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He let go but not before pulling a muscle in his lower back.

The risk of pulling a muscle in that temperature is too high.

I pulled a muscle in my leg playing football yesterday.

This other time, I was scrubbing the kitchen floor and pulled a muscle in my side.

He pulled a muscle during the initial reaction, but otherwise he's feeling fine.

Just when you're primed for the biggest race of your life, you pull a muscle.

"Let me get settled first; you'll pull a muscle in your neck doing it that way."

"This isn't like I pulled a muscle or had a bad day," he said.

Stanton pulled a muscle in his back chasing the ball and had to leave the game.

"And then I pulled a muscle in my rib cage.

Lately it was more like an ache - as if she had pulled a muscle, but all over her legs.

At the 1988 games she pulled a muscle midway through the final and limped over the line in 8th place.

He wouldn't risk pulling a muscle or getting any injury this close to the competition.

She'd given me an elastic thing and some pills, after I pulled a muscle working on the roof.

If you pull a muscle and get into that chair, boy, it will really work it out good.

It hit a side window and I pulled a muscle in my neck wrenching around to see what was about to eat me.

A pitcher can pull a muscle while practicing his bunting.

"My wife pulled a muscle over our last jump.

He missed the club's training but team official said he pulled a muscle.

Sierra pulled a muscle in his left rib cage during batting practice.

It tends to go on strike by pulling a muscle or twisting a joint.

Provided Stile did not overextend himself and pull a muscle.

Chavez missed a follow-up right to the body, and doctors said that was when he might have pulled a muscle in his shoulder.

Wesley whipped his head around so quickly he pulled a muscle in his neck.

He laughed so hard, he almost pulled a muscle.

Montgomery strained a muscle running before the first full practice.

"We can participate in sports with no concern about straining a muscle."

"With the light gravity it's hard to imagine anyone straining a muscle."

You can strain a muscle with an unexpected pull or twist.

When your back tightens up, you are more likely to pull or strain a muscle.

He strained a muscle on his left side in the first inning, and pitching through the pain did not help.

He also strained a muscle in his lower leg.

This is especially true on cold days when you are more likely to pull or strain a muscle,' says Nigel.

"But you never strained a muscle stretching for him."

He strained a muscle in his left side Friday and was placed on the disabled list yesterday.

First, he strained a muscle, then teammates made fun of him dropping kicks.

Running out a ground ball to end the second inning, he strained a muscle in his upper thigh.

He thought he had strained a muscle, but it didn't go away.

Pujols, though, strained a muscle in June and missed 15 games.

Find someone who has strained a muscle.

Pettitte said the Yankees believe he might have strained a muscle in his back.

McDermott pitched seven innings as a sophomore and strained a muscle in his shoulder trying to do both jobs.

Lifting Ezratah around perhaps, though how could you strain a muscle using magic?

Capriati strained a muscle near her right hip and lower back while practicing earlier in the day.

Martinez, 41, strained a muscle in the right elbow-forearm area on his first pitch of the fourth inning.

He once strained a muscle while vomiting.

Robinson, the 7-foot-1-inch center, strained a muscle in his lower back while scoring a rebound basket and left the game with 2:59 left.

The right-hander gave up four hits before straining a muscle in his left side on his second pitch of the sixth.

If you sprain or strain a muscle or joint, first ice it for 20-minute intervals until the swelling goes down.

But he was unable to compete in the final as he had strained a muscle at the finish of his semi-final heat.