"minor strain" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a slight physical injury, such as a pulled muscle or pulled ligament, or a slight mental or emotional hardship. For example: "After running the marathon, I experienced some minor strain in my hamstring."
Campbell, who missed today's practice with what the Giants called a minor strain of his left hamstring, understands all this.
I had to do a memory exercise and earned £30. My boyfriend was given a minor strain of malaria.
Barritt's thinking might have been affected by the loss of Owen Farrell, who handed over place-kicking duties to Alex Goode in the second half because of a minor strain in his quad, which will be monitored.
"I spoke with Jorge and he told me he'd suffered a minor strain and that he most likely won't play against Switzerland," Daniela Aranguiz told Chilean state television in Santiago.
INSIDE PITCH Mets right fielder MATT LAWTON left the game in the sixth inning with a minor strain in his left hamstring.... Manager BOBBY VALENTINE, who has consistently supported GLENDON RUSCH and rejected the idea of removing him from the rotation, hinted he might skip Rusch's next turn Wednesday in Montreal.
However, while the player was initially optimistic he had suffered only a minor strain and would be sidelined for a couple of weeks, it is understood that the injury is a minor tear and he is likely to be out for up to a month.
After all, most yoga injuries tend to be minor — strains and sprains.
England, meanwhile, received the customary August rash of doctors' notes excusing players from national duty on the basis of minor strains or tweaks.
The critical major and minor strains are plotted to construct the forming limit curve (FLC).
Similar to the forming limit diagram, the defect diagram is constructed using the critical major and minor strains at which defects occur in various deformation modes.
After bulge tests, the major and minor strains of the grids beside the bursting line on the tube surface are measured to construct the forming limit diagram of the tubes.
