Soft tissue injury may occur during sports, repeated stressful activities or daily activities like sudden twist, stretch, wrong posture etc. Most commonly soft tissues injured are muscle, ligament and tendon.
Vivacare Advanced Physiotherapy and Pain Clinic provides an integrated and customized therapy for the management of all types of soft tissue injuries. Our therapists are trained in advanced therapies like Matrix Rhythm Therapy and Kinesiology Taping which are very effective in treatment and recovery of such injuries. Other effective therapies available in the clinic include Electrotherapy, Hot/Cold Therapy, Exercise Therapy, Advance Manipulative Therapy, specialized soft tissue release technique (MFR), postural balance and lymphatic drainage activation technique.
If pain, swelling or bruising is severe, or the area feels unstable or you can’t use it normally after 48–72 hours, get it assessed to guide safe, structured healing rather than guessing at home care.
Gentle, pain-guided movement is usually encouraged fairly early — prolonged complete rest can actually slow tissue healing and lead to stiffness.
A sprain involves a ligament (connecting bone to bone), while a strain involves a muscle or tendon (connecting muscle to bone) — the treatment principles overlap but the specific rehab differs.
Mild injuries can settle within 1–2 weeks, while more significant tears may take 6–8 weeks or longer to fully heal — your therapist will give you a realistic timeline based on the grade of injury.
Deep massage is usually best avoided in the first few days of an acute injury; gentle techniques are introduced once the initial inflammation has settled, under your therapist’s guidance.
They can if they aren’t rehabilitated fully — incomplete healing or scar tissue build-up can leave the area weaker and more prone to re-injury.
