HAMSTRING PULL! REGIONALS SOON!

[powerplant42]

So yesterday, like an idiot, I jumped on a hamstring that I had tweaked last Friday. Needless to say, I hurt it worse... much worse. I took 4 jumps at the county meet and no heighted because each time I would take-off and swing the back of my trail leg felt like it was on fire. So now I'm limping around wondering what I should do to get it better by as soon as this Thursday so that I can get at least a couple jumps at regionals to qualify for states. I'm going to begin an intense icing regimine and no running or anything for a few days. It hurts the most when I do that inverted hamstring stretch, bending over and raising the other leg straight up behind me. Any helpful ideas?

[Lax PV]

ICE ICE ICE.

Potentially ibuprofen to take down some of the swelling.

Pain is a pretty good indicator of things... if it hurts to stretch in a certain way, you probably shouldn't do it unless someone very qualified has reasons for you to do it..

[VaultMarq26]

DON'T stretch an Acute injury.....wrap it to keep the swelling down and to help when you compete. Wrap from the knee up as high as you can near the hip. Make sure it is tighter near the knee and relatively looser at top. THis helps keep the swelling from moving down the leg.

[Haverford123]

oh snap i had the same problem past couple weeks but after a about a week of epsom salt baths, light massages, those muscle pain creams/patches, a lot of rest it went away...

the CVS lady told me to ice first 24 hours and then use heat compresses for the following 24...

google was also a big help... hope it works out for ya

[VaultMarq26]

you need to Ice for 48-72 hours before you start heat or massage.

[rainbowgirl28]

and no running or anything for a few days.

Be active. You'll recover faster if you keep moving and keep blood moving through the muscle, the key is that it needs to be really low intensity and below the pain threshold. Start out with easy jogging. When you can do that relatively pain free, work up to easy buildups, keeping it slow enough that it doesn't hurt. Do very gentle dynamic stretches, like really easy leg swings, not swinging high enough to make it hurt, just enough that you feel it a little. Don't do any hard stretching.

Ice when you are done with the workout.

[powerplant42]

Ok, so all these things really helped, then I did some light jumping today and things were going pretty well, until I got onto a little stiffer pole than what I was using all that practice... now it's pulled again and I can barely walk correctly. Anybody have any witchdoctor knowledge or miracle cure that saved them?

[VaultPurple]

i did the same with my quad befor regionals


so i only jumped once a week and spent every day doing 5min intervals on a stationalry bike.

then iced twice a day

and day of meet i took two ibuprofen in morning and coverd injury in aspacream


ASPACREAM IS A GIFT FROM GOD

[powerplant42]

Ended up just not going... oh well, gotta get ready for summer training now... I'll check out that stuff though, thanks!