I was about to post the same that lifting does not stimulate nearly as much as people think. I was about to say his approach and timing is potentially too aggressive as well. Potentially because I do not know the actual level of the strain.
In my past I experienced six strains (tears) from heavy squats in the span of 5 years. 3 in the quadriceps and 3 in the hamstrings. I gave about 6 weeks of rehab time on each. At that time I was just finishing retiring from competitive lifting and still trying to set to some PR's in the squats so endurance training was still an absolute NoNo in my world.
For most of my injuries that stemmed from training I found MICE without the Ice part to be decent. (Motion, Compression, Elevation)
After a couple of weeks of just keeping weight off the injured leg as much as possible I would then start back on a stationary or recumbent bike at the gym with zero resistance just to get motion back in the injured leg. After about the fourth week the heavy bruising would start to clear up and I would begin to add some resistance to the bike. At the 5th week I would start back with squatting with no weight. At the sixth week I would start back with extremely light squats and then begin to add a bit more each week. I would not be back to using training weight until another several weeks and if I remember correctly not really back to using training weight until about 6 months.
Maybe it seems like I was being a bit to cautious, but jumping back in too early may have caused it to tear worse. I have seen guys tear pectoral, bicep and quadricep muscles at the gym that would require surgery and appear deformed from that point forward. Being patient and let time heal the wound is not a bad approach.
The other thing that I noted during my times of rehab was the urge to stretch. It was like wanting to scratch a poison ivy rash. However, stretching a healing tear can also make it tear worse or tear the healing tissue again.
In my past I experienced six strains (tears) from heavy squats in the span of 5 years. 3 in the quadriceps and 3 in the hamstrings. I gave about 6 weeks of rehab time on each. At that time I was just finishing retiring from competitive lifting and still trying to set to some PR's in the squats so endurance training was still an absolute NoNo in my world.
For most of my injuries that stemmed from training I found MICE without the Ice part to be decent. (Motion, Compression, Elevation)
After a couple of weeks of just keeping weight off the injured leg as much as possible I would then start back on a stationary or recumbent bike at the gym with zero resistance just to get motion back in the injured leg. After about the fourth week the heavy bruising would start to clear up and I would begin to add some resistance to the bike. At the 5th week I would start back with squatting with no weight. At the sixth week I would start back with extremely light squats and then begin to add a bit more each week. I would not be back to using training weight until another several weeks and if I remember correctly not really back to using training weight until about 6 months.
Maybe it seems like I was being a bit to cautious, but jumping back in too early may have caused it to tear worse. I have seen guys tear pectoral, bicep and quadricep muscles at the gym that would require surgery and appear deformed from that point forward. Being patient and let time heal the wound is not a bad approach.
The other thing that I noted during my times of rehab was the urge to stretch. It was like wanting to scratch a poison ivy rash. However, stretching a healing tear can also make it tear worse or tear the healing tissue again.
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Felt_Rider: Oct 1, 18 4:30