shorebird wrote:
I had some version of this throughout last year, tried all the various exercise recommendations from slowtwitch threads with no success or healing and then finally got my stubborn ass into a running oriented PT in Dec. She diagnosed a strain at my hamstring attachment point, but said my lack of hamstring flexibility was severe enough that the tension was preventing the attachment point strain from being able to heal. Her regimen for me was all about long steady stretching of hamstring as well as groin and glutes, and gluteus medius strengthening (e.g. clamshells with a band). I asked that shouldn't i also be strengthening my hams, and she said it's totally optional for now and if i do it, focus on lightweight, eccentric contraction based exercises. point is to increase flexibility and range of motion as the primary goal. long story short, the healing massively kicked in within three weeks and i'm now back on the run pain free. can also sit in my office chair again. it's pretty glorious. throughout 2017 i had held off from stretching and just foam rollered, because stretching seemed like it would worsen a strain. boy was i wrong.
May or may not be relevant for you, but seemed worth a share.
Experiencing some hamstring issues aswell lately. Stretching seems to make it worse, so i stopped it. Started doing excentric exercises but seemed to aggravate it aswell.
My hamstring are massivly short, so it seems like a similar story.
Thanks for the info, might try the slow stretching approach again.