With the perfect conclusion of the Asian Winter Games, national fitness has set off another boom, more and more people are engaged in sports, but the accompanying problem of sports injuries is also becoming more and more prominent. Among all sports injuries, muscle injuries are the most common, and improper rehabilitation may lead to muscle re-injury.
So what can we do to prevent muscle injury or reduce the risk of injury recurrence?
Why do you get muscle damage?
In terms of the mechanism of occurrence, there are two main types of muscle injuries in sports training: direct and indirect, and common types include strains, sprains and contusions.
Direct injuries are usually caused when the muscle is subjected to a force that exceeds its tolerance limit during active contraction, such as contusion, due to direct external forces or over-exertion.
Indirect injuries, on the other hand, are caused by overstretching, twisting, or loading of the muscle during exercise, resulting in a tear or strain of the tissue, typically seen at the point where the muscle belly meets the tendon. Muscle strains and sprains many times fall into the category of indirect injuries.
In addition, during exercise, muscles need a lot of energy to maintain diastole and contraction, and the continuous consumption of energy substances will lead to accelerated fatty acid oxidation metabolism, if the metabolic waste is difficult to be removed in a timely manner, it will cause changes in the environment of the muscle tissue, and is easy to trigger inflammatory reactions, increasing the risk of injury.
How can I prevent muscle injuries?
In order to avoid muscle injury, we can pay attention to several aspects, such as:
Before exercising, warm up adequately and check that your sports equipment is suitable and in good condition.
When exercising, reasonably arrange the intensity and time of exercise according to your physical condition and exercise ability, and follow the principle of gradual progress.
After your workout, perform 10-15 minutes of static stretching to help relax your muscles.
Red light is widely used for muscle injury and sports recovery
It is worth mentioning that, in order to alleviate the symptoms of muscle injury and accelerate the recovery of athletic ability, in recent years, red light phototherapy has been widely used in the treatment of muscle injury with the advantages of non-invasive, painless, safe and comfortable, and light-emitting diode therapy (LEDT) is a commonly used phototherapy instrument in rehabilitation or sports medicine centers.
A number of authoritative clinical studies have proved that when irradiated with red light, the growth rate of fibroblasts and muscle cells is increased by 5 times, and it can increase the production of ATP and accelerate the metabolic process of the cells, thus accelerating the removal of metabolic wastes and promoting muscle repair and regeneration.
Meanwhile, more studies have found that red light irradiation treatment can significantly reduce oxidative stress during muscle healing, thus relieving pain and muscle spasms, promoting the subsidence of swelling, reducing the formation of scarring, and preventing complications to a certain extent.
The MERICAN health cabin based on red light therapy combines a variety of specific wavelengths to produce a biological effect on the whole body. This effect helps to promote blood circulation, accelerate the discharge of metabolic wastes such as lactic acid and effectively regulate the inflammatory process, playing an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and decongestive role, thus relieving muscle pain and fatigue and other related symptoms, and thus maintaining the normal function of the muscles and promoting muscle repair.
At the same time it can adjust different light energy prescriptions and dosages according to the user’s different therapeutic needs, customizing a personalized and diversified sports rehabilitation program.
Muscle health is closely related to our quality of life and sports experience, so relieving muscle discomfort and reducing the risk of injury cannot be ignored. May we all have strong muscles and enjoy the joy of exercise!
