6 weeks out and i’ve tweeked my hamstring. Not sure if I pulled it, or it’s just in knots. Went to my massage therapist and she worked some of it out, put KT Tape on it, and I’m resting it now. Have a 6 hour ride w mtn climb planned for the weekend. Don’t know how long this will take to fully heal before I can run long. Wondering if this will affect my long rides as well?
Any thoughts from the ST community? Am I screwed for IM?
6 weeks out and i’ve tweeked my hamstring. Not sure if I pulled it, or it’s just in knots. Went to my massage therapist and she worked some of it out, put KT Tape on it, and I’m resting it now. Have a **6 hour ride w mtn climb **planned for the weekend. Don’t know how long this will take to fully heal before I can run long. Wondering if this will affect my long rides as well?
Any thoughts from the ST community? Am I screwed for IM?
what does your massage therapist recommend?
if it’s just a slight tweek, then start the weekend ride, but be prepared to bail out at the first sign of tweeking becoming tearing. ride the hills in a light gear and don’t attempt any spint primes or KoM surges.
otherwise, give yourself a week off the legs and maybe have a swim week and see how quickly you recover. you’ve already done the work for your race and it’d be a shame to muck it up at this point.
I had IT Band Issues. Better to heal & go into race undertrained then show up hurt. Good luck. Here’s my RR.
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Thanks for the input. Yesterday it was hard to tell if it was a little tweeked or a lot tweeked. After the massage and kinesio taping yesterday I went home and while watching TDF did some stretching and some time w the foam roller. I could tell the stretching was releasing the muscle a bit (no intense stretching). this morning woke up and felt better. Will continue doing stretching and foam roller today while at the office. I do get some strange looks for my employees as they walk past my office and i’m on the floor with a thera-band or a foam roller, but they give me strange looks when I’m in my spandex during lunch as well. (slackers).
I will see how the bike in the TT position feels tomorrow morning or this evening.
Hoping for the best for the weekend ride and continued training in the final 6 weeks.
I was in a similar situation about 5 weeks out from IMLP. I’ve got a PT who does Dry Needling, and I noticed a significant turn around after one session. After two, I wouldn’t have needed the third, but I went anyway for good measure. I’ve got a little bit of a niggle left, but my wife is working it out with deep tissue massage.
So … if you’ve got any Dry Needle practitioners in the area, I recommend giving it a shot.
6 weeks out and i’ve tweeked my hamstring. Not sure if I pulled it, or it’s just in knots.
Which of the 3 hamstrings? Where is the “knot?” Did you feel it happen? If so, doing what? IMO, you are dealing with a potentially serious strain getting worse if you are not conservative.
6 weeks out and i’ve tweeked my hamstring. Not sure if I pulled it, or it’s just in knots.
Which of the 3 hamstrings? Where is the “knot?” Did you feel it happen? If so, doing what? IMO, you are dealing with a potentially serious strain getting worse if you are not conservative.
It’s really in the Bicep Femoris, if I’ve got it pinpointed correctly - rather high on the muscle but not on the insertion point. My massage therapist said it’s deeper than just on the surface.
I was in a race on sunday and sometime during the run I started to feel a little tightness low on my hamstring muscles. Figured it was just that, tightness. Felt ok on Monday but was resting it anyway. Rode hard on Tuesday evening and it felt fine. During thursdays long run, it started off feeling fine, then tightened up after 30 minutes while on some hills. Got progressively worse (tighter) but I would stop and stretch it and that would help a little bit. Cut the 2:15:00 run short at 1:30:00.
6 weeks out and i’ve tweeked my hamstring. Not sure if I pulled it, or it’s just in knots.
Which of the 3 hamstrings? Where is the “knot?” Did you feel it happen? If so, doing what? IMO, you are dealing with a potentially serious strain getting worse if you are not conservative.
It’s really in the Bicep Femoris, if I’ve got it pinpointed correctly - rather high on the muscle but not on the insertion point. My massage therapist said it’s deeper than just on the surface.
I was in a race on sunday and sometime during the run I started to feel a little tightness low on my hamstring muscles. Figured it was just that, tightness. Felt ok on Monday but was resting it anyway. Rode hard on Tuesday evening and it felt fine. During thursdays long run, it started off feeling fine, then tightened up after 30 minutes while on some hills. Got progressively worse (tighter) but I would stop and stretch it and that would help a little bit. Cut the 2:15:00 run short at 1:30:00.
Stretching a hamstring strain is typically not advised. Massage is better.
6 weeks out and i’ve tweeked my hamstring. Not sure if I pulled it, or it’s just in knots.
Which of the 3 hamstrings? Where is the “knot?” Did you feel it happen? If so, doing what? IMO, you are dealing with a potentially serious strain getting worse if you are not conservative.
It’s really in the Bicep Femoris, if I’ve got it pinpointed correctly - rather high on the muscle but not on the insertion point. My massage therapist said it’s deeper than just on the surface.
I was in a race on sunday and sometime during the run I started to feel a little tightness low on my hamstring muscles. Figured it was just that, tightness. Felt ok on Monday but was resting it anyway. Rode hard on Tuesday evening and it felt fine. During thursdays long run, it started off feeling fine, then tightened up after 30 minutes while on some hills. Got progressively worse (tighter) but I would stop and stretch it and that would help a little bit. Cut the 2:15:00 run short at 1:30:00.
Most likely a minor (grade 1 or less) strain in the proximal tendon. (Lucky the biceps femoris, less complicated than the medial hamstrings.) It’s acute, so don’t be aggressive with stretching or deep tissue work. Think of it like a wound that needs at least 7 days to heal before testing. In the meantime, avoid hills: running especially, but also walking and cycling.
Injuries like this are from STRESS! If you don’t reduce your stress level it will only get worse. Move your head back (at least) ONE INCH when you walk and run and your stress level will go WAY DOWN!
UPDATE: after rolling, massaging, light stretching wearing kinesio tape, and resting the hamstring for a few days, I ventured out on a small ride saturday morning. Felt pretty good, but not 100%.
Sunday morning headed out on my race simulation 112 mile ride feeling pretty good. 112 miles w 5600ft of climbing followed by a 1 hour run: no hamstring issues what so ever. GOOD STUFF! I’ll not push it too much this week, but will continue with my training. I have a long run for thursday so I’ll see how it feels after more than an hour of running.
Thanks for all the input, even if some of it was tongue-in-cheek (stress??? really???). As if there’s EVER any stress in IM distance training. (roll eyes).