One of the most common injuries we all face is a muscle tear. The muscles of your body are connected to one another and can become disconnected from each other, which can cause an injury. Most people just take this as no big deal because they don’t know how to treat it or what they should do about it. Even though I have seen many videos online on YouTube about things like that I didn’t understand, sometimes it isn’t that simple to figure out. However, I’ve learned a few very important things and they may help many others with their muscle tears. My goal was to make you aware or at least help your understanding of two simple steps to recovering ripped muscles. After the training I did before my muscle tear, my body still hurt. It took me some time though to get used to it, but after about a week of soreness, I could stand up and walk around without having to sit in pain for long periods of time. When the day came for the surgery, I made sure I wanted to see myself out being able to run and lift heavy weights again as soon as possible. This was such a big turning point for me and really showed me how much work went into making my body whole again. My recovery from the surgery was not the same as usual, but it was much better than I ever thought possible before. My goal was not only to make it easier to walk around, but also to build back my strength to be able to run and lift as well as I could. As a result of this muscle tear, I noticed that I could easily be hit by cars at night because of the fact that there wasn’t any support and my knees would give way all at once. But luckily enough, for me, the muscle tear completely healed, so if the damage was to be done over time, it wouldn’t affect me as much. In terms of strength, I felt my calves become weaker which was pretty normal since I worked out every day, but when the workout got harder, they were more likely to snap since they weren’t properly supported yet, which led to them snapping as well. It took me a little while longer to accept this because I’m used to feeling stronger muscles, so taking a lot of time off and healing the wrong things I did wrong, especially now I had to move around a lot because of my injuries didn’t feel good at first, but the muscle tear healed quickly. Eventually after a couple days, I was able to start lifting weights since my knee pain wasn’t as bad anymore. At least it wasn’t as painless as usual, but I only started lifting the heavier ones so far, but even then I couldn’t seem to put it together on one day. But, I worked hard to build up my chest and triceps, and to add some more muscle and strength in my calves, which did eventually lead me to doing heavy leg presses too. That was quite easy once I figured out the different exercises I had been doing wrong. Also, instead of using machines, my dumbbells were my best friend since I could control how much weight I used, and to make them work hard, I had to make sure I focused on putting as much force on my legs as possible. I knew I needed to focus on strengthening my quads, glutes, hip flexors, hamstrings, and calves. A big part of doing this was to keep a close eye on how much muscle I had, and how I was holding those muscles. For example, I didn’t think that working on the upper body would make my calf muscle stronger unless I started focusing on putting a lot of muscle on my thigh muscles and butt. So, instead of thinking that having my calves would help develop stronger calf muscles I thought it would help me improve on my overall strength. I was actually doing really great at that so I tried to keep pushing on and try not to feel nervous. While I was resting after doing cardio, I was sleeping a bit instead of resting and trying to relax before going back into the gym.
After my second set, which was much smaller and lighter than the last, I realized that my calves weren’t as skinny to begin with. They were so thick in places where I thought they should be thickest since they have high amounts of protein and the fat cells didn’t look like they fit into that area, or they weren’t dense enough with the muscles that are necessary. Instead of feeling disappointed, I kept reminding myself that the muscle tears were just a temporary setback and that it wouldn’t have any real negative effects if it lasted longer. For me, knowing that I would get better over time allowed me to focus on getting better and working out harder and faster than before the tear. If it hadn’t, I wouldn’t have pushed myself as hard and worked as hard because of the fact that it meant that I would get better. All of us know someone who has had something happen to them and now they have a new injury and they get better over time despite it. So, if you are looking for ways to get better on a regular basis and aren’t ready to be fixed immediately, keep pushing yourself and don’t let it discourage you. You will find that it works out just fine the longer you push it.
