| What are pulled chest muscle symptoms? In order to | | | | muscles take too much damage it results in tendon |
| discuss symptoms of chest injuries, lets first classify | | | | tearing. Pulled muscle symptoms in the tendon take |
| the phrase;"pulled a muscle in my chest". Pulling a | | | | place often at the Musculo-tendinous junction. This is |
| muscle is not quite a true reflection of what is | | | | where the bicep, deltoids and pectoral tendons come |
| happening to your chest. You either have a tight | | | | together. Any injury here will produce symptoms such |
| muscle or you tear it. Pulled chest muscle symptoms | | | | as extreme pain on active movement and pain and |
| will either refer to a muscular injury or the dreaded | | | | restriction on passive movements. |
| tendon injury. There can be various reasons why the | | | | Once you experience these symptoms you will have |
| muscle in the chest has been pulled. One of the main | | | | to bring to a halt all training in that area. Ice the injury, |
| reasons for a pulled muscle is that it has been over | | | | get lots of rest, use anti-inflammatories and get graded |
| strained during a workout. | | | | exercises and stretching routines from a |
| Let's take a much more detailed look at chest | | | | physiotherapist. Any further injuries to this area in this |
| symptoms. Let us use the example that you train your | | | | stage will result in pectoral tendinitis. This is indicative of |
| chest with bench presses. What will happen is the | | | | symptoms in which there is tremendous swelling of the |
| muscle will incur micro tears in the muscle fibers. You | | | | tendon. Extra damage will result in Pectoral |
| will tend to land up in varying degrees of tenderness, | | | | Tendinopathy. This will put you out of training for a |
| pain, tightness and possibly swelling. These are | | | | couple of months! Remember also that a strain |
| symptoms that are not anything to worry about. You | | | | pectoral muscle will activate the deltoids and biceps to |
| would relate these pulled chest muscle symptoms with | | | | come to the pectorals aid. The minor muscles |
| a regular intense workout. This is quite normal and | | | | compensating for major muscles results in muscular |
| should subside in one or two days. | | | | imbalance, which WILL create injuries to your shoulders |
| Your real concerns should start when more serious | | | | and particularly your neck. |
| pulled chest muscle symptoms occur. Before I tell what | | | | All of these muscle symptoms can be avoided. All |
| they are let me give you a frequent scenario that | | | | these injuries and loss of training time can be solved |
| happens often. People usually continue to train on the | | | | by one major thing. CORRECT EXECUTION OF |
| sore muscle, ignoring any muscle symptoms, and | | | | EXERCISES. |
| produces even more damage. When over trained | | | | |