Conduite à tenir devant une lésion musculaire du sportif

Summary: In front of a muscle injury, first thing must imperatively be interrogation and complete physical examination that will mostly be followed by ultrasound. The treatment is based on fight against deficiencies (pain, shortening of articular amplitudes, decrease of muscle strength) and on restoration of proprioception and stability qualities. The notion of “directed traction” and muscle strengthening is essential because only that will allow a good healing. Rehabilitation principles are globally the same whatever the injury''s seriousness is, the only variations are exercises delays and intensity. Indeed, in every case, rehabilitation will be always adapted to physical examination and will respect pain threshold. The duration of sport rest is in general 1 week for a minor injury and until 6 weeks for a serious one but in certain cases, these delays could be lengthened. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]