Injured

About 3 weeks ago I tried running for the first time in probably a decade. Wouldn't you know it, I hurt myself. I pulled a muscle in my inner thigh, and then that spread to a full fledged hamstring pull. The odd thing was that it only hurt when I ran or walked fast. Swimming or biking didn’t hurt. So finally after 3 weeks of rest without getting better, off to the doctor I went with a 730am appointment.

I saw TJ the NP. He said to ice it, and take mass doses of ibuprofen. That was not unexpected. He also agreed that PT was probably a good thing so he sent me off to scheduling to make an appointment for physical therapy. Amazingly enough there was an appointment at 830am that morning! So I went home, changed into some shorts and headed back to PT.

My PT was an initial 1 hour session. She checked me out and said that basically the adductor and hamstring pain are likely related. She wants me to ice my upper hamstring. She gave me some hamstring and calf stretches to do. She did a bunch of soft tissue massage with the grafton tool.

Her evaluation is that my left butt cheek is weaker than my right which likely has an effect on this too.

Next visit I am supposed to bring my running shoes. She said I have over flexible ankles and my foot tends to collapse inward and if the shoes don't support that, then your butt has to support that, and if your butt isn't strong enough then your hamstring takes the load and viola you end up in PT.

So this whole thing isn't starting very well.