Symptoms
A torn muscle fibre at the buttocks causes some symptoms. Immediately, there is severe pain, which is described as stabbing and forces the patient to stop the current activity. The tear in the tissue causes bleeding into the muscle, which appears as symptoms like swelling and bruising.
Possibly a small indentation on the buttocks can be seen. In addition to these symptoms, however, the pain is clearly in the foreground. The main symptom of a torn muscle fibre on the buttocks is pain.
This is the first symptom of a torn muscle fibre and should make every athlete listen to his body and take a break. After the triggering event, the affected person immediately feels stabbing pain in the buttocks area, which forces him to stop the activity he is currently performing. This is a severe pain, which is initially caused by tissue destruction (tissue injury) and is further maintained by the swelling in the muscle.
Since the muscle is surrounded by a sheath, the pressure in the muscle rises due to incoming water and blood exiting from torn, tiny vessels, which leads to irritation of further nerve fibers and thus causes pain even after the acute event. The course of the pain can also be such that after an initial, severe pain, the symptoms initially improve. This then increases again in the further course of the pain.
A torn muscle fiber causes pain both when the affected muscles contract (tense) and when they are stretched. At rest and under cooling, pain can be relieved when a torn muscle fiber is located on the buttocks, but every movement that strains the gluteal muscles hurts. This includes above all walking and standing.
A torn muscle fibre also causes a distinct pain when pressure is applied to the buttocks, e.g. when sitting. The pain of a torn muscle fibre at the buttocks is located directly above the lesion, but can also radiate into the surrounding area. Thus, pain can sometimes also occur on the back thigh or in the lumbar spine area.
The cause is the interconnection and the course of the nerve fibers that conduct the pain – the damage is nevertheless only localized on the buttocks. Of course, the extent of the pain depends directly on the size of the torn muscle fiber. Thus, a small damage causes less pain than a pronounced muscle fiber tear.The first few minutes after the injury are decisive for the course and extent of the pain in the case of a torn muscle fibre at the bottom.
By acting consistently and quickly, the pain can be relieved and also shortened in duration. This includes, above all, immediate cooling and termination of the activity just performed. Medication can also be used to achieve significant pain relief in the case of a torn muscle fiber.
