Ok I guess the hamstring pull which affected how my right hamstring functions also had an affect on how sore/damaged it gets from workouts.
After workouts if it was a tough workout, both hamstrings feel pretty much just as sore, but after a day or two, the right hamstirng is still noticeably sore while the left is pretty much recovered.
My hamstring is healed, cuz the pull was october 2005, but it still worries me how I have this uneven soreness and recovery rate. The ART guy worked on it a few days(secondary to my shins) and the hamstring feels the same(nothing was broken up)…I guess im screwed eh? But then again he alsao worked on my calves and didnt really do much either, so maybe I just met the wrong guy
What have you been doing on my own? From my understanding, you basically went years without any stretching, therapy (manual or foam rolling or anything), or anything and you’ve been having problems recently? I think you just have a lot of issues that are interrelated that could take quite a bit of time to correct.
lol yeah I never really stretched or cooled down or released anything.
Then again, all my problems began really after the ankle injury. Stupid choices man, stupid choices. It’s not like the hamstring tear was minor though. It was a real fkin bad tear. No bruising or bleeding I think, but I was limping for about a week.
But besides all of this, I haven’t really lost any strength really…not much speed but some. My half mile is actually almost as good as it was at my prime. It’s weird how that works huh? I haven’t really worked out since Summer 2005. If it wasn’t for my great retaining abilities, I’d probably be extremely depressed.
The hamstring is probably scarred like a mofo, and my shins are more than likely inflammed like hell. I think working is aggravating the shins especially, cuz ive been off only 3 days and they feel a lot better.
You need therapy to break up adhesions. As long as they are there, the part of the hamstring that moves is doing all the work that would be spread over the whole length if the muscle was fully loose. The other hamstring has the whole range to spread the work over, hence the difference.
Same here. And mine was actually an instructor and chiropractor.
I agree with what Carl Valle said in his interview on another site actually. He said something along the lines of ART being a waste unless they spend a good amount of time with you doing some soft tissue work and active stretching. Most do not do this. You go there and they bang your credit card for 80 bucks for 15 minutes whereas you could have gotten a good solid hour of soft tissue (massage) work for that price.
If you are only going and getting worked on for 15 minutes you have either a crappy or a greedy therapist. I’ve been to two instructors in different cities and both worked on me as long as it took to get done what was needed.
What Carl was saying (an what he has told me in consults) is that consistent massage is great and probably the best option, but ART is best if you have a specific issue that needs to be addressed. Hopefully, you can find somebody who is good at BOTH and preferably other therapies instead of just looking to use just massage or just ART or just MAT or whatever.
Well keep trying different people until you find a guy you like in you area or find a good recommendation and travel to see them wherever they are. Finding a good doctor, therapist, chiro, etc can be pretty tough these days.
Then either my guy really sucked or you got really lucky but I’d rather not even waste my money finding out. I have heard the same thing I said from other people as well. Best bet is probably to find someone who does both but I would never go to anyone again unless I know someone who has first hand experience working with this person. Same for massage. I don’t have the money to go around “trying people out”.
YES. You need a reference from a satisfied customer that you trust before spending good money. Some of the most hyped ART guys do lousy work IMO (I can fix that in 3 strokes!). Anyone who works on you for 15min in only one area is full of shit BUT you must get some sort of deep tissue work done to resolve the problem. It never goes away on its own unless the affected fibres tear off completely. I had issues from my running days and you can still see calcific deposits on High Res Ultra Sound that explain reduced ROM deep in the hamstring to this day, 35 years later!