Torn muscle fiber in the shoulder

Causes of a torn muscle fibre in the shoulder are suddenly occurring maximum loads on the shoulder muscles (even in cold weather or after insufficient warming up). Strong accelerations or combinations of acceleration and deceleration movements can lead to strains or tears in the shoulder muscles (e.g. twisting and hitting movements in baseball). Acute, stabbing pain usually forces the person affected to stop movements immediately and assume a relieving position of the arm.

The area around the torn muscle fiber swells up within a short time and a (not always visible) bruise occurs. An important measure in the case of a torn muscle fiber in the shoulder is to spare the shoulder muscles. Care should be taken to ensure that the shoulder and arm are not completely immobilized, but rather (primarily passively at first) moved slightly in order to prevent the shoulder joint capsule from sticking. Medication that relieves pain or reduces muscle tension can be helpful. Physiotherapeutic measures can also be used to loosen the adhesion, increase blood circulation, loosen the muscles and alleviate the symptoms.

Torn muscle fiber tear upper arm

A rupture of muscle fibers is particularly common in athletes, but can also occur in patients who rarely exercise and overuse their muscles in an acute situation. A muscle fiber tear in the upper arm can occur in heavyweight lifters, but it can also occur quite commonly in everyday life, for example, when you lift a box with one arm and underestimate the weight. Above all, muscles that have not been warmed up rupture particularly quickly.

When a muscle fiber tears in the upper arm, the patient feels a sudden, very strong pain that tends to sting. It is important to always think of a heart attack, especially in older patients, especially in the left arm. In comparison to a heart attack, however, a torn muscle fiber also causes water retention (edema) and bleeding (hematoma) into the affected area.

In addition, there is a direct temporal connection between the overload of the upper arm and the torn muscle fiber.In the case of a torn muscle fibre in the upper arm, the patient should always cool it immediately and not put any weight on it afterwards. This means that in future, the carrying of shopping bags should only be done with the healthy arm for about 4 weeks. A torn muscle fiber occurs particularly frequently in athletes, namely whenever the muscle is overloaded or stretched too much after insufficient warming up and the elasticity of the muscle fibers is exceeded.

Torn muscle fibers in the back occur particularly frequently in patients who like to go to the gym and do various back exercises there. However, a torn muscle fiber can also occur in patients who have to lift many heavy objects for professional reasons, whether on the construction site or in the hospital. A torn muscle fiber in the back is very rare because the so-called autochthonous back muscles are very stable holding muscles that are used to shoulder heavy loads. Muscle strains in the area of the back are much more common because many patients overstrain their back muscles, sometimes unconsciously. Nevertheless, if the back pain is severe and persistent, a doctor should be consulted so that he or she can look at the muscles and decide whether it is, as is usually the case, a pulled muscle in the back or whether a torn muscle fibre has actually occurred in the back muscles.