Hi
I was doing a few sprints on wednesday night and felt the dreaded sharp pain in one hamstring so I stopped and walked home slowly. Sadly my regular physio is away for a couple of weeks and I was not impressed by the other one near me so I cant see a professional for a litle while.
Since the injury I have iced it a couple of times yesterday and today.
Yesterday my walking was a little off, but today its pretty much back to normal and minimal soreness. Though if I bend forward seated I feel it a little (but not pain). I have no brusing at all.
What it best until I can see a physio? My plan is to totally rest for another few days, then do some gentle curls each day against a yellow theraband to try and start it working again, I will stop if any pain of course.
Does anybody have any advice they can offer? would it be okay to jog in a week if no discomfort with simple exercises?
I dont want to make it worse, but hate the thought of losing fitness that I have built up this year.
Thanks
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No track and no hills until pain free. Training on the flat is fine but no speedwork.
If you have hamstring problems then it depends where in the hamstring is injured.
A muscle strain, typically in the middle, heals quicker than an tendon injury where the muscles is attached which can take a long time to recover.
To have a very good warm up, with dynamic work is a must for sprints. If you have ongoing hamstring problems a slow build up avoiding very fast stuff is helpful.
Sometimes hamstring problems are a result of poor glute activation. Some exercises can be helpful to get them firing well.
HTH x