O.k., so hopefully I've finally learned my lesson about not stretching enough. I pulled my hamstring a little bit during PT at my academy last week. We were doing 100 m sprints, and one the 6th and final sprint, I pulled it a little. The pain isn't too bad, but it still hurts a little when I bend over sometimes. I can still jog o.k.
So can anyone give me some advice on how I can rehab this thing quickly? I've read that I shouldn't stretch it right away. So this happened Wednesday 4/13/11. Is it o.k. to start doing hamstring stretches yet? How soon should I start doing some strengthening exercises, like some light deadlifts?
Also, I've pulled my hamstring several times before while doing sprints, so I need to make this stop. I do dynamic stretching exercises before sprints, but I've read that it's not enough. I know I need to be doing static stretches every day to actually lengthen the muscle. Can anyone recommend some good static stretches, including how often I should do them? Also any strengthening exercises to help prevent future pulls.
I've got my fingers crossed that we won't have to do any sprints this next week. If we do I guess I'll just have to run them at maybe 60% and get an ***-chewing. It's a minor injury, and the only thing it seems to effect is sprints. I don't want to have to go on light duty for this and miss out on PT with my class.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, since I know there are some folks on here who are pretty well versed in fitness and muscle mechanics.
So can anyone give me some advice on how I can rehab this thing quickly? I've read that I shouldn't stretch it right away. So this happened Wednesday 4/13/11. Is it o.k. to start doing hamstring stretches yet? How soon should I start doing some strengthening exercises, like some light deadlifts?
Also, I've pulled my hamstring several times before while doing sprints, so I need to make this stop. I do dynamic stretching exercises before sprints, but I've read that it's not enough. I know I need to be doing static stretches every day to actually lengthen the muscle. Can anyone recommend some good static stretches, including how often I should do them? Also any strengthening exercises to help prevent future pulls.
I've got my fingers crossed that we won't have to do any sprints this next week. If we do I guess I'll just have to run them at maybe 60% and get an ***-chewing. It's a minor injury, and the only thing it seems to effect is sprints. I don't want to have to go on light duty for this and miss out on PT with my class.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, since I know there are some folks on here who are pretty well versed in fitness and muscle mechanics.
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