I posted this in another forum, but I think it’s more appropriate here.
I have a question for all of you who’ve had hamstring injuries: What did these injuries feel like, exactly? Where precisely was the pain located?
I have sudden, inexplicable pain in an area that feels like the lower to mid-part of my glute (mostly on the left side). It seemed to worsen suddenly while deadlifting one day. It wasn’t a pop and I didn’t fall to the ground or anything. The pain just sort of came on within a few minutes of what I believe to have been the offending lift.
Since then, I cannot do regular deadlifts, Romanian deads, leg curls or good morning exercises because of the sharp pain. When I bend over to do toe-touching hamstring stretches, it hurts. A lot.
Is this a classic hamstring tear or injury? What is the most effective recovery from this?
This injury is new to me. When someone says they tore their hamstring while sprinting, I’d like to know EXACTLY where the pain is you’re referring to. I’ve always thought of the hamstring as the muscle along the back of the leg. But,my pain feels like it’s way up in the lower glute area. I think this is where the hamstring muscles attach.
Any guidance would be appreciated on what hamstring injuries feel like and where along the leg they usually occur (i.e., in the glute area - in the middle - down by the knee???). Thanks!!!
Might be a herniated disk pressing on a nerve Herniated disks don’t always cause complete debilitation - some people (the majority,actually) don’t even know when they’ve got a herniated disk. There may never be any back pain, but the pressure on the nerve root can manifest as pain further down the glute, the hip and even down into the leg depending on between which vertebrae it is.
You won’t really know unless you get an MRI.
Might be a strain in one of the muscles that lie underneath the gluteus maximus (piriformis, etc).
Hamstrings go from the back of the knee to the bottom of the hip bone. What you’ve described doesn’t sound like a hamstring injury. If it were a hamstring injury, I think you would have known immediately.
[quote]deltaname wrote:
I posted this in another forum, but I think it’s more appropriate here.
I have a question for all of you who’ve had hamstring injuries: What did these injuries feel like, exactly? Where precisely was the pain located?
I have sudden, inexplicable pain in an area that feels like the lower to mid-part of my glute (mostly on the left side). It seemed to worsen suddenly while deadlifting one day. It wasn’t a pop and I didn’t fall to the ground or anything. The pain just sort of came on within a few minutes of what I believe to have been the offending lift.
Since then, I cannot do regular deadlifts, Romanian deads, leg curls or good morning exercises because of the sharp pain. When I bend over to do toe-touching hamstring stretches, it hurts. A lot.
Is this a classic hamstring tear or injury? What is the most effective recovery from this?
This injury is new to me. When someone says they tore their hamstring while sprinting, I’d like to know EXACTLY where the pain is you’re referring to. I’ve always thought of the hamstring as the muscle along the back of the leg. But,my pain feels like it’s way up in the lower glute area. I think this is where the hamstring muscles attach.
Any guidance would be appreciated on what hamstring injuries feel like and where along the leg they usually occur (i.e., in the glute area - in the middle - down by the knee???). Thanks!!![/quote]
I tore a hammy or glute a long time ago maxing on back squats. i felt it in my butt cheek. i could barely walk when/after it happened. also had a huge bruise for what seemed like weeks. unfortunately it occasionally still creeps into my mind when doing back squats.
It’s the Hamstring Tendon. Give it a rest a couple of weeks then begin light negatives and slowly build up until you’re doing negatives with a good amount of weight pain free.
Don’t do any sprinting. You don’t want to detach that sucker.
Not the hamstring tendons, but you are right it is where the 3 hamstrings originate. Seeing a doc would be a good idea if things don’t get better quickly. Could be a lot of different things or something that won’t heal on its own.
EDIT - the pic’s a little small. Google or wiki “ischial tuberosity” if you want a better location.
What’s the best rehab for this? I have never hurt mine but guys on my football team have and ask me about it all the time.
I told them to R.I.C.E. it with the stipulation that I have never hurt mine and other than easy stretching and ice wouldn’t do anything else until it recovers.
I pulled (slightly) my right ham yesterday morning running sprints. I really wanted to add sprints to my routine but they don’t seem to be worth it from a risk perspective.
Can anyone comment on sprinting and the risk/reward of them?
The BEST rehab is RICE for only 24-72 hours, depending on how bad the tear is.
Completely resting and coming back sprinting or doing the same exercise, almost guarentees pulling it again for me and others I know.
The best way to attack it I found is the stiff legged deadlift/leg curl combo. That way you don’t have to stretch, the deadlift will take care of it, if you need more of a stretch do it off a platform. Build up slow in weight, as it’s not the weight thats important as much as the movements and strength gained.
To keep it from happening during a sprint you have to mix up slower runs and top speed runs.
Also leg swings every now and then so your leg is used to having to stretch at a faster pace.
When it comes to running up hill, someone else said your knee is bent. Which is basically the reason why, if your leg was out more it would stetch it more. Figureing your kicking your knee out with alot of force then stretching it makes it easier to tear. Bending your knee more shortens your stride. When people sprint on now incline they tend to kick out more and try to lengthen their stride.
[quote]Wilba wrote:
I pulled (slightly) my right ham yesterday morning running sprints. I really wanted to add sprints to my routine but they don’t seem to be worth it from a risk perspective.
Can anyone comment on sprinting and the risk/reward of them?[/quote]
The only time I pulled a hamstring, I felt a pop and there was noticeable bruising that showed up within a few hours and lasted for prob a week. Needless to say, I didn’t even consider sprinting for 3-4 months afterwards.
This is very interesting. The ischial tuberosity thing seems to be the closest to the pain I have. RICE is good, but the lower, inner butt area (location and associated muscles and fat) makes it a little difficult to ice the ischial tuberosity area and get good cold penetration. I’ll try, though.
I think it will take longer than a few weeks for this to subside. But, icing, NSAIDS and light negatives are what I’m doing next.
I tore my ham running to first base at a softball game. What did it feel like? A toothache, but gradually grew. I played the game like an ass and it steadily got worse.
RICE, is the correc.
Rehab, I was told to warm up the ham and stretch. Aside from the bands to stretch that I was using. I was told to do stiff leg deads w/ light weight. Worked well and if I wasn’t in such a big hurry and allowed my body to heal. I would have gotten my speed back along time ago.
I was fortunate this time. I was able to deadlift yesterday morning. I had to go light but not too bad so I’m confident I can pull a full load next week or the week after. My sligtht pull is low (close to the knee) and off center so it is not in the meaty part of the muscle.
I still want to add sprints to my routine for the spring and summer. I’ll post again if I grow the nads to do it.
