Actually both of these variants of injuries are ruptures in the soft tissue, for example in muscles, and in medical terminology we only use the word rupture, but the injuries are divided into partial and total ruptures.
The word rupture actually involves damage to basically all soft tissues, including injuries to meniscus, muscles, ligaments and tendons. But what we usually mean by the above terms, “pull a muscle” or smaller “stretch injury”, is a larger partial rupture or a smaller partial rupture, but in both cases muscle fibers are torn. The only question is how much is the damage, how many fibers are involved?
This is also crucial for knowing how rapid the rehabilitation and healing process can be. This process however can be very different between people, depending on age, fitness, and individual differences. The rehabilitation is therefor always individual and the load of the exercises is increased after how the patient is responding.
After the acute phase you should generally begin by activating the muscle statically (ie, just contract the muscle), but without load to be able to control the tension in the muscle. This type of activation is gentle on the tissue and will help the muscle fibers in their guiding into a neat order, running parallel with the other fibers. The danger of pushing too quickly is that the fiber scheme will be disturbed and the inflammation becomes more prolonged.
My advice is to take care of the injury as good as possible during the acute phase, and then consult with medical personnel as soon as possible. But if you fail to get an appointment until after a week, which is not uncommon in Sweden by any case, you can begin with static exercises to start the process or rehabilitation.
Stay well!
Shirin Zarur
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