pull a muscle
strain a muscle

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

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

I pulled a muscle in my leg playing football yesterday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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