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I can’t believe I’ve been to 3 physical therapists in the last year who have not been able to provide any diagnosis for this problem. This video is a godsend, thank you!! Finally I can start working on healing this painful issue that bothers me every single day.
An MRI finally did discover this condition for me. It showed a slight tear at the glute hamstring tendon. Years of over training, hill running, and deep stretching cause this, I'm pretty certain. It's taken me months of rest for pain to resolve. I have been suffering from this for many, many years. This video is very helpful on what to avoid in strength training. Thanks so much!
OMG! You’re genius! You have to be a South African - the overseas physio’s (Western countries) on here are a joke in comparison! 1)You address a specific hamstring injury (especially for runners) - not just generic 2) You go into detail why & the science 3)You also provide other causes which we don’t think of sitting, stretching and fast uphill training & if I may add winter tightness (shortened muscle) fast transition from winter to summer running…(I had all 4+ causes combined - not the blowout tear) 4) You highlighted medical conditions (arthritis also comes as you get older - so that is linked). 5)You correctly pointed out that recovery & timing is specific- not this wk1, wk2, wk3-4 regime! 6) Gave reason for benefit of starting to exercise lightly (than just t rest!). Will definitely subscribe & bank your website! Well done Maryke…! Bless you!🙏
I can't find the words to say how grateful I am. I've been dealing with this for 3 long years, doing it all wrong. I really wish I had found this video earlier. Now, after watching this wonderful explanation, I'm sure I'll recover. Thank you very much for taking the time to share your knowledge. (from Brazil)
Awesome! You totally nailed my diagnosis. After months of searching the internet and seeing a physical therapist I finally found someone that knew exactly what I was dealing with. The injury actually started last winter when I was doing squats and deadlifts. Most of my runs include hills and sprints. I'll stop those immediately. Thank you very much for the help!
I'm in tears right now for this advice, I've had PT, shots and no one has taken into consideration that I sit at a pc for 9 to 10hrs a day. Not being able to walk/jog as a stress relief has been destroying my soul, weight, and life. No one has told about the softness needed for sitting. I felt like I was loosing my mind that all the PT, Shots, werent working and I still had pain. When in reality I only had have of the equation correct. I hope with this added to everything else the pain starts to subside
Have you healed? @jayjaay225 Any update? I’ve been dealing with this for almost two years. What was only my left side has now turned into both sides. I’m miserable being sidelined from my usual hiking mountains and my yoga has been impacted negatively too.
I have been suffering with HHT for close to 5 years. You nailed the causes and potential solutions on the head. In my case, I had the trifecta - long car rides for work, 5K sprint training, and yoga 3 days a week. I have shut down the Yoga and the sprinting. I have introduced a variety of strength training over the years. You are right when you said that you need to figure out the exercises that work best for your injury. I think that I have a good mix right now, but always open to suggestions.
So my story is: i was definitely flexing my hips wayyy too much. I started dancing around year&half ago and it made me obsessed with having flexible hamstrings, and being able to kick my legs up infront of me. I did all kinds of strength training for my hip flexors and abs, while also daily stretching of my hamstrings. And i realise now that i was not doing enough strength training for my hamstrings! And also generally for my posterior chain. My advice to everyone is, if you wanna be a master at dance, or any sport, it takes years and years! don't abuse your body for the sake of results! listen to your body! find balance in your training, and train your entire body to be one strong unit! every body part feeds off of another!
+1 Subscriber! You seriously are the most wise and clear physio i've seen! You explain why exactly it is caused by breaking down the physiology! That is key! a lot of videos out there focus on the exercises, and a lot of them include deadlift movements, and stretching! :-O please keep up what you doing, its a life-saver!
Ma’am, thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight. I am a 53 year old life time martial artist and fitness enthusiast . I have experienced an increase in frequency of hamstring injuries in the last three years. I believe this is due to my age. Your explanation of the function and physiology of the hamstring tendon was enlightening. I appreciate your advice particularly regarding over stretching of which I am guilty. Once again , Thank You!!!
I've been dealing w this for about 5 months. I really wish I had found this video earlier. I'm 8 weeks from my next races & hopefully tips here will help me survive!
Your video is amazing. You are knowledgeable, clear, articulate and speak with great understanding and professionalism. I'm currently dealing with a grade 3 hamstring injury and am trying to understand more about this injury. Your video is just great. Keep doing what you're doing
Thank you so much - I’m a menopausal woman who was fearful that I might have to stop running altogether. Now I know some of my activities (stretching !) have been making my tendonopathy worse! You’ve given me hope that this can be resolved.
One of the best videos for explaining and recommending treatment for an injury. I have been dealing with this for last couple of months and I am 100% sure this will help. Thanks!
Wow, this really describes my exact problem perfectly. I've been absolutely doing all the wrong things. Thanks so much for the advice and tips, hopefully I can get this healed now!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. I’ve realized that I’ve been doing it all wrong, and when you mentioned that we stretch bc it feels tight m, yes! I thought it was bc I needed to stretch more, so there I am stretching non stop - sitting on the floor DAILY- and stretch until it was so uncomfortable- bc no pain no gain - and trying to get my gymnastics skills from 16 years ago back. I thought I was doing the right thing. This was such a huge insight and mind blowing. I watch the other video yesterday, the stop stretching video. One day I did not stretch my hams and there is a huge difference, in the morning I don’t feel that sore or stiff. Thank you so much! I’ll keep digging in your videos
I am really grateful to find this video. It is really informative and helpful for me as I have been dealing with this injury for 5 years and been to numerous physiotherapists, MRI scans, and ultrasounds. I was hopeless before but now I see hope again. Thank you!
Great advice. I received my proximal hamstring tendinopathy from too much golfing practice. I thought I was developing muscles that I never used and it turns out it was proximal hamstring tendinopathy. Your advice has been extremely helpful and I've recovered completely. Thanks for this video
I'm also a golfer with the same issue. Looking forward to a pain-free recovery. Rested for 4 weeks after hamstring injury and incorporated small hamstring stretches. Now excruciating sitbone pain develops. Loved the video as it gives me hope.
Some fantastic info, thank you so much! Im a sports & remedial massage therapist, Ive recently discovered your FB page and now youtube too and feel like I've struck gold :) I have a client atm who has a proximal hamstring tendinopathy and you've given me some real food for thought regarding his rehab, thank you again I will be following your content from now on and recommending that my clients do the same!
HUGE THANK YOU! It is so nice to finally have some answers. The biggest difficulty is getting proper diagnosis. For me, it was not Ischial Bursitis, Fibromyalgia, or Somaticization. This explains me to a T! And the ISOMETRIC exercises are a God send. Thank you so much.
Thank you for the detailed explanation of the type of pain and remedies…! So helpful to me. I had been stretching my hamstrings even more to help the pain. Now I understand that will never help. Really appreciate the clear and simple instruction. Thank you!
Everything you have said makes complete sense to me. I'm a senior with 5 acres of outdoor work for 6 months of the year at my home. Three weeks ago I trimmed some of my high hedge and to compensate for the weight of the trimmer, I counter-balanced myself by stretching my right leg out for long periods. I then sat for hours later while catching up on the coronavirus news of the world on my PC. The next 3 weeks were a nuisance and even walking up either of the 2 sets of stairs in my home meant starting out with my left leg first at each step and bringing the right one up. I couldn't always recline so did figure out on my own to put a pillow on chair so my butt would fall a bit behind the pillow - more comfortable, so glad you confirmed that is an option. Massaging when reclined by pressing on the area helped too, so next step will be building up some strength with the bridge movement. I had never had this kind of high hamstring sit-bone area be persistently annoying before, especially for 3 weeks without getting better, so finally got concerned enough to look it up. I'm so glad I didn't go into intensive stretching exercises to try to fix it! Thank you for all the great information and for reassuring me what the cause is.
Thank you so much for this helpful video. I'm a regular gym-goer and started playing football. On the second day of football training, I did deadlifts after a gym session and felt something go wrong. I thought it might be a form issue, and I leaned too much, resulting in an injury 9 months ago. I stopped playing football, thinking it was sciatica. It was tricky because the pain started in my lower back, then moved to my hips and hamstring. I did a lot of stretching but didn't stop training. After 2 months with no improvement, I booked an appointment with a GP. A month later, she told me my hamstring was weak and advised me to keep training. At the next appointment, they diagnosed me with hamstring tendinopathy and recommended hamstring curls. However, deadlifts and stretching exercises made it worse. I go to the gym 5 to 6 days a week, and I can feel my overall strength decreasing because we use our hamstrings in many exercises, even in bench press or dumbbell press. After watching your videos, I now know what I've been doing wrong. I've wasted 9 months and put myself through a lot. From today, I'll avoid any exercise that causes stretching sensations. I'll focus on strengthening my hamstring, but please share some safe exercises for it. Thank you.
Your injury actually sounds as if it started as a back injury rather than a hamstring injury. So, I'm not sure the typical hamstring tendinopathy exercises will be useful but the started exercises usually include Isometric Bridges - starting with short lever floor bridges that don't load the hamstring too much. We have 2 videos on that: 1. Bridge options: ua-cam.com/video/dodjximVxVk/v-deo.html 2. What to do if the bridge hurts: ua-cam.com/video/RQfBG4xtl6U/v-deo.html 3. We also have a playlist about High Hamstring Tend.: ua-cam.com/play/PLkRW4ITRa6bCsSsh_kcF8gX6pPUXFYZkU.html But I would actually get it assessed by an experienced sports physiotherapist who can then provide you with a tailored rehab plan. This is something that our team of physios can assess and help you with via video call. You can read more about how the online consultations work here: www.sports-injury-physio.com
@@SportsInjuryPhysio i always get back pain when i do deadlifts, this pain is not on my back but near my right hip side of bone or joint, i am 100% now its hamstring tendinopathy. Because i tried to do hamstring curls with both legs i cant even do 5kg with my right one but with my left leg i can easily do 20 to 40kg. And stretching makes it a lot worst. But anyways i’ll watch your other videos as well. I felt if i don’t do stretching or any other exercises such as deadlifts, barbell rows i can feel the pain goes away and i can feel recovery but whenever i do anything and which slightly stretch the hamstrings everything comes back.
@@loribrooks5596 what was your secret to recovery? It took me some searching to find a good video like this. I took a couple weeks off, but it doesn't seem to help. Once I'm warmed up good, but afterwards it's pretty sore, like can't even pull shoes off.
@@van_dutch Ugh, I wish I had an answer. Mine is still angry. Just when I think it's better, I overstretch or something. It's been a stinkin' year now. I may have to go to the doctor. I am thinking of a cortisone shot. I am desperate.
@@loribrooks5596 Oh man, I'm hoping I'm not in that boat. My normal running route starts with a mile that is semi-downhill, and I think this happened when I went for a PR and was over striding. The rest of the run is about 3 miles gradual climbing. Going to starting running at track to see if that fixes things, there are no flat pieces of road where I live... Good luck with your recovery, sorry it's not improving. Thanks for your response!
This was a really helpful video. Almost 8 months ago, I "gave myself" this injury. During a running race, I chased after younger & faster runners into a really strong head wind along a sea front - so effectively I was running up hill, and most likely lifting my legs higher to increase my pace. I managed to make it worse when my heel slipped into the edge of a mole or rabbit hole while standing waiting for other runners, about a week later. Despite a lot of physio and the exercises they "prescribed", it took a long time to heal (about 6 months) but slowly, slowly it did come right. The physio's were awesome. I found could cycle without hamstring or glute pain, however, to your point concerning sit pain, the cycle saddle was hard, which subsequently set off some ischial bursitis. I bought a new saddle which supported my sit bones differently and had some padding & the bursitis quickly resolved. I also swam a lot. After about 4 or 5 months I attempted very gentle slow and very short runs and slowly (very slowly !!!) it started to come right. I am back running with my club & much better now, building up my distances and training on the hills more carefully. The video really helped me understand how I caused the injury, but also understand the path of my recovery........ And perhaps how to avoid similar in future. Thank you.
During covid I got a rowing machine and got heavily into it. After watching this video I'm pretty sure that's what's causing my hamstring and glute pain. Rowing involves sitting on a hard surface and also repeated pushing off with the legs, like running uphill, but with both legs at once. Thanks for this video.
I love running and playing soccer, but I work an office job during the day.... I've been struggling with this pain for a while. So glad to find this video. Super helpful!
I’ve suffered on & off w/high hamstring (now considered tendinosis due to length of time) for over 20 YEARS! I’m here because started yoga & it’s back w/a vengeance. I gave up my love of running already years ago & I’m active but this DREADED SYNDROME ALWAYS SETS ME BACK. It’s incredibly DEPRESSING & I’m back to seeking UA-cam help😢
I believe my anteriorly rotated inominent bone created ischial bursitis and this tendonopathy along with compression of sciatic nerve. I've been suffering with this for around 6 months. Thank goodness for the internet and for all who share this useful information. Thanks for the video.
AHA! I am so glad I found you. Brilliantly describes my exact problem. I am sharing this with friends as it is an injury we have all had...AND gives such great information on contributing factors (hormones, inflammatory issues) as well as how to resolve this injury. I may even forward it to my trainer as you do such a great job describing and prescribing for this injury. Knowledge to be shared for sure!
I recently bought a new couch, but I did feel that it was pretty stiff/hard. I also sit on it for a long time. Soon after, I got this pain that I felt in my upper hamstring/butt first on my right side and now on both. Thank you for the well-explained and thorough information. This definitely helps
This is a great video with lots of information - more than I have received from anyone! I have had this condition for 4 years! I have taken a year off of running with several attempts at return to competition. I appreciate the comment on menopause. That is not something anyone has ever mentioned. Also the inflammatory conditions. I feel like there is no cure for this injury, that I will just have it forever. Tried PRP injections, eccentric exercises, shock wave therapy, you name it.
Tracy Greig me too! It’s so frustrating. I had grafting therapy and many other forms of utter torture, did PRP as well. About 3 years ago was on pace to qualify for Boston and had to quit running or doing anything satisfying for cardio and have recently started running again and this damn HH pain is right back where it was before. I don’t know what to do.
Tracy Greig I feel your pain LITERALLY! I’ve had on & off over 20 years; came on w/marathon running & I finally HAD to give up all running but I always stay active & it always comes back. It absolutely sucks. I find rest & strengthening glutes/glute meds/ZERO stretching & eccentric exercises are the only hope. It goes & then comes back & I’m here because after having it under control for decent length of time I started yoga..& I’m right back here. I’ll die with this😢
I suffered as well for 2 years. Only after stopping the stretching and having three treatments of EPAT I slowly recovered. EPAT was the game changer for me. Another contribution was my hamstring was firing before my glutes. I had to retrain my nerves to fire correctly, did squats and deadlifts. All the while not running until recovered. Now there is no pain. Always staying on top of glute and hip exercises keep it away.
did you feel like the PRP injections helped at all? I have had this for 4 years as well. just finished 2nd round of steroid shots which have helped a little bit but im nervous to move onto PRP with how expensive it is and not get any healing at all
Finally after 3 yrs of being in constant pain whether sitting standing walking or laying down i have a diagnosis! Now, the problem of trying to fix it!
Thank you very much! I'm so happy, I've took contact with my physio and he suggested all you said in this video. I've been suffering from tendinopathy for a month but now I'm treating it with phisiotherapy and strengthening!
I was a long distance runner up until 7 years ago and never had any issues with my hamstrings until I started lifting heavy. I tried to run and was always stopped by this very specific injury. I just returned to "walking" to transition into running after 6 years of Olympic Lifting and the hamstring issue crept up. AGAIN! I had hope in my careful transition of training it wouldn't come back. Thank you for your thorough explanation on this issue.
Thank you so much for this. I have just recently been diagnosed with this and your video is the best explanation I have seen so far on the underlying causes and what to do about it. Thank you!
Do not forget eccentric loading, assisted nordics, eccentric sliding bridges etc. Rolling entire hamstring muscle, especially on the medial/inside with a tennis ball sitting on a chair(relaxed hamstring muscle), this solved my High Hamstring tendio which I struggled with for 2-3 years.
@@loribrooks5596 super long story but yes. There is hope and it can definitely heal. If you would like to know details, exercises, etc., let me know and we can chat.
@@daneb1399 consistency and patience. There is a very good program that Caroline Jordan Fitness carolinejordanfitness.com/ Made that can be used in combination with other things. Let me know if you have any more questions.
Hi I’m Dan, a 73 year old runner / swimmer. End of Feb this year I was training in the pool with a friend doing front crawl kick sets, my legs felt pretty tired and my left hamstring was aching. The next evening during a training run I felt some discomfort in the same hamstring. Thinking I was doing some good I tried some hamstring stretches. Touching toes etc. this was very uncomfortable. Next morning I struggled dressing and washing. Since then I have felt all the symptoms you have described. I eventually visited a Physio last week who diagnosed Hamstring Tendenothopy. Luckily she has warned off stretching ( I was doing this every evening ) Still struggling after all this time. Dan.
This was very helpful! I’ve been dealing with this pain for years, and after taking a couple years off from running due to other injuries, it returned once I resumed. After yesterday’s short and relatively flat run, the pain was extreme. I will try not to stretch it from now on and will focus on standing more and strengthening the tendon. Talk about a pain in the butt!
I'm in pain for 10 years now after a running accident and I thought I had to live with it. I always thought I had GTPS (also diagnosed by physcial therapists), but then I stumbled upon your video and this seems like a better fit for my symptoms. Sitting hurts, especially on hard surfaces, and cycling too, as the saddle pressed into my hamstring. I made an appointment with your clinic to discuss my symptoms and possible diagnoses :) Thanks!
What an excellent describtion.I surely have exactly what you said.I'm gonna try out the bridge exercise .Hope it releive my extreme pain . Thanks and God bless you.
This was a really well done video. Clear precise information and great visuals. SO glad i came upon this video the day after I strained my proximal hamstring doing some hill sprinting. WIll rewatch this video and use it for reference while relatively resting!
Thank you for a very helpful explanation. My problem actually comes from cycling and makes it very uncomfortable to sit down. Deadlifts are proving a bit too much flexion for me so looking forward to doing some hamstring curls in the future
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and explaining it quite effectively. please post more similar videos on other sports-related injuries for physios. Thanks
This was superb, I’m now working with a physio and know exactly what to work on! The sitting on hard surfaces describes exactly what I have been doing working from home on all these ‘teams’ calls! Makes perfect sense.
Great video I keep fit with brisk walking in Derbyshire big hills over 50 and been pushing it on hills with pain in this area I have shortend my stride thank you
My only critique is... Why didn't I find and subscribe to this channel sooner. Amazing and detailed, especially for us that actually want to know mechanics and reasons. Thank you!!
Thanks for the video! I have been dealing with the pain for months and I quite sure that in my case it’s a result of sitting long hours and then probably overstretching while exercising trying to make up for it. I still need to sit for long hours at a time so I tried the pillow trick. One problem I’ve found with it is that by putting it under my thighs it actually seems to stretch the tendon more and causing some pain. I am trying to move about in my seat so that I am not always in the same position. The strength exercises mentioned here make a lot of sense and I hope over some time they can lead to recovery. Again thanks for the valuable info!
Spot on advice. Got mine through over sitting. Very sporty otherwise but had to stop running. Can bike and swim and walking with short stride. Has settled down with working on taking pressure off butt. Tested running 8 days later as in „baby step joglet“ and had no pain, infact improved it! But going very slowly and testing as I go. Remembering it isn’t Sport that caused it! Sitting did…so looking at my chair position etc No stretching - video is exactly me so thanks for sharing 😊
I am also experiencing HHT due primarily to sitting long periods over a few years in my car as I have full time delivery job and also tour drive for bands on tour..a lot of sit time. Sure enough time caught up with me plus actively hiking/running up hills and also finding out my deep stretching of the hamstrings made it all even worse. Now here I am and just bought a Peloton a couple weeks ago and wondering about cycling and recover from HHT. I prefer off the seat riding more (as you can adjust bars to comfortably ride more upright and wondering if you have tolerated cycling okay while ‘treating’ HHT? I’ve seen online that it’s total discouraged then also read it’s okay if no pain experienced..confused no so wondering about your experience cycling more and not running?
@@builderadd I continue to bike ok, but I can feel it lurking but not hurting. Even on hills sitting and pushing quite hard is ok, no pain but it’s there. I believe it is very slowly getting better but not 100% gone, so am adjusting the ride to how I feel. Applies to indoor cycling too. I have also been running ok and found running on the flat makes it better actually. The hills are ok if at a steady careful pace. Worse when descending, so have to back off a bit there. Taking many months to get it gone completely. What is key is to not worsen it by rough surfaces, quick change of direction or sudden movements - hope you can continue biking…!
Had this injury for about two weeks and finally put a name to it. Oddly, I've been running the same routes near my house for over two years. I have run 20-30 miles/week for 10 years. I shifted from seated work to standing desk over a year ago. I quit stretching before running when I read it made literally no difference to running injuries. No antibiotics, no high cholesterol. Sometimes, it just happens. So no obvious things that I've changed and yet here it is.
I watched a lot of your pulled hamstring videos past couple of days, and those didn't seem to fit what I have. I sit a lot at work and it then gets aggravated afterwards. I occasionally sit on a pillow or blanket and that makes it feel okay but not better. It's been a month now of burning irritating pain and I occasionally stretch it but only temporarily feels better. I'm going to use these methods as they seem to describe my condition exactly, as I'm not a runner or sprinter nor did I do anything explosive movement wise recently. 🤔 thank you for this!!!
Thank you for this invaluable information. I had no idea overstretching the hamstrings could cause so much pain. Also, I have been doing this stretching when I wake up. thank you for your explanation of this condition.
Hi! I am 17 yo and I am into track and field. I do the sprint and jump events, but this January after the most important meet I have injured my hamstring. At first I was feeling very strong pain in the upper part of the hamstring, so I stopped with the workouts for about 2 weeks. During this time I was training my upper body, swimming and sometimes I was training the calfes doing jumps. So when these 2 weeks went away I started going to the track and field complex in my city and gradually started with cross training, fartleks and so on. After that I started my main preparation for the summer season, including a lot of jumps and sprints on 90% effort on 150-250m, doing a lot of stretches and warm up drills before that.I have to say that the pain had not gone away during the 2 months period but it was feeling better. On 30th March the quarantine in my country (Bulgaria) due to the covid-19 got more serious, so I was not able to go to the stadium. On this day I was training outside near home, 50m sprints on 100% effort with 3lb weight on my ankles. During the workout I started feeling that pain again on the hamstring, but not only on the upper part, but on the middle too. So I stayed at home for 10 days doing the RICE method, and only doing some upper body workout for about 30 mins.Today I started stretching and I felt pain,tried to do the nordic curl, but again pain. I went outside and tried to do some sprints and I realized that it hurts a lot. I doesn't hurt while walking but I can't get back to athletics. Also when I do the stretching on the back thigh sometimes I can barely hear silent popping sound. (sorry If I have wasted your time, reading this).
Hi Radoslav, resting an injury can make the pain go down but it doesn't actually strengthen it. You have not strengthened it properly since your first injury which means that your hamstring is weak and that's why you injured it so easily again. You have to do specific exercises to strengthen your hamstring, but nordic culs are way to intense and heavy load for now. Stop stretching it - it needs strength training not stretching. I know that you're likely still in lockdown but see if you can consult a physio online who can prescribe a strength training regime for you. Hope this helps. xm
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I am an athlete and I have pain in both of my high Hamestrings so I want to consult with u .what should I do to connect with u
I can’t believe I’ve been to 3 physical therapists in the last year who have not been able to provide any diagnosis for this problem. This video is a godsend, thank you!! Finally I can start working on healing this painful issue that bothers me every single day.
I'm glad you found it useful Reva. Good luck with your recovery! xm
I am with you. I've seen 2 in the past year, and they did nothing. Painful every day and I have sciatic nerve entrapment also. I pray you find relief!
this planet is full off lazy "professionals" it seems, same thing happened to me!!
for me it was 17 physical therapists during last 2 years
An MRI finally did discover this condition for me. It showed a slight tear at the glute hamstring tendon. Years of over training, hill running, and deep stretching cause this, I'm pretty certain. It's taken me months of rest for pain to resolve. I have been suffering from this for many, many years. This video is very helpful on what to avoid in strength training. Thanks so much!
OMG! You’re genius! You have to be a South African - the overseas physio’s (Western countries) on here are a joke in comparison! 1)You address a specific hamstring injury (especially for runners) - not just generic 2) You go into detail why & the science 3)You also provide other causes which we don’t think of sitting, stretching and fast uphill training & if I may add winter tightness (shortened muscle) fast transition from winter to summer running…(I had all 4+ causes combined - not the blowout tear) 4) You highlighted medical conditions (arthritis also comes as you get older - so that is linked). 5)You correctly pointed out that recovery & timing is specific- not this wk1, wk2, wk3-4 regime! 6) Gave reason for benefit of starting to exercise lightly (than just t rest!). Will definitely subscribe & bank your website! Well done Maryke…! Bless you!🙏
😀I'm so glad you found it useful, Tendai! Yip, I am from SA. x
I can't find the words to say how grateful I am. I've been dealing with this for 3 long years, doing it all wrong. I really wish I had found this video earlier. Now, after watching this wonderful explanation, I'm sure I'll recover. Thank you very much for taking the time to share your knowledge. (from Brazil)
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Awesome! You totally nailed my diagnosis. After months of searching the internet and seeing a physical therapist I finally found someone that knew exactly what I was dealing with. The injury actually started last winter when I was doing squats and deadlifts. Most of my runs include hills and sprints. I'll stop those immediately. Thank you very much for the help!
How are you doing now
I'm in tears right now for this advice, I've had PT, shots and no one has taken into consideration that I sit at a pc for 9 to 10hrs a day. Not being able to walk/jog as a stress relief has been destroying my soul, weight, and life. No one has told about the softness needed for sitting. I felt like I was loosing my mind that all the PT, Shots, werent working and I still had pain. When in reality I only had have of the equation correct. I hope with this added to everything else the pain starts to subside
Hey how are you now (: ?
Have you healed? @jayjaay225 Any update? I’ve been dealing with this for almost two years. What was only my left side has now turned into both sides. I’m miserable being sidelined from my usual hiking mountains and my yoga has been impacted negatively too.
@@Blockchain778Are your’s healed yet?
I have been suffering with HHT for close to 5 years. You nailed the causes and potential solutions on the head. In my case, I had the trifecta - long car rides for work, 5K sprint training, and yoga 3 days a week. I have shut down the Yoga and the sprinting. I have introduced a variety of strength training over the years. You are right when you said that you need to figure out the exercises that work best for your injury. I think that I have a good mix right now, but always open to suggestions.
Ugh Andrew, that is a very long time. Good luck with your recovery 🍀
How are you now? Still dealing with HHT?
So my story is: i was definitely flexing my hips wayyy too much. I started dancing around year&half ago and it made me obsessed with having flexible hamstrings, and being able to kick my legs up infront of me. I did all kinds of strength training for my hip flexors and abs, while also daily stretching of my hamstrings. And i realise now that i was not doing enough strength training for my hamstrings! And also generally for my posterior chain.
My advice to everyone is, if you wanna be a master at dance, or any sport, it takes years and years! don't abuse your body for the sake of results! listen to your body! find balance in your training, and train your entire body to be one strong unit! every body part feeds off of another!
Finally someone knowledgeable who knows my pain
Great to see a knowledgeable person here on UA-cam as opposed to those giving opinions with no science. thank you!
+1 Subscriber! You seriously are the most wise and clear physio i've seen! You explain why exactly it is caused by breaking down the physiology! That is key! a lot of videos out there focus on the exercises, and a lot of them include deadlift movements, and stretching! :-O please keep up what you doing, its a life-saver!
Thanks and welcome
Ma’am, thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight. I am a 53 year old life time martial artist and fitness enthusiast . I have experienced an increase in frequency of hamstring injuries in the last three years. I believe this is due to my age. Your explanation of the function and physiology of the hamstring tendon was enlightening. I appreciate your advice particularly regarding over stretching of which I am guilty. Once again , Thank You!!!
I've been dealing w this for about 5 months. I really wish I had found this video earlier. I'm 8 weeks from my next races & hopefully tips here will help me survive!
Good luck 🍀
How you doing nowadays I facing same issue for about a week
Wow, I've been stretching like crazy. My PT never warned me not too. Thank you!
Your video is amazing. You are knowledgeable, clear, articulate and speak with great understanding and professionalism. I'm currently dealing with a grade 3 hamstring injury and am trying to understand more about this injury. Your video is just great. Keep doing what you're doing
Thank you Maggie! I'm glad you found it useful! xm
Thank you so much - I’m a menopausal woman who was fearful that I might have to stop running altogether. Now I know some of my activities (stretching !) have been making my tendonopathy worse! You’ve given me hope that this can be resolved.
You are welcome!
One of the best videos for explaining and recommending treatment for an injury. I have been dealing with this for last couple of months and I am 100% sure this will help. Thanks!
Wow, this really describes my exact problem perfectly. I've been absolutely doing all the wrong things. Thanks so much for the advice and tips, hopefully I can get this healed now!
Good luck with your recovery! xm
Did you heal it?
@@2maj968 It’s better! I could have been more consistent with the exercises though!
@@petralins6716 how are you doing now
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. I’ve realized that I’ve been doing it all wrong, and when you mentioned that we stretch bc it feels tight m, yes! I thought it was bc I needed to stretch more, so there I am stretching non stop - sitting on the floor DAILY- and stretch until it was so uncomfortable- bc no pain no gain - and trying to get my gymnastics skills from 16 years ago back. I thought I was doing the right thing. This was such a huge insight and mind blowing. I watch the other video yesterday, the stop stretching video. One day I did not stretch my hams and there is a huge difference, in the morning I don’t feel that sore or stiff.
Thank you so much! I’ll keep digging in your videos
Thanks for watching!
I am really grateful to find this video. It is really informative and helpful for me as I have been dealing with this injury for 5 years and been to numerous physiotherapists, MRI scans, and ultrasounds. I was hopeless before but now I see hope again. Thank you!
Great advice. I received my proximal hamstring tendinopathy from too much golfing practice. I thought I was developing muscles that I never used and it turns out it was proximal hamstring tendinopathy. Your advice has been extremely helpful and I've recovered completely. Thanks for this video
I'm also a golfer with the same issue. Looking forward to a pain-free recovery. Rested for 4 weeks after hamstring injury and incorporated small hamstring stretches. Now excruciating sitbone pain develops. Loved the video as it gives me hope.
Passed this to one of my marathon running clients and he thought it was an excellent video!
I’m glad finally I found someone knowledgeable in UA-cam about hamstring injury, thank you 🙏 👍
Glad you found it useful xm
there is a gruop in face book look for it is proximial hamstring tendinophaty
Some fantastic info, thank you so much! Im a sports & remedial massage therapist, Ive recently discovered your FB page and now youtube too and feel like I've struck gold :) I have a client atm who has a proximal hamstring tendinopathy and you've given me some real food for thought regarding his rehab, thank you again I will be following your content from now on and recommending that my clients do the same!
Thank you Drew! I'm glad you find it useful! xm
How are you doing now
HUGE THANK YOU! It is so nice to finally have some answers. The biggest difficulty is getting proper diagnosis. For me, it was not Ischial Bursitis, Fibromyalgia, or Somaticization. This explains me to a T! And the ISOMETRIC exercises are a God send. Thank you so much.
You are excellent madam.
I had this issue for a week.
I have taken rest for 7 days.
Just followed you video .
All the best
Thank you! This is the first video that really explains my injury and how to help heal it. Good job!
Thank you for the detailed explanation of the type of pain and remedies…! So helpful to me. I had been stretching my hamstrings even more to help the pain. Now I understand that will never help. Really appreciate the clear and simple instruction. Thank you!
You are welcome!
So happy I found this video. Have been over stretching my hamstring.
Maryke is THE BEST. The most knowledgeable and explains perfectly. It's amazing.
Everything you have said makes complete sense to me. I'm a senior with 5 acres of outdoor work for 6 months of the year at my home. Three weeks ago I trimmed some of my high hedge and to compensate for the weight of the trimmer, I counter-balanced myself by stretching my right leg out for long periods. I then sat for hours later while catching up on the coronavirus news of the world on my PC. The next 3 weeks were a nuisance and even walking up either of the 2 sets of stairs in my home meant starting out with my left leg first at each step and bringing the right one up. I couldn't always recline so did figure out on my own to put a pillow on chair so my butt would fall a bit behind the pillow - more comfortable, so glad you confirmed that is an option. Massaging when reclined by pressing on the area helped too, so next step will be building up some strength with the bridge movement.
I had never had this kind of high hamstring sit-bone area be persistently annoying before, especially for 3 weeks without getting better, so finally got concerned enough to look it up. I'm so glad I didn't go into intensive stretching exercises to try to fix it! Thank you for all the great information and for reassuring me what the cause is.
Thank you so much for this helpful video. I'm a regular gym-goer and started playing football. On the second day of football training, I did deadlifts after a gym session and felt something go wrong. I thought it might be a form issue, and I leaned too much, resulting in an injury 9 months ago. I stopped playing football, thinking it was sciatica. It was tricky because the pain started in my lower back, then moved to my hips and hamstring. I did a lot of stretching but didn't stop training. After 2 months with no improvement, I booked an appointment with a GP. A month later, she told me my hamstring was weak and advised me to keep training. At the next appointment, they diagnosed me with hamstring tendinopathy and recommended hamstring curls. However, deadlifts and stretching exercises made it worse. I go to the gym 5 to 6 days a week, and I can feel my overall strength decreasing because we use our hamstrings in many exercises, even in bench press or dumbbell press. After watching your videos, I now know what I've been doing wrong. I've wasted 9 months and put myself through a lot. From today, I'll avoid any exercise that causes stretching sensations. I'll focus on strengthening my hamstring, but please share some safe exercises for it. Thank you.
Your injury actually sounds as if it started as a back injury rather than a hamstring injury. So, I'm not sure the typical hamstring tendinopathy exercises will be useful but the started exercises usually include Isometric Bridges - starting with short lever floor bridges that don't load the hamstring too much. We have 2 videos on that:
1. Bridge options: ua-cam.com/video/dodjximVxVk/v-deo.html
2. What to do if the bridge hurts: ua-cam.com/video/RQfBG4xtl6U/v-deo.html
3. We also have a playlist about High Hamstring Tend.: ua-cam.com/play/PLkRW4ITRa6bCsSsh_kcF8gX6pPUXFYZkU.html
But I would actually get it assessed by an experienced sports physiotherapist who can then provide you with a tailored rehab plan. This is something that our team of physios can assess and help you with via video call. You can read more about how the online consultations work here: www.sports-injury-physio.com
@@SportsInjuryPhysio i always get back pain when i do deadlifts, this pain is not on my back but near my right hip side of bone or joint, i am 100% now its hamstring tendinopathy. Because i tried to do hamstring curls with both legs i cant even do 5kg with my right one but with my left leg i can easily do 20 to 40kg. And stretching makes it a lot worst. But anyways i’ll watch your other videos as well. I felt if i don’t do stretching or any other exercises such as deadlifts, barbell rows i can feel the pain goes away and i can feel recovery but whenever i do anything and which slightly stretch the hamstrings everything comes back.
Thanks so much, sums up my 9 month injury to a T. Thanks for the advice 😉
SAME! Pilates is my culprit. I overstretched about 3 months ago, and it's still very sore, but getting better.
How annoying! Good luck with your recovery Lori. xm
@@loribrooks5596 what was your secret to recovery? It took me some searching to find a good video like this. I took a couple weeks off, but it doesn't seem to help. Once I'm warmed up good, but afterwards it's pretty sore, like can't even pull shoes off.
@@van_dutch Ugh, I wish I had an answer. Mine is still angry. Just when I think it's better, I overstretch or something. It's been a stinkin' year now. I may have to go to the doctor. I am thinking of a cortisone shot. I am desperate.
@@loribrooks5596 Oh man, I'm hoping I'm not in that boat. My normal running route starts with a mile that is semi-downhill, and I think this happened when I went for a PR and was over striding. The rest of the run is about 3 miles gradual climbing. Going to starting running at track to see if that fixes things, there are no flat pieces of road where I live...
Good luck with your recovery, sorry it's not improving. Thanks for your response!
So well explained! Thank you so much for being so clear about it. The best video I have seen so far on the subject
Glad it was helpful!
This was a really helpful video. Almost 8 months ago, I "gave myself" this injury. During a running race, I chased after younger & faster runners into a really strong head wind along a sea front - so effectively I was running up hill, and most likely lifting my legs higher to increase my pace. I managed to make it worse when my heel slipped into the edge of a mole or rabbit hole while standing waiting for other runners, about a week later. Despite a lot of physio and the exercises they "prescribed", it took a long time to heal (about 6 months) but slowly, slowly it did come right. The physio's were awesome. I found could cycle without hamstring or glute pain, however, to your point concerning sit pain, the cycle saddle was hard, which subsequently set off some ischial bursitis. I bought a new saddle which supported my sit bones differently and had some padding & the bursitis quickly resolved. I also swam a lot. After about 4 or 5 months I attempted very gentle slow and very short runs and slowly (very slowly !!!) it started to come right. I am back running with my club & much better now, building up my distances and training on the hills more carefully. The video really helped me understand how I caused the injury, but also understand the path of my recovery........ And perhaps how to avoid similar in future. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing!
During covid I got a rowing machine and got heavily into it. After watching this video I'm pretty sure that's what's causing my hamstring and glute pain. Rowing involves sitting on a hard surface and also repeated pushing off with the legs, like running uphill, but with both legs at once. Thanks for this video.
I love running and playing soccer, but I work an office job during the day.... I've been struggling with this pain for a while. So glad to find this video. Super helpful!
Glad you found it useful Mary. xm
I’ve suffered on & off w/high hamstring (now considered tendinosis due to length of time) for over 20 YEARS! I’m here because started yoga & it’s back w/a vengeance. I gave up my love of running already years ago & I’m active but this DREADED SYNDROME ALWAYS SETS ME BACK. It’s incredibly DEPRESSING & I’m back to seeking UA-cam help😢
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You are a PT with a big heart and a mission. God bless you Mareka!🙏🏻❤️
I believe my anteriorly rotated inominent bone created ischial bursitis and this tendonopathy along with compression of sciatic nerve. I've been suffering with this for around 6 months. Thank goodness for the internet and for all who share this useful information. Thanks for the video.
Thanks!
Thank you very much for your support!
Great video. Been searching for an answer for so long. No one has explained in such detail
Glad to hear it!
Great! That was like a personal physio session!! Puzzle unlocked... cut out recent big hill walks & deep forward bends in yoga... & patience!!
Yes it is fluroquinolones. Commonly ciprofloxacin (cipro) & levofloxacin (levaquin)
Thanks for the video
You're really good at what you do!
I'm soaking this all in right now and gonna apply this, so I can run like Usan Bolt again 🙏🏽
Crazy that you can just go to youtube and get this level of advice, thank you so much!
You are welcome!
Dankie ver die opvoeding. Baie goed gedoen vir ons hardlopers.
Plesier! xm
AHA! I am so glad I found you. Brilliantly describes my exact problem. I am sharing this with friends as it is an injury we have all had...AND gives such great information on contributing factors (hormones, inflammatory issues) as well as how to resolve this injury. I may even forward it to my trainer as you do such a great job describing and prescribing for this injury. Knowledge to be shared for sure!
Hi Alyn - glad you found it useful! xm
I recently bought a new couch, but I did feel that it was pretty stiff/hard. I also sit on it for a long time. Soon after, I got this pain that I felt in my upper hamstring/butt first on my right side and now on both. Thank you for the well-explained and thorough information. This definitely helps
Thanks for sharing!
This is a great video with lots of information - more than I have received from anyone! I have had this condition for 4 years! I have taken a year off of running with several attempts at return to competition. I appreciate the comment on menopause. That is not something anyone has ever mentioned. Also the inflammatory conditions. I feel like there is no cure for this injury, that I will just have it forever. Tried PRP injections, eccentric exercises, shock wave therapy, you name it.
I'm really sorry to hear how long you've been struggling xm
Tracy Greig me too! It’s so frustrating. I had grafting therapy and many other forms of utter torture, did PRP as well. About 3 years ago was on pace to qualify for Boston and had to quit running or doing anything satisfying for cardio and have recently started running again and this damn HH pain is right back where it was before. I don’t know what to do.
Tracy Greig I feel your pain LITERALLY! I’ve had on & off over 20 years; came on w/marathon running & I finally HAD to give up all running but I always stay active & it always comes back. It absolutely sucks. I find rest & strengthening glutes/glute meds/ZERO stretching & eccentric exercises are the only hope. It goes & then comes back & I’m here because after having it under control for decent length of time I started yoga..& I’m right back here. I’ll die with this😢
I suffered as well for 2 years. Only after stopping the stretching and having three treatments of EPAT I slowly recovered. EPAT was the game changer for me. Another contribution was my hamstring was firing before my glutes. I had to retrain my nerves to fire correctly, did squats and deadlifts. All the while not running until recovered. Now there is no pain. Always staying on top of glute and hip exercises keep it away.
did you feel like the PRP injections helped at all? I have had this for 4 years as well. just finished 2nd round of steroid shots which have helped a little bit but im nervous to move onto PRP with how expensive it is and not get any healing at all
Finally after 3 yrs of being in constant pain whether sitting standing walking or laying down i have a diagnosis! Now, the problem of trying to fix it!
Good luck with your recovery!
Thank you very much! I'm so happy, I've took contact with my physio and he suggested all you said in this video. I've been suffering from tendinopathy for a month but now I'm treating it with phisiotherapy and strengthening!
I was a long distance runner up until 7 years ago and never had any issues with my hamstrings until I started lifting heavy. I tried to run and was always stopped by this very specific injury. I just returned to "walking" to transition into running after 6 years of Olympic Lifting and the hamstring issue crept up. AGAIN! I had hope in my careful transition of training it wouldn't come back. Thank you for your thorough explanation on this issue.
Thank you so much for this. I have just recently been diagnosed with this and your video is the best explanation I have seen so far on the underlying causes and what to do about it. Thank you!
It's a pleasure Andra. Glad you found it useful! xm
Do not forget eccentric loading, assisted nordics, eccentric sliding bridges etc. Rolling entire hamstring muscle, especially on the medial/inside with a tennis ball sitting on a chair(relaxed hamstring muscle), this solved my High Hamstring tendio which I struggled with for 2-3 years.
Great video! Really helped me understand the problem and causes. Best explanation I've heard!!
Great to hear!
Just what I needed, very clear and straightforward explanations. Thank you!
This is gold. 2yrs dealing with it now. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Glad you found it useful! xm
Did you heal? Is your hamstring better? Do tell...I am going on about 15 months with my angry hamstring!
@@loribrooks5596 super long story but yes. There is hope and it can definitely heal. If you would like to know details, exercises, etc., let me know and we can chat.
@@JEHERN100 hey I’m also getting super frustrated with this. Could you shed some light on what worked for you
@@daneb1399 consistency and patience. There is a very good program that Caroline Jordan Fitness carolinejordanfitness.com/
Made that can be used in combination with other things. Let me know if you have any more questions.
Hi I’m Dan, a 73 year old runner / swimmer. End of Feb this year I was training in the pool with a friend doing front crawl kick sets, my legs felt pretty tired and my left hamstring was aching. The next evening during a training run I felt some discomfort in the same hamstring. Thinking I was doing some good I tried some hamstring stretches. Touching toes etc. this was very uncomfortable. Next morning I struggled dressing and washing. Since then I have felt all the symptoms you have described. I eventually visited a Physio last week who diagnosed Hamstring Tendenothopy. Luckily she has warned off stretching ( I was doing this every evening ) Still struggling after all this time. Dan.
This was very helpful! I’ve been dealing with this pain for years, and after taking a couple years off from running due to other injuries, it returned once I resumed. After yesterday’s short and relatively flat run, the pain was extreme. I will try not to stretch it from now on and will focus on standing more and strengthening the tendon. Talk about a pain in the butt!
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I'm in pain for 10 years now after a running accident and I thought I had to live with it. I always thought I had GTPS (also diagnosed by physcial therapists), but then I stumbled upon your video and this seems like a better fit for my symptoms. Sitting hurts, especially on hard surfaces, and cycling too, as the saddle pressed into my hamstring. I made an appointment with your clinic to discuss my symptoms and possible diagnoses :) Thanks!
I'm glad you found the video useful and best wishes for your recovery!
Had this most hideous and extremely irritating problem. Im doing your exercises now very hopeful.
Good luck with your recovery!
What an excellent describtion.I surely have exactly what you said.I'm gonna try out the bridge exercise .Hope it releive my extreme pain .
Thanks and God bless you.
Thanks for watching, and good luck with your recovery!
This was a really well done video. Clear precise information and great visuals. SO glad i came upon this video the day after I strained my proximal hamstring doing some hill sprinting. WIll rewatch this video and use it for reference while relatively resting!
Good luck with your recovery!
Thank you for a very helpful explanation. My problem actually comes from cycling and makes it very uncomfortable to sit down. Deadlifts are proving a bit too much flexion for me so looking forward to doing some hamstring curls in the future
Ham glute developer rather than deadlifts.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and explaining it quite effectively. please post more similar videos on other sports-related injuries for physios. Thanks
You're welcome!
Another excellent video - this is really helpful! 🙏🏻😃
Glad it was helpful!
This was superb, I’m now working with a physio and know exactly what to work on! The sitting on hard surfaces describes exactly what I have been doing working from home on all these ‘teams’ calls! Makes perfect sense.
exceedingly helpful, easy to learn from, thorough, I feel lucky that I can do a search and geth this quality of help Thank You!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Really appreciate your knowledge and generosity ❤
Best content on that topic. Thank you
Great video I keep fit with brisk walking in Derbyshire big hills over 50 and been pushing it on hills with pain in this area I have shortend my stride thank you
You can do it!
My only critique is... Why didn't I find and subscribe to this channel sooner. Amazing and detailed, especially for us that actually want to know mechanics and reasons. Thank you!!
You're welcome!
You're an angel. Thank you! This is so valuable.
So glad!
really good video very complete for this crazy injury
Great help in this video. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us
My pleasure.
Thank you! Super informative.
Thank you so much! Understood my mistakes and wil be correcting it
Super interesting and enlightening. Thank you! 😀
Our pleasure!
Wow, this is so incredibly helpful! Thank you!
Glad you found it useful Julia. xm
@@SportsInjuryPhysio excellent and very informative!
Thank you very much for this informative video !
You are welcome!
Fantastic video, just what I need at the moment. Subscribed 👍
So glad I found this channel:)
Welcome aboard!
Thanks for the video! I have been dealing with the pain for months and I quite sure that in my case it’s a result of sitting long hours and then probably overstretching while exercising trying to make up for it. I still need to sit for long hours at a time so I tried the pillow trick. One problem I’ve found with it is that by putting it under my thighs it actually seems to stretch the tendon more and causing some pain. I am trying to move about in my seat so that I am not always in the same position. The strength exercises mentioned here make a lot of sense and I hope over some time they can lead to recovery. Again thanks for the valuable info!
Just found your video. It's so useful! Exactly describes my problem. So knowledgeable. Thank you so much
Verry good explaining madam...thank you
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Spot on advice. Got mine through over sitting. Very sporty otherwise but had to stop running. Can bike and swim and walking with short stride. Has settled down with working on taking pressure off butt. Tested running 8 days later as in „baby step joglet“ and had no pain, infact improved it! But going very slowly and testing as I go. Remembering it isn’t Sport that caused it! Sitting did…so looking at my chair position etc No stretching - video is exactly me so thanks for sharing 😊
I'm glad you found it useful and good luck with your recovery!
I am also experiencing HHT due primarily to sitting long periods over a few years in my car as I have full time delivery job and also tour drive for bands on tour..a lot of sit time. Sure enough time caught up with me plus actively hiking/running up hills and also finding out my deep stretching of the hamstrings made it all even worse.
Now here I am and just bought a Peloton a couple weeks ago and wondering about cycling and recover from HHT. I prefer off the seat riding more (as you can adjust bars to comfortably ride more upright and wondering if you have tolerated cycling okay while ‘treating’ HHT? I’ve seen online that it’s total discouraged then also read it’s okay if no pain experienced..confused no so wondering about your experience cycling more and not running?
@@builderadd I continue to bike ok, but I can feel it lurking but not hurting. Even on hills sitting and pushing quite hard is ok, no pain but it’s there. I believe it is very slowly getting better but not 100% gone, so am adjusting the ride to how I feel. Applies to indoor cycling too. I have also been running ok and found running on the flat makes it better actually. The hills are ok if at a steady careful pace. Worse when descending, so have to back off a bit there. Taking many months to get it gone completely. What is key is to not worsen it by rough surfaces, quick change of direction or sudden movements - hope you can continue biking…!
Had this injury for about two weeks and finally put a name to it. Oddly, I've been running the same routes near my house for over two years. I have run 20-30 miles/week for 10 years. I shifted from seated work to standing desk over a year ago. I quit stretching before running when I read it made literally no difference to running injuries. No antibiotics, no high cholesterol. Sometimes, it just happens. So no obvious things that I've changed and yet here it is.
That is really annoying! Lower backs can also cause pain in that area so make sure that's not part of the problem.
I watched a lot of your pulled hamstring videos past couple of days, and those didn't seem to fit what I have. I sit a lot at work and it then gets aggravated afterwards. I occasionally sit on a pillow or blanket and that makes it feel okay but not better. It's been a month now of burning irritating pain and I occasionally stretch it but only temporarily feels better. I'm going to use these methods as they seem to describe my condition exactly, as I'm not a runner or sprinter nor did I do anything explosive movement wise recently. 🤔 thank you for this!!!
Thank you for this invaluable information. I had no idea overstretching the hamstrings could cause so much pain. Also, I have been doing this stretching when I wake up. thank you for your explanation of this condition.
Glad it was helpful!
This is really great!
Thank you..i know undestand the pain i have for years. The question i have is around rolling with small ball on the hamstring. Is that helpful or not?
Thanks so much! God bless you more Abundantly
Thank you so much! This was so EXTREMELY helpful!!!
Hi! I am 17 yo and I am into track and field. I do the sprint and jump events, but this January after the most important meet I have injured my hamstring. At first I was feeling very strong pain in the upper part of the hamstring, so I stopped with the workouts for about 2 weeks. During this time I was training my upper body, swimming and sometimes I was training the calfes doing jumps. So when these 2 weeks went away I started going to the track and field complex in my city and gradually started with cross training, fartleks and so on. After that I started my main preparation for the summer season, including a lot of jumps and sprints on 90% effort on 150-250m, doing a lot of stretches and warm up drills before that.I have to say that the pain had not gone away during the 2 months period but it was feeling better. On 30th March the quarantine in my country (Bulgaria) due to the covid-19 got more serious, so I was not able to go to the stadium. On this day I was training outside near home, 50m sprints on 100% effort with 3lb weight on my ankles. During the workout I started feeling that pain again on the hamstring, but not only on the upper part, but on the middle too. So I stayed at home for 10 days doing the RICE method, and only doing some upper body workout for about 30 mins.Today I started stretching and I felt pain,tried to do the nordic curl, but again pain. I went outside and tried to do some sprints and I realized that it hurts a lot. I doesn't hurt while walking but I can't get back to athletics. Also when I do the stretching on the back thigh sometimes I can barely hear silent popping sound. (sorry If I have wasted your time, reading this).
Hi Radoslav, resting an injury can make the pain go down but it doesn't actually strengthen it. You have not strengthened it properly since your first injury which means that your hamstring is weak and that's why you injured it so easily again. You have to do specific exercises to strengthen your hamstring, but nordic culs are way to intense and heavy load for now. Stop stretching it - it needs strength training not stretching. I know that you're likely still in lockdown but see if you can consult a physio online who can prescribe a strength training regime for you. Hope this helps. xm
Yes same thing with me I rest a week it went away and it came back worse we did not properly rest and strength it..
This was great. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Such an informative video 👏👏👏👏👏
This is an excellent video - she has described my issue exactly.
This was great! I really enjoyed the "real talk" about this. I am a crazy runner, and didn't understand my pain until this video! Thanks so much!