Anyone ever torn a muscle?

I have what is apparently a grade II strain of my right quadriceps. There are only three grades: grade I is mild and doesn't cause much if any loss of strength, and grade III is where the muscle is completely torn in half. Grade II is in the middle.

It happened during a softball game last Thursday. It had started to hurt the first time I got on base when I was running from first to second, but the second time I ran it started just killing me right away. I was just going to run through it, but then about halfway down the baseline I lost probably 50% power in my right leg and sort of did a momentum-driven hobble to the bag. And it was my own fault. I'd worked legs at the gym on Tuesday morning, which apparently wasn't nearly enough time to recover. For some reason I tend not to think of softball as a running-intensive sport, but it certainly is.

Anyways, it had felt a lot better since that night, and I thought maybe I hadn't hurt it as badly as it had initially seemed. But then I went to practice tonight and the first ball I went after started it up again. So I'm wondering how long I'm going to be out. The night it happened, as I was trying to fall asleep I'd think about running and feel really anxious. I'm afraid I'm going to reinjure myself the next time I play. I do have three weeks until our next game, since I'm going home this week and then our team has a week off. I just hate being injured and I haven't been injured much so I don't know what to expect with this.

I tore my achilles tendon a few years ago and it hurt like a #()@*$)(*. It took forever to heal too - there really wasn't much they could do, I just had to ice it when I was in a lot of pain.

I tore my achilles tendon a few years ago and it hurt like a #()@*$)(*. It took forever to heal too - there really wasn't much they could do, I just had to ice it when I was in a lot of pain.

I did that to they put a walker boot on me for about 4 weeks and ice. Yep molly it hurt BAD. now i have popping hehe

Tendon is different from muscle...tendon takes a lot longer to heal because there's no blood or oxygen to facilitate healing time.

Panther, the best thing I can suggest from when I tore my gastrocnemius tendon and muscle, is bind it up TIGHTLY, as tight as you can stand without cutting off circulation, and unless the dr gave you specific exercises to do, stay off it as much as possible. The problem is that it's a huge muscle mass, responsible for a lot of pounds per thrust, and if it's already torn even a third of the way, that means that the rest is responsible for the lion's share of support, and it's simply not designed to bear it all. In other words, you have to be very careful you don't rip it even further. In fact, if the dr gave you some pain killers I would hesitate taking them unless you are in pain even resting. The reason is because they can give you the false sensation that things are fine, when they really aren't, and you can end up doing even more damage.

To help speed things up, take CoQ10 and Omega 3 fish oils. CoQ10 is amazing for smooth muscle and connective tissue, but really helps all muscle. I take 100 - 200 mg per day because I tear tendons/muscles easily, and it's amazing. Omega 3 is great just for overall healing and maintenance...let's just say it lubes you up :) Another thing CoQ10 is great for is stiffness...if you take it before you play, then that night, you honestly won't feel a thing.

They said when i tore my tendon I would have been better off breaking it. Now i have popping constantly even with exercise. Hurts sometimes and aches like mad

I haven't gone to the doctor and don't know exactly how bad it was torn. It's been three weeks, and it's been sort of uncomfortable off and on. Last week I was out doing fieldwork, which involves a lot of hiking, pulling around a cart full of equipment, and that sort of thing. Not exactly great for resting, but if I can do it I have to. So last night I had my first softball game since the accident and it started hurting again on my first at bat. ****. It's just running that's a problem, really. I can walk and jog just fine, although today it's bothering me again, which it hadn't in several days.

I haven't gone to the doctor and don't know exactly how bad it was torn. It's been three weeks, and it's been sort of uncomfortable off and on. Last week I was out doing fieldwork, which involves a lot of hiking, pulling around a cart full of equipment, and that sort of thing. Not exactly great for resting, but if I can do it I have to. So last night I had my first softball game since the accident and it started hurting again on my first at bat. ****. It's just running that's a problem, really. I can walk and jog just fine, although today it's bothering me again, which it hadn't in several days.

Right, and the more you walk/run on it, the longer it will take to heal. Bind it well, ice/heat, and REST. And don't think about what you can get away with, because even if you manage to do something without seemingly aggravating it, you're still weakening it. I say bind it because muscles when hurt love being compressed (that's why massage feels so good!) It also keeps the torn bits together to facilitate healing and reknitting. Ice and heat, which ever feels better. When I tore my gastroc ice was my best friend initially, and later heat to get blood to the area.

And again, CoQ10. I really can't stress that enough. Let me give you an example of how amazingly good this stuff is. As I mentioned before, I have very brittle tendons, and have gotten very good at monitoring how close to the edge they are. Repetitive motion when done incorrectly can tear them, even if I haven't done the motion in ages. I took ballet for years as a kid, and the other day I stood on my tiptoes to reach something in the cupboard. I could feel my gastrocnemius quickly reaching its breaking point. It was then I realized I hadn't taken my CoQ10 in a few days. I took some that day, and the next, and reached up to grab the same item in the cupboard, same action, and felt nothing, not even a pull. People never hesitate to stress the importance of calcium and phosphorous as we age for bone health, but to be honest, muscles and tendons take a beating too. I swear I would be almost lame without this stuff.

I tore the muscles in my right shoulder a few years back and had to go through electro-therapy for about 3 months. That was about 8 years ago? I think. My shoulder still acts up when I do any real heavy lifting. I usually just ice it and it feels better. Ice and motrin.