I've seen other forums for high hamstring tendinopathy but they were rather old so I thought I'd start another one. About 2.5 months ago after a run I experienced a sharp pain deep in my high hamstring--basically at the insertion point where the hamstring meets the glute. I thought it was a strained hamstring. Walking and jogging actually felt ok--only a slight pull/ache--but when I try to speed walk or run fast--then it kills. I'm also in agony to bend down and touch my toes, and doing Yoga poses--like pulling my knee to my nose in downdog is also agony.
I stopped running and Yoga and just swam for a full month. It got a little better and returned to running for about a week-but it started to ache again so I stopped. I went to my sports med doc and he ordered an MRI--and I have a bone marrow edema in my ischial tuberosity (sitting bone)--which is basically a stress reaction in the sitting bone as well as a thickened hamstring tendon.
My doc said I could walk gently and swim if it didn't aggravate it--and that's all I've been doing. But it's not getting better. I've only been going on really gentle, slow walks and everyday I wake up to this pain.
I've honestly never been this depressed in my entire life. I feel like this pain is never going to get better and I"m just going to have it forever. It also feels like I"ll never run again or do yoga--and those two things bring me so much joy.
I"m just wondering if anyone has ever experienced this? And how long your recovery was? It's been 2.5 months already and it feels exactly the same as it did when I first got it. It just feels like it's never going to heal.
I've looked into PRP injections and was wondering if any of you had any luck with those treatments. I tried a bit of PT as well and that actually just made it worse--because any kind of strengthening moves just made it worse.
Thanks for listening.
I stopped running and Yoga and just swam for a full month. It got a little better and returned to running for about a week-but it started to ache again so I stopped. I went to my sports med doc and he ordered an MRI--and I have a bone marrow edema in my ischial tuberosity (sitting bone)--which is basically a stress reaction in the sitting bone as well as a thickened hamstring tendon.
My doc said I could walk gently and swim if it didn't aggravate it--and that's all I've been doing. But it's not getting better. I've only been going on really gentle, slow walks and everyday I wake up to this pain.
I've honestly never been this depressed in my entire life. I feel like this pain is never going to get better and I"m just going to have it forever. It also feels like I"ll never run again or do yoga--and those two things bring me so much joy.
I"m just wondering if anyone has ever experienced this? And how long your recovery was? It's been 2.5 months already and it feels exactly the same as it did when I first got it. It just feels like it's never going to heal.
I've looked into PRP injections and was wondering if any of you had any luck with those treatments. I tried a bit of PT as well and that actually just made it worse--because any kind of strengthening moves just made it worse.
Thanks for listening.