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Dodgy Hamstrings


You need to get rid of the tightness...

Get a golf ball or cricket ball... Sit on it and apply your full body weight to the sore area..

Move the ball around to find the sore spot... Also target above and below the area as the muscles adjoining could be part of the problem...

In your instance I would target your glutes as well...

Apply full body weight for 10 seconds... Expect lots of pain!!!!

Jump straight on the foam roller... You can sometimes feel the knot undo after a couple of rolls...
 

thanks for that. well i'm going to see if i can get some deep tissue work this week.
 
solarbear said:
Get a massage on that hammy by a deep tissue masseuse.
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there is a big f-cking lump about 10cm long roughly half as wide in that outer line that runs down the side between the ham and quad. on the left.

theres nothing like that on my right side.

i havent been able to afford any massage therapy lately.

i've been told barry murray is the man to see here in melbourne.

i have torn this left hamstring about 7 years ago and i did have a few deep tissue massages there to eliminate the scar tissue but i think this is all from my squat stance being to wide which feels like it hits the hams and glutes harder. when i go to feet together stance on the hammer v-squat i can't feel any ham or glute pain there. have been reading about box squats.
 
<ULTRA-MEGA> said:
there is a big f-cking lump about 10cm long roughly half as wide in that outer line that runs down the side between the ham and quad. on the left.

theres nothing like that on my right side.

i havent been able to afford any massage therapy lately.
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Bummer it would probably get you up and running faster.

Tore mine pretty bad. Thought I might need surgury. Massage helped heaps.
 
They are a curse. From what I have been able to put together from my regular visits to physio/ osteo/ asking around etc... The best bet is to make sure you have the issue treated right from the start to help you avoid developing scar tissue. Invest in a tens machine! Someone on here suggested a roller which I have done and it saves me going to get massages. Good recovery such as ice baths/ beach in winter etc help as well. Regular stretching also helps.
 
solarbear said:
Bummer it would probably get you up and running faster.

Tore mine pretty bad. Thought I might need surgury. Massage helped heaps.
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if this one tears (again) which right now it feels like it could. i can tell already thats its going to be real bad.

the pain is up in the area where the glute meets the ham and through the whole hamstring and its so tight that that big thick tendon thing (sorry don't know the names!) is (i guess the word would be) protruding out of the inner thigh and then at times i can feel pain right into the calf. also pain in the glute right up to the ass crack area.

i'm convinced this is from 2 or 3 things:

1. my squatting stance = too wide and too much ass and hams.
2. squatting to heavy to intense too soon. i did take it slowly initially, but i was bumping up the weight each workout too fast. (returned back to serious training months ago after several years away from the gym)

i have a spare few hundred together now so i'm going to get it checked out a.s.a.p. i just dont want to go to see some specialist who will check it out and then tell me to come back for another visit to work on it. i want it checked out and worked on in the one session. i think some of these therapists are thieves.
 

Don't know if it will work for you but if I was in that situation I would start doing SLDLs every day. Starting off very light, bar only and add weight when possible.
 
Goosey said:
SLDL's should be in every weight trainers program.

Best done directly after squats.
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thats how i tore it in the first place. about 7 or so years ago. on the set i tore it i was doing them on a box , bar touching toes loaded with 100kg.

i have been doing them again lately. very lightly. only going past knees. this is an exercise i do with extreme caution.

and sit and reach stretch with feet together i cant touch my toes. i can only reach my ankles.

maybe i'm not very flexible in my lower body. my outer quads over power my tear drop muscles way too much.
 
I wonder if there's any hope for me and my hamstring. I try to do SLDL but it feels so f*cking awkward for my bad (strained 4 times) hammy. It's hard to explain but it's weird feeling. Not painful, just 'restricted' or something.

I can't keep my knee slightly bent while I do the movement on my bad hammy. It won't stay in the position, as the bar goes lower, the knee just locks. If that makes sense.
 
Bazza20 said:
Can you give us a description how you do SLDLs.
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For me?
Feet shoulder width apart
Legs slightly bent and stiff throughout the movement, (most important)
Bend at the hip while maintaining the backs natural curvature
And Until I feel tension in the glutes and hams and return.

Most don't get that the hip is a hinge.
And the leg remains stiff.
 

do you squeeze glutes in at the top?
 
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