STRAINS
Most common cause of leg pain caused by over stretching. This generally results in the muscle going into spasm to protect itself. Symptoms are normally brief causing a sharp pain and feeling of tightness.
TEARS
Caused by stretching beyond the muscle's elastic limit, or over contraction. Tears are very painful giving a pain that feels like you've been shot and generally leave you unable to walk. Tears generally result in bruising.
TWISTING/JARRING
This will result in a distorting of the musculature involved. Re-balancing will be necessary to regain full function of the system.
TREATMENT
Remedial Massage treatments include: Neuromuscular trigger point therapy, deep tissue massage and specific stretching will rebalance the system. These therapies are also useful for treating minor joint injuries.