Unfortunately, these fibers don't go away after the muscles have healed.

Tony could feel the vigour returning to his body as bone and muscle gradually healed.

In most cases, the muscle will heal over time with no corrective surgery.

"I'm not a medical expert, but I think all the muscles around the groin have healed, and I'll recover pretty quickly."

A little trickle of blood showed where the skin had torn slightly, but the muscles and flesh had healed together.

Given adequate time and rest, most sprained joints or strained muscles will heal themselves.

"We took the other approach and tried to block fibrosis and found that ultimately the muscle healed completely."

The back muscles can usually heal themselves within a couple of weeks, but the pain can be intense and debilitating.

First, the arm is immobilized so that the muscle can heal.

Torn muscles had healed and the legions became stronger on the march, their heads rising.