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muscle strain, treatment, leg strain, pulled muscle, a strain, a muscle becomes overstretched, tears, painful injury, a "pulled muscle", an accident, improper use of a muscle, overuse of a muscle, excessive physical activity, effort, improperly warming up, a physical activity, poor flexibility, pain, difficulty moving the injured muscle, discolored, bruised skin, swelling, apply ice immediately to reduce swelling, wrap the ice in cloth, avoid using ice directly on the skin, apply ice, 10 to 15 minutes every 1 hour, the first day, every 3 to 4 hours, use ice, the first 3 days, after, either heat, ice helpful, rest the pulled muscle, at least a day, keep the pulled muscle elevated, above the level, the heart, avoid using a strained muscle it is still painful, pain subsides, start activity slowly, in moderation, unable to move the muscle, injury is bleeding, call doctor pain, does not go away after several weeks, warm-up properly, exercise, sports, keep muscles strong, flexible, delee jc, drez, jr, d, miller md, eds, delee, drez's orthopaedic sports medicine, philadelphia, pa, saunders, frontera, wr, silver jk, eds, essentials of physical medicine, rehabilitation, 1st ed, philadelphia, pa, hanley & belfus, marx ja, hockberger rs, walls rm, eds, rosen's emergency medicine, concepts, clinical practice, 5th ed, mosby, 2002.