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Does anyone ever have problme with their quad muscle on their jumping-swinging leg?

Ive had a problme off and on with mine but sometimes it goes away and then randomly comes back. I cant figure out what is causing it.

To start with I thought It was only from jumping or the muscle getting stretched too much when I was swinging my trail leg. Because about two weeks ago It started to hurt again while I was vaulting and then was really stiff the days after. Then I vaulted one week later and It felt fine while I was vaulting, but was just really tight and sore the next few days. Did some running work outs every other day and then vaulted yesterday. It did not bother me any while I was vaulting, But then again this morning I woke up and it was really tight and hurts to stretch (like a leg curl).

The only diffrence from last time this happend was that last time it hurt to straighten and curl my leg and only hurt while I was vaulting. Now It doesnt hurt while vaulting, but hurts all day.

Sounds like a light strain. I had that problem my junior year and i ignored it, ended up needing 6 weeks off.

The key is just stretching it. Not stretching it 30seconds once a day.... morelike 45 seconds 2, 3, 4 times a day if necessary. Then you need a proper warm up and cool down every time you train. If it doesnt hurt some days but does on others, start by stretching it a ton for a few days on top of your workouts. Just see what happens and how it feels. If it gets worse, stop your sprinting and jog while stretching until it gets back to normal. Then come back into it slowly.

I had the same problem. As well as several other guys I know. We were told its becuz we ignored training our hamstrings as much as our quads. You quads and hams should be of similar strength. If u can left 40 plus lbs more with your quad ext compared to leg curls then your quads are compensating for your hams and will cause serious strain. Once I got my hams caught up with my quads the pain just went away and I haven't had a problem since

I 100% agree with vault3rb0y. A good take-off is brutal on the quad muscle of your jumping leg. Good quad stretching is all you need. Multiple times a day. It'll be fine within a week as long as it's not too bad. I tore my quad a few years back and it took about 6 months. That's extreme since I kept pushing it and not stretching it properly. Stupid to say the least.

Yes, quads and hams should be about the same strength and technically, the ham is supposed to be a bit stronger. Unless all you do is leg extensions, it's pretty hard to throw off the quad/ham strength enough to really cause you quads to be that much out of balance from your ham strength.