Hello all,
I'm a 24 year old man. I was sumo deadlifting a 1 rep max about 3 weeks and 1 day ago. As I was halfway up, I felt/heard a pop in my hamstring. I felt the pain was about halfway between my buttocks and knee. There was no bruising. For the first few days, if I walked and engaged that part of my hamstring, I would be in pain. Now, the pain has faded away. I can press down on (I think the biceps femoris?) and feel a tender spot there it 'popped'. However, I do feel tightness in my calf sometimes, and one of my tendons is still giving me pain and irritation. Its the tendon on the left side of my left knee. If I flex, I can feel that its the tendon that comes directly from the muscle I popped. Is this a side effect of a hamstring muscle belly strain? is this a hamstring tendon strain? What can I do to rehab it, and once I've rehabbed it make sure it never happens again?
With regards to rehab, I've been doing light banded good mornings and light sumo deadlifts (maybe 25% of my max) and it feels like it helps but that could be a placebo. I have been eating oily fish, lots of protein, and collagen to help recover from this.
I'm a 24 year old man. I was sumo deadlifting a 1 rep max about 3 weeks and 1 day ago. As I was halfway up, I felt/heard a pop in my hamstring. I felt the pain was about halfway between my buttocks and knee. There was no bruising. For the first few days, if I walked and engaged that part of my hamstring, I would be in pain. Now, the pain has faded away. I can press down on (I think the biceps femoris?) and feel a tender spot there it 'popped'. However, I do feel tightness in my calf sometimes, and one of my tendons is still giving me pain and irritation. Its the tendon on the left side of my left knee. If I flex, I can feel that its the tendon that comes directly from the muscle I popped. Is this a side effect of a hamstring muscle belly strain? is this a hamstring tendon strain? What can I do to rehab it, and once I've rehabbed it make sure it never happens again?
With regards to rehab, I've been doing light banded good mornings and light sumo deadlifts (maybe 25% of my max) and it feels like it helps but that could be a placebo. I have been eating oily fish, lots of protein, and collagen to help recover from this.
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