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Muscle Strains Home Care: Warning Signs
Notify your doctor if you have muscle strains and any of the following:
  • Deformed muscle
  • Inability to move the joint near the muscle
  • Inability to move the muscle
  • Inability to walk
  • Muscle pain that does not improve after 3 days
  • Muscle weakness
  • Worsening muscle bruising
  • Worsening numbness and tingling
  • Worsening muscle pain
  • Worsening muscle swelling
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Last Updated: Nov 7, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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