[comando-joe]

comando-joe on January 21, 2012 at 9:39 am #18137

Can any one shed some light as to why i might be pulling my hamstring so often? It’s never the major bulk of the hamstring, but the lower part.

This is the 5th or 6th time in 2 and a half years that i’ve torn it, likely grade 1 everytime. Always within 40m as well.

Some guesses – i don’t have good flexibility anywhere. I am very quad dominant, although my hamstrings aren’t weak they are no where near my quads. Scar tissue from recent pulls? The only difference this time was it was cold today and i didn’t even get to 30m when it pulled.

[Eric Broadbent]

Eric Broadbent on January 22, 2012 at 1:34 am #114183

Well sprinting in the cold weather probably didn’t help as you are aware. Guessing it’s probably the quad dominance and lack of flexibility. Whenever we go to our muscular therapist lady, whatever side of our body we complain about being in pain…she immediately goes to the other side to relieve the stress that the other side likely caused to put a strain on the original pain. She then works on the area we complained about and it usually helps a lot. I know it is a pain in the but, but once or twice a week do some foam rolling and some digging into your quads/hip flexors and see if you can get them to loosen up so that they are not pulling your pelvis forward as much. Might not be the cause of it, but could help in the long run if you stay diligent to it.

[oshikake@ymail.com]

oshikake@ymail.com on January 22, 2012 at 3:48 am #114190

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[comando-joe]

comando-joe on January 22, 2012 at 5:59 am #114199

JC you do make me laugh. How can ‘PEDs’ cause tightness? Ive actually been stretching and rolling a lot over the last 2-3 months and not much is happening.

If you lift very heavy often, can this make it impossible to loosen out?

[Mccabe]

Mccabe on January 22, 2012 at 7:09 am #114202

Oh yay JC is back with more of his bullshit…

[Isaiah Miller]

Isaiah Miller on January 22, 2012 at 9:24 am #114205

Well sprinting in the cold weather probably didn’t help as you are aware. Guessing it’s probably the quad dominance and lack of flexibility. Whenever we go to our muscular therapist lady, whatever side of our body we complain about being in pain…she immediately goes to the other side to relieve the stress that the other side likely caused to put a strain on the original pain. She then works on the area we complained about and it usually helps a lot. I know it is a pain in the but, but once or twice a week do some foam rolling and some digging into your quads/hip flexors and see if you can get them to loosen up so that they are not pulling your pelvis forward as much. Might not be the cause of it, but could help in the long run if you stay diligent to it.

Great post Eric…This is a good remedy even if you don’t have a hamstring strain as a majority of the population is quad dominant due to our lifestyles/sitting all day.

[tkaberna]

tkaberna on January 22, 2012 at 9:27 am #114206

I think most hamstring issues are tied to pelvic tilt and improper striking of the ground. If you have pelvic tilt then your hamstring is slightly stretched just when walking let alone when sprinting. I think that usually gives you upper hamstring problems. I have seen athletes who throw their legs out have lower hamstring problems instead of striking the ground. Also, I have heard coach Pfaff say that if one of your shoulders is injured it can negatively affect the opposite hamstring as well because of the way the anatomy trains work. That is just my .02 for what its worth.