How long for a soft tissue injury to heal?
Question:
If it's a soft tissue injury should it not be better by now? How long does it usually take for these things?
Answers:
My Mum's old adage is that anything bruised will take 10 days - don't look for any improvement before then. If it's a biggie (bruised rib, rather than bruised tissue) it will take longer. It also depends on the depth of the muscle and exactly which one you've injured - if it's a small muscle a couple of weeks would be fine, but if it's one of the deeper muscles it could even take months.
Try Arnica - you can buy it in a cream that you rub on, or as little pillules that you swallow. It's a homeopathic remedy, but they have it in most pharmacies now, and it helps to reduce bruising.
If after about 2 weeks it feels as painful as it did to begin with (bearing in mind that the longer you are in pain the worse it feels as it wears down your resistance), then go to your Doctor again for a check-up, or even take yourself to A&E for an x-ray if you're really worried.
I think it's only suppose to take a few weeks.
When I was playing football I volleyed a ball and my foot just started to hurt with severe pain id thought I had broken a bone in it and that was a soft tissue I couldnt even put a pair of trainers on without takng the laces off it took about 3-4 weeks to heal properly
I had this in my hand and it took a few weeks to heal completely.
If you think about how often your ribs move, you realise that they don't get the chance to rest like other parts of the body. It will also depend on the severity of the injury.
How does yor doctor know nothing has been broken, did you have an x-ray?
Although it obviously still hurts, if you have to cough don't stop it as you can end up with a chest infection from not clearing your lungs.
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It can take a few weeks for this kind of injury. to speed up the healing try cold wraps take a look at this site www.hotwaterbottles.net/coldpa... Hope this info helps and get well soon.
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