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Hamstring Issues

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Fingolfin269

Fingolfin269

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Any of you guys have issues with your hamstrings? I did something to mine in the left leg about a year ago in a 1/2 marathon and hasn't really been the same since. Have done a few 1/2s and a full since then and still have some trouble with it.

Under the suggestion of an ortho, I decided to add some weight training back in a few weeks ago to help strengthen the area. Lucky me... I managed to pop it again two days ago. I don't think it's a tear because there isn't really any pain but I'm taking it easy with some ice/compression/elevation and plan to do some bike work tomorrow just to kind of ease back into it.

Long story short... anyone else have what seems to be a chronic hamstring issue? What did you do to solve it? If not solved, what did you do to basically deal with it?
 
Yep. High on the hamstring at the glute. This or similar. It was well more than a year and maybe 2. Rested, finally went to a PT with no results. Always felt that if I could get someone to break up the adhesions it would get better. Just like the tendonitis I used to get in my forearms. Found a deep tissue massage person that worked it out.... with her elbow. That was a year ago and I'm still good. She also introduced me to my IT bands...ouch.
 
I used to pull my hammies every single year. Literally every year since freshman year of high school, up until I was about 25. I haven't fully pulled them yet, but they definitely get very tender and strain easily.

What I'm doing now is pretty much just common sense. I'm stretching them statically quite a bit (but never before a work out, I think that's key), and doing heavy squat, hip thrust, and dead lift. I started doing dynamic stretching only, prior to sports. I think the stopping of static stretches in favor of these, has helped a lot in conjunction with really strengthening up the area.

I'll try to foam roll them when possible, but I feel that it's not as useful for hammies for me personally. Maybe a deep tissue could help me, too.
 
z1ggy said:
I'll try to foam roll them when possible, but I feel that it's not as useful for hammies for me personally. Maybe a deep tissue could help me, too.
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One of the things she did was have me pull my knee to the opposite side chest, straighten my leg. Then she used her elbow to grind the tissue against the sits bone area. It would have been a bad day if she slipped.
 
highland145 said:
One of the things she did was have me pull my knee to the opposite side chest, straighten my leg. Then she used her elbow to grind the tissue against the sits bone area. It would have been a bad day if she slipped.
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ART/some other form of myofascial release. Works wonders for runners.

From what various PT's have told me, once you have hammy issues they don't ever really go away. You can strengthen up the weak areas but it could be something that never goes away. Go see a decent PT and get worked up.
 
RagingBITCH said:
ART/some other form of myofascial release. Works wonders for runners.

From what various PT's have told me, once you have hammy issues they don't ever really go away. You can strengthen up the weak areas but it could be something that never goes away. Go see a decent PT and get worked up.
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I think that really goes for any significant muscle/tendon/ligament tear though, not just specifically hammies, although it's probably more common to reinjure since people use them so much for explosive movement.

I may need to look into this because I'm lifting heavy legs 2x a week, plus playing hockey up to 3x a week. My hammies are suuuuper tight this week. Almost pulled my left one the other day doing a mild sprint.
 
I think the hardest part about this right now is trying to take it easy for a few days. I'm on day 3 and still experiencing some tightness and mild pain. Tried to gently stretch this morning but didn't feel right so going to hold off and just hop on a stationary bike with minimal to no resistance for a bit tonight just to see how it reacts.

Thanks for the reminder on the foam roller. I've been meaning to buy one anyway so went ahead and ordered one for delivery tomorrow.
 
They are telling you they were too weak. Once I had a minor pull overloading on a 225 squat in my noob days. Now I'm squatting over twice that and haven't had a pull since getting stronger at a slower pace.

Try gradually strengthening them with leg curls and squats. Also, heavy Hungarian core blaster.
 
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