slight tear). First thing is to accept you’re not going to be playing sport for a short time. What I do is rest, elevate, ice to reduce inflammation for 10mins and hot water bottle for 10 mins. After that I spread the blood flow with a small ball or a massage pole from Amazon! just keep repeating that process and also have one cold bath and hot bath a day! In addition breathing exercises (Wim hof) will help to increase oxygen to the body so your muscle will recover a lot quicker! these are things you know you should be doing so don’t procrastinate. Start now and begin the journey of recovery in more of a relaxed state. Also train your mind for when you return.
Every other internet search on this shows how to treat a pulled quad SHORTERM,( 5-10mins after injuring it). this is the only video that deals with long term. Kudos.
Oh god, exact same thing happened to me... So lame, I let it heal for a week then tried again and it instantly came back after I was sprinting... So weak
Thank you so much with this information. I strained my quad on last New Year day after on the exercise bike for an hour. I didn't feel the pain until after 30 minutes getting off the bike. I went to see my doctor and he only gave me ibuprofen pain pill and muscle relax. I had a bump in the middle of my quad and the front area was swollen. I couldn't walk unless I had taken the pain pill. I don't know how to treat this injure at home. Now after seeing this video, I started doing the same to flex my leg. It's painful and I have to do it very gradually to bend it. Hope I will do better. Not sure on the average how long it will take to recover. I am about entering my 60 and I should be more carefully with my exercise next time. If you have additional advise or information, I would be very appreciated. Thanks. Victor Nguyen
Pulled mine 3 years ago. The pain and the bump has gone away but when I try to run hard and fast I start to feel it again. I can still run but not my fastest.
just pulled it tonight running wind sprints. had the same injury on my other leg last year and i still feel a slight pull in it but as i started to get massages it started to feel better. massage, stretching and ice is the remedy.
Ive had a broken left wrist, broken right pinky finger, cracked rib, concussion, right mcl tear and today a left quad tear. Amazingly, none of these injuries were a result of playing football nor gym activities. So far, none of these injuries hurt more than a toothache... I will get thru this.
Great video. Only ice within the first day? and do I need to COMPLETELY stay off of it until it's healed or is it okay to go out and try it, stopping if it starts hurting? How long does it generally take to heal if icing/stretching correctly?
Can someone help? I was wrestling and bumped my knee pretty hard on the ground and the next day the quad on the same leg was hurting a lot and I can't really bend the leg or go down the stairs but there's no bruising or swelling a part from on the knee. Is it possible it's just a tense muscle as it is my lead leg or is definitely torn?
My right leg quad hurts in the middle of my thigh I got a track meet next Thursday and its been hurting for 11 days what can I do in 7 days to make it stop hurting
Hi I sprained my quad around 3-4 weeks ago I was still doing small slow inclined walks on it and stretches and physio and swimming to try get it to recovery faster I then tried to run on it for 10 minutes last week and I feel I am back to week 2 on it but now almost a week later I am back to walking and hopping on it with no pain I just do not want to make it worse again or prolong any more recovery so I have stopped doing anything on it now is this worse for me or should I be trying stretches again I just don't want to make it worse I can move it without pain and walk and hop on it with no pain but once I start trying to do physio on it, it swells up a bit and starts hurting and it's the same if I walk on it for a medium period length does this mean it's not ready yet? Should I wait for the swelling to go down fully before trying physio? Or should I just leave it be I just don't know how far along I am away from being able to get back to inclines walks and running
I tore my quad in an indoor soccer game in february and I'm still recovering! I can't kick with that leg yet and I had to start learning how to do so with my other leg. Also when flinching the muscle in quick sprints or breakthroughs it feels like its about to pull again. Its such a stressful recovery!
Hello, I was obliged one day to sit all day on a cold metal seat ... then went on marching and tapping the left foot and suddenly i couldn't walk .. my muscle on the back of my left leg was damaged ... it took few weeks to walk ... and now after years .. i still feel the damaged muscle after i speint or walk too much or even bike too much... i think it didn't heal well.. what should i do?
can it still be the rectus femoris if its a pretty high strain? I strained it playing soccer, but Its really high, higher than ive seen other quad pull, but its not my groin
Picked this up in football yesterday… Had to be immediately withdrew from the match. I returned to try again but I couldn’t even run for the ball, and when I got the ball I couldn’t kick it without a sharp worse pain.
I was feeling it in the warm-up then kicked the soccer ball, I was 30seconds into the game and already calling for the sub. Dammit this sux, I was waiting all week to play again
Well the pain i had was in the middle of my quad where the tenderness was the size of a dime. I actually felt the pain all the way to my knee. What you have to do is ice but if it doesn't help its most likely the strain is deep in your muscle. There is this thing called THE STICK but you can use a roller for doe. Now you have to buy heat cool lotion. You have to role the muscle with The STICK and the lotion.This will be extremely painful. But keep doing it and the pain will gradually decrease.
Ik nobody will prob respond but A couple days ago I started punting and for one of the kicks I felt an extremely sharp pain, and ya see the thing is I can run just fine but when ever I try punting it hurts like hell.
+A5foot8View not really, I can play normally but if I try up the intensity my quad muscle pulls again.. I've noticed though if I workout my quads it pulls less frequently; so that's what I've been up too (:
+Luis Perez I strained my thigh muscle playing soccer, hurt for like 4 days and went away, I thought I was fine to play but once I got back on the field, I realized it wasnt recovered. I keep hurting myself everytime I try playing again.
Was playing a soccer game and as I tried to intercept a player run full speed at the ball we collided and my quad took the impact. Now I can't bend my leg and it's hard to walk, can't even imagine running. Ice didn't do much, volteral pain relief cream neither, any tips to help reduce pain and reduce the healing process ?
+Anthony Kelly that happened to me playing rugby! I've been heating it, massaging it, and icing it. Im going about 50% in practices and its taped. It is slowly getting better. Hope this helps!
I joined a soccer league been training in my back yard for a week then decided to rest my legs 2 days before game day come game day right quad gave out just 20 min in the match fkn hurts like hell
i was shooting a corner kick and i guess i put too much force into it but when i kicked it, the quad popped and i could walk but i had a limp. Is there a quick recovery because today is the championship match and im one of the best players. I just want to be there for my team...
Omg I feel sorry for you man. It's a great coincidence brother, I was shooting a corner too and got this pain. What did you do for that to go. Any advice? Mine happened 5 months back but still the tender spot is there.
@@sathishp3180 do not put ice on it, instead heat a water bottle up and press it against the muscle. Ice may numb the muscle but I feel like warming it up felt so much better. It’s healed now but always listen to your body- if you feel it getting loose. You should stop. Lmk if you want more information !
I hurt mine in soccer, i was out running everyone then i stretched my leg too far to kick to ball, and I actually felt the pull and kicked it. It hurt really bad..
Guys I had this problem for 5 months. I kept on playing basketball and the pain would not stop. It was so bad where it would wake me up from sleeping. I was on advil for weeks. Anyways I went to the doctor and he said rest and ice. I did ice acutally for weeks but no result. When i played pain came back even worse than b4. I found out how to fix it. read my next comment ..
I hurt mine in football and it didn't hurt that bad for about a week but after the weekend and we can back my leg was hurting way worse and I need it to get better soon so I can impress my coaches to stay starting wide recover please some one help!
Strained my quad about 12 days ago. Still not completely healed... Every time I sprint though it seems like I'm back to square one, because it hurts really bad. I have a game tomorrow night that I need to play in for football... Is there anything I can do to protect myself from re-tearing? I obviously need to sprint at times in the game... What do I do?
+RayfusionGaming I taped it extremely tight. It lasted me the game, although I could only sprint at about 85% speed throughout most the game. I then took a few weeks off, stretching and massaging it constantly. And it kept giving me trouble for a while, then one day it felt great and it was gone, as if It was just all in my head. Very weird.... Lasted about 7 weeks sadly, because I kept re-injuring it by playing on it
+Rob Rouse Jr i had this same issue during track season. My left quad hurt like hell one day after I didnt stretch before running. Needless to say Ill never make that mistake again. lol. The pain lasted almost 3 months before it completely healed up.
Eddie Thomas I made the same mistake on my right quad a few weeks ago again, once again in football for me. About a week ago I got a steroid injection in my upper quad and it disappeared. My surgeon told me some people are just more prone to quad tears, it really sucks :/
@@poorgamer5446 bro if you tore the muscle is a tore not even surgery will fix it is not a bump the connected muscles ripped but if you can still walk you are lucky like me
I pulled my quad while playing football at that time it hurts a lot while kicking the ball but was able to walk and run easily it's been 2-3 days it's not hurting while I'm walking or running but only when I'm kicking the ball. Any anybody help me with this???
i was playing football and i was able to run but when i kicked the ball it hurt so much on my centre quad
Same with me.
What you did then?
Same
What did u do after I have had this for a week already and it feels good again but then I play soccer again and it hurts again
David hey the exact thing happened to me. Rest it mine felt good too then when I kicked it started hurting again just rest it and Ice it for another week and do some single leg squats. Then you’ll be good don’t come back too fast I just returned to my team training today and I injured it 2 weeks ago.Dont extend your time just rest
MexicanO Glover thank you I will try that
I just pulled mine yesterday in track
plz, what did you do to heal? coz same fro king first meet I’m gonna cry
thank you guys. I just had a quad injury an hour ago doing squats
job07100 are you better now?
I see a lot of comments saying they played or worked through it with pain. I'm no expert but you really shouldn't do that! It's pretty much a cut that you need to give time to heal. 2 weeks minimum.
Just pulled it last week but feeling great now. Lots of icing and very light workouts
Thanks, one of the things i have learnt from this video is that you need to recover the muscle in extended position, not let it lie fallow and then resume sprinting because the muscle will heal in shortened position.
I’ve just inured my quad ( slight tear). First thing is to accept you’re not going to be playing sport for a short time. What I do is rest, elevate, ice to reduce inflammation for 10mins and hot water bottle for 10 mins. After that I spread the blood flow with a small ball or a massage pole from Amazon! just keep repeating that process and also have one cold bath and hot bath a day! In addition breathing exercises (Wim hof) will help to increase oxygen to the body so your muscle will recover a lot quicker! these are things you know you should be doing so don’t procrastinate. Start now and begin the journey of recovery in more of a relaxed state. Also train your mind for when you return.
Every other internet search on this shows how to treat a pulled quad SHORTERM,( 5-10mins after injuring it). this is the only video that deals with long term. Kudos.
Oh god, exact same thing happened to me... So lame, I let it heal for a week then tried again and it instantly came back after I was sprinting... So weak
Ed me too
Thank you so much with this information. I strained my quad on last New Year day after on the exercise bike for an hour. I didn't feel the pain until after 30 minutes getting off the bike. I went to see my doctor and he only gave me ibuprofen pain pill and muscle relax. I had a bump in the middle of my quad and the front area was swollen. I couldn't walk unless I had taken the pain pill. I don't know how to treat this injure at home. Now after seeing this video, I started doing the same to flex my leg. It's painful and I have to do it very gradually to bend it. Hope I will do better. Not sure on the average how long it will take to recover. I am about entering my 60 and I should be more carefully with my exercise next time. If you have additional advise or information, I would be very appreciated. Thanks. Victor Nguyen
Pulled mine 3 years ago. The pain and the bump has gone away but when I try to run hard and fast I start to feel it again. I can still run but not my fastest.
Bro i dont feel pain in it but i overued the leg and i have pain and inflammation in hip.... do u have?
same
just pulled it tonight running wind sprints. had the same injury on my other leg last year and i still feel a slight pull in it but as i started to get massages it started to feel better. massage, stretching and ice is the remedy.
Try dry needles it helped me
Ive had a broken left wrist, broken right pinky finger, cracked rib, concussion, right mcl tear and today a left quad tear. Amazingly, none of these injuries were a result of playing football nor gym activities. So far, none of these injuries hurt more than a toothache... I will get thru this.
Great video. Only ice within the first day? and do I need to COMPLETELY stay off of it until it's healed or is it okay to go out and try it, stopping if it starts hurting?
How long does it generally take to heal if icing/stretching correctly?
Yeah I pulled my quad today playing bball. I didnt stretch so its my fault, but it did hurt on top of my leg and up to my hip. Thanks for the vid
Can someone help? I was wrestling and bumped my knee pretty hard on the ground and the next day the quad on the same leg was hurting a lot and I can't really bend the leg or go down the stairs but there's no bruising or swelling a part from on the knee. Is it possible it's just a tense muscle as it is my lead leg or is definitely torn?
Thank you
My right leg quad hurts in the middle of my thigh I got a track meet next Thursday and its been hurting for 11 days what can I do in 7 days to make it stop hurting
Hi I sprained my quad around 3-4 weeks ago I was still doing small slow inclined walks on it and stretches and physio and swimming to try get it to recovery faster I then tried to run on it for 10 minutes last week and I feel I am back to week 2 on it but now almost a week later I am back to walking and hopping on it with no pain I just do not want to make it worse again or prolong any more recovery so I have stopped doing anything on it now is this worse for me or should I be trying stretches again I just don't want to make it
worse I can move it without pain and walk and hop on it with no pain but once I start trying to do physio on it, it swells up a bit and starts hurting and it's the same if I walk on it for a medium period length does this mean it's not ready yet? Should I wait for the swelling to go down fully before trying physio? Or should I just leave it be I just don't know how far along I am away from being able to get back to inclines walks and running
Everyone is talking about how they messed their leg up and I'm here cause I turned over in the bed wrong
i injured mine in football today lol
I tore my quad in an indoor soccer game in february and I'm still recovering! I can't kick with that leg yet and I had to start learning how to do so with my other leg. Also when flinching the muscle in quick sprints or breakthroughs it feels like its about to pull again. Its such a stressful recovery!
You good yet
Bro, his comment was 11 years ago 🤣🤣 @@Juan-bb2dt
Hello, I was obliged one day to sit all day on a cold metal seat ... then went on marching and tapping the left foot and suddenly i couldn't walk .. my muscle on the back of my left leg was damaged ... it took few weeks to walk ... and now after years .. i still feel the damaged muscle after i speint or walk too much or even bike too much... i think it didn't heal well.. what should i do?
How long before I start cycling or doing exercises again?
thank you
Thanks alot!
How is your leg going now? Do you feel like a stair on the leg?
ı just had a itband syndrome than l hurt have tear on my muscle is it notmal? and m not doingany sports hust hiking biking not kickimg anything
can it still be the rectus femoris if its a pretty high strain?
I strained it playing soccer, but Its really high, higher than ive seen other quad pull, but its not my groin
my quadricep recovered from a strain, it's now painless but the bump is still there. is it normal?
Yes there must be some fluid still there
@@sharanramkorun9143 That was 6 years ago I’m sure he or she has recovered by now xd
@@nametaken3217 😂😂😂
Guys i have a very little bump still but no pain at all. But i have overused the hip and it hurts its also hard.... do u have same??
@@sharanramkorun9143 i have bump too and it hurts, does the fluid goes by itself?
strained quads hurt like hell.
I’ve pulled both and I can’t walk down stairs and I want to get back rideing at skatepark tomorrow ughhhhb
well, i did this yesterday and i have a big game today, so lets hope this works.
Picked this up in football yesterday… Had to be immediately withdrew from the match. I returned to try again but I couldn’t even run for the ball, and when I got the ball I couldn’t kick it without a sharp worse pain.
I pulled mine yesterday... how long did yours take to heal?
I was feeling it in the warm-up then kicked the soccer ball, I was 30seconds into the game and already calling for the sub. Dammit this sux, I was waiting all week to play again
Same happend to me :O didnt stretch before and i kicked it , two weeks later i can still feel it
Well the pain i had was in the middle of my quad where the tenderness was the size of a dime. I actually felt the pain all the way to my knee. What you have to do is ice but if it doesn't help its most likely the strain is deep in your muscle. There is this thing called THE STICK but you can use a roller for doe. Now you have to buy heat cool lotion. You have to role the muscle with The STICK and the lotion.This will be extremely painful. But keep doing it and the pain will gradually decrease.
It’s been about a month and a half idk what to do and it hurts
i'm a kicker and i was practicing and pulled my quad
Ik nobody will prob respond but A couple days ago I started punting and for one of the kicks I felt an extremely sharp pain, and ya see the thing is I can run just fine but when ever I try punting it hurts like hell.
I strained my qudriceps during a soccer game Last week. ot no rest but Guees what im going to soccer training
Tore mine 2 years ago.... Still not recovered
This comment is a year old, in total that means 3years, are you recovered yet? Just wondering..
+A5foot8View not really, I can play normally but if I try up the intensity my quad muscle pulls again.. I've noticed though if I workout my quads it pulls less frequently; so that's what I've been up too (:
😔😔hope u somehow get better
+Luis Perez I strained my thigh muscle playing soccer, hurt for like 4 days and went away, I thought I was fine to play but once I got back on the field, I realized it wasnt recovered. I keep hurting myself everytime I try playing again.
+Hippo Rager best thing to do is stop playing for a while. Better to not play for a few months than to have a chronic injury for years.
Was playing a soccer game and as I tried to intercept a player run full speed at the ball we collided and my quad took the impact. Now I can't bend my leg and it's hard to walk, can't even imagine running. Ice didn't do much, volteral pain relief cream neither, any tips to help reduce pain and reduce the healing process ?
+Anthony Kelly that happened to me playing rugby! I've been heating it, massaging it, and icing it. Im going about 50% in practices and its taped. It is slowly getting better. Hope this helps!
Leah Crawford Thanks for the advice but I'm close to finishing my repairing process, I should be back into games next week :)
Me too
We should send this to Kevin Nash
Lol
i torn my quad and when i tense my quad there's like a dint that goes in my quad but i can still l lift on it, will it make it worse?
Big k tore
Exactly same brother. I feel a dent there and I'm able to lift on it like you said. Even I'm not sure abt what to do? Any idea?
I joined a soccer league been training in my back yard for a week then decided to rest my legs 2 days before game day come game day right quad gave out just 20 min in the match fkn hurts like hell
I was skiing sideways and pulled my quad muscle- didn’t know it was possible
Should you ever heat the quad? Before, during, or after? or never?
i was shooting a corner kick and i guess i put too much force into it but when i kicked it, the quad popped and i could walk but i had a limp. Is there a quick recovery because today is the championship match and im one of the best players. I just want to be there for my team...
Omg I feel sorry for you man. It's a great coincidence brother, I was shooting a corner too and got this pain. What did you do for that to go. Any advice? Mine happened 5 months back but still the tender spot is there.
@@sathishp3180 do not put ice on it, instead heat a water bottle up and press it against the muscle. Ice may numb the muscle but I feel like warming it up felt so much better. It’s healed now but always listen to your body- if you feel it getting loose. You should stop. Lmk if you want more information !
@@enrique.guzman891 Thanks man! I'll try this and let you know. Cheers!
@@enrique.guzman891 how much should i rest, im recovering already 10 days, when am i going to able to play again, please help
@@muneverhasanovic8683 i stopped playing for 3 months because I didn’t want to risk ripping my muscle
I hurt mine in soccer, i was out running everyone then i stretched my leg too far to kick to ball, and I actually felt the pull and kicked it. It hurt really bad..
Same with me too.. how is it now ellie. What did you do for it to recover?
how long does it take to heal?
4-6 weeks
Aren’t you not supposed to stretch a pulled muscle since it’s already stretched?
Guys I had this problem for 5 months. I kept on playing basketball and the pain would not stop. It was so bad where it would wake me up from sleeping. I was on advil for weeks. Anyways I went to the doctor and he said rest and ice. I did ice acutally for weeks but no result. When i played pain came back even worse than b4. I found out how to fix it. read my next comment ..
I hurt mine in football and it didn't hurt that bad for about a week but after the weekend and we can back my leg was hurting way worse and I need it to get better soon so I can impress my coaches to stay starting wide recover please some one help!
Skyler Gleason learn to spell, focus on school lmao
+andyfibb A jerk! get a grip.
+andyfibb spelling and grammar are two different things similar but different. Learn the difference
andyfibb lol i didn't even notice. welp thx for pointing it out.
ir finerly learnt how 2 spelt thank god 4 u
Ya whenever I kick a soccer ball my leg feels like it’s on fire, and the pain stays the rest of the day
I was playing a soccer match ball rolled into a divit long story short I kicked the ground and couldn't walk
I was kicking long balls with my friend before a soccer match and i ended up pulling my quad muscle.
I am going through this right now. How long did you rest?
same thing just happened in my game 😔
@1004826 thats a pulled muscle all right. when that happened to me i couldent run for 2 weeks
Strained my quad about 12 days ago. Still not completely healed... Every time I sprint though it seems like I'm back to square one, because it hurts really bad. I have a game tomorrow night that I need to play in for football... Is there anything I can do to protect myself from re-tearing? I obviously need to sprint at times in the game... What do I do?
Did u end up finding a solution?
+RayfusionGaming I taped it extremely tight. It lasted me the game, although I could only sprint at about 85% speed throughout most the game.
I then took a few weeks off, stretching and massaging it constantly. And it kept giving me trouble for a while, then one day it felt great and it was gone, as if It was just all in my head. Very weird.... Lasted about 7 weeks sadly, because I kept re-injuring it by playing on it
+Rob Rouse Jr i had this same issue during track season. My left quad hurt like hell one day after I didnt stretch before running. Needless to say Ill never make that mistake again. lol. The pain lasted almost 3 months before it completely healed up.
Eddie Thomas I made the same mistake on my right quad a few weeks ago again, once again in football for me. About a week ago I got a steroid injection in my upper quad and it disappeared. My surgeon told me some people are just more prone to quad tears, it really sucks :/
man that really does suck . is there a way to not be prone to it tho?
It hurts so bad😭
Same broo
Am I watching a Kevin Nash home movie?
my thigh bever fully recovered the bump stayed
Massage it bro...
I have a very little bump but doesnt hurts. But i overued my hip and its inflammed and maybe tight... have u same?
It's been 3 days the bump has not get any smaller ? What should i do?
@@poorgamer5446 bro if you tore the muscle is a tore not even surgery will fix it is not a bump the connected muscles ripped but if you can still walk you are lucky like me
I can walk run do anything just it hurts if i try to move it backwards 100% i can do it like 80% .
I don't know i should continue playing or not
sound like the bloke on the mask lpl
I sprained mine cause I was checking my butt and I pulled something lol
why me.. im crying, this is my fitness karma punishing me for not doing my stretches... i wanna die
I got one while sleeping
played with this through 2 weeks of football, wasn’t fun
It's not over what happen if your one leg is quad pulled you have two leg improve your next weak leg ..for football !
🤦♂️what if you pulled it while riding bikes
I pulled my quad while playing football at that time it hurts a lot while kicking the ball but was able to walk and run easily it's been 2-3 days it's not hurting while I'm walking or running but only when I'm kicking the ball. Any anybody help me with this???
Same 🥺
@@sathishp3180 hyy Satish, how are u now , are u playing again and running the same as before?
Bro are you ok now?
To tear a quad is to Kevin Nash.
I pulled mine at pe doing stretching
BlooperAnimations me toooo
Never Put ice on it! Warm it up then stretch.
RaM LIS this guy is a licensed professional
The JoJo fans understand i was trying to do a pose..
He's def a southerner
Vee Oby sahclin', not cycling... sahclin'
Why would you want to stretch a tear? Massage, don't stretch.
Never strecht a pulled muscel it will be pemernent if u strecht it
cycling is a good way to transition into more aggressive strengthening??!?! Yeah, OK. My quad hurts more when I bike than it does when I run.
Strange… so run 😅
Fk myan it happened me today on gym
no school!