• What are the home remedies for a pulled muscle?

Are there any home remedies for a pulled muscle? My son hurt himself while playing with his friends, and the muscle on his leg is strained.

6 Answers

  • Sports Medicine Specialist
  • Columbia, SC

Simple things such as ice and heat, 10 minutes each, back-to-back, can be used. A massage gun can be helpful. Arnica is a homeopathic found in stores such as Sprouts, or other natural food stores, and can be helpful both topically and orally.

  • Sports Medicine Specialist
  • Miami, FL

Heat, epsom salt balts. Tumeric orally.

  • Sports Medicine Specialist
  • Augusta, GA

Rice

  • Orthopedist
  • Virginia Beach, VA

No home remedies work. Just natural healing in a 14 year old

  • Sports Medicine Specialist
  • Knoxville, TN

Alternating heat & ice. Oral anti-inflammatories (ibuprofen, naproxen) and tylenol. Look up 'muscle strain' on whatever the muscle is

  • Sports Medicine Specialist
  • Raleigh, NC

Rest, ice, elevate above heart/chest level. Mild compression (e.g., an ace wrap) to decrease swelling. Ice times 20 minutes every 3 hours, but do not apply directly to skin, use a thin towel. May take over-the-counter ibuprofen, or Tylenol as needed. Warm, moist heat to gently stretch the muscle and icing after stretching if sore.

Mark Burt M.D.

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