The use of the cicatricial acceleration method - m.a.c® - in a muscle injury adductor grade 3: Case Report

This study presents a rare case of accelerated rehabilitation through the use of the Scar Acceleration Method (M.A.C ®) in a high-performance athlete, a professional football player from the Brazilian Serie A Championship, after suffering a grade 3 muscular injury (according to the Munich consensus). This case report describes a patient who presented with grade 3 injury to the long adductor muscle, where M.A.C ® was employed as a treatment method. Regular monitoring of the muscle's morphological evolution was conducted through ultrasonography.Muscular injuries pose a significant challenge for players and clubs, accounting for almost one-third of all time-loss injuries in male professional football. Given this information, it is pertinent to investigate strategies aimed at accelerating the muscular healing process, in order to reduce rehabilitation time and, consequently, minimize the impact of these injuries on the performance and career of athletes.The use of M.A.C ® has proven to be an effective treatment in accelerating muscle healing/rehabilitation in high-performance athletes such as soccer players. It is important to share this methodology with the scientific community to encourage further studies and improve clinical practices in muscle injuries.