| Injured 800 runner |
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Both my legs started aching on Monday during a 20x200 with 50 walk rest, but the aching was more prevalent in my right leg. I would describe the pain as similar to shin splints but it goes from just above my knee to just below my hip. The next day I ran an 800m race through a lot of pain where both of my legs were hurting about equally and I felt like I was made of glass (still managed a 1 second PR though) and after I ran my legs were just aching, even after I was laying down and had no weight baring down on them. The day after I went out for what was supposed to be a long run but stopped after a mile and walked back in pain. The pain was still about even in both of my legs. I took an ice bath and thought it might feel a little better but it barely felt better at all the next day. The pain started getting much worse in my right leg. My coach just thought I had dead legs so I did the whole workout of 5x0.6 mile repeats over rolling terrain, but after the workout I was limping noticeably. The movement of getting up out of a chair hurts, and the first step after standing, or the first step of a run hurts a lot. When I cross my left leg over my right and put pressure downwards it hurts. Also when I do lunges and I go down I can't hold myself up, I will just fall on my knee and I have to push with my hands to get up off the ground. Please help me! I am a sophomore in high school and I have been chasing our top senior all season, I've cut down the deficit from 4 seconds behind him to less than one and I really, really want to beat him! |
| voiceofreason |
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Psoas problem likely given what you said provokes pain and how it started. Though it runs from the abdomen to the hip, the myotome (muscular pain referral pattern) is into the quadriceps. Look up some good psoas stretches online, stretch to perception and hold for 3-5 minutes without release for each side. See if this provides any relief. If it doesn't, look elsewhere for the cause but its worth a shot. Don't waste time waiting for it to go away when you can have it evaluated and treated by a sports therapist or Active Release provider. |
| voiceofreason |
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Also consider the other 2 main hip flexors, the rectus femoris and sartorius. Try this stretch, same principles as mentioned above with the psoas with stretching to perception for 3-5 minutes. https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTY0ekFQ5M5_DDFmB_GrEacmfBCjVF-Jejdni3Lx8KQR3KFBqRVXA |
| Injured 800 runner |
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I actually have strained my psoas before and it doesn't feel the same (same leg though so it could be a strain in a different area). When I raise my knee up to my chest when standing it doesn't hurt, and that exercises the psoas I think so it doesn't seem to be that. but If I'm just standing on my right leg (the injured one) it feels weak, like it's going to collapse under me. |
| voiceofreason |
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Try stretching all the hip flexors then and see what happens. Your autonomic nerve chain also runs around the psoas and can give you that feeling it wants to collapse. This would also affect the thigh. You may also be looking at stress fractures. If stretching doesn't seem to help and a few days rest don't change anything, I would get an MRI on the bad leg at least. |
| Injured 800 runner |
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Okay I'll stretch and pray it goes away. A stress fracture would be awful. |
| Injured 800 runner |
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I'm sorry but what do you mean by stretching to "perception." |
| JB800/1500 |
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it sounds more like IT band syndrome, psoas injuries and it band injuries usually have the same symptoms but since you said it hurts at the knee and upwards towards the hip then my guess is IT band. you can alleviate this (and some psoas issues too, if that truly is the case) with deep tissue massage. use a foam roller on the side of your leg, if it hurts like a bitch to roll your IT band then you definitely have IT band syndrome. fortunately this is a reltively easy fix, it takes time though. roll your it bands ALOT and get your quads and hamstrongs while your at it. its going to take a little bit of time but if you roll the bejeezus out of em every day for decent amounts of time each time then you can get back in 2-3 weeks. in the mean time, try biking and walk/running to stay in shape. if at any point during the runs you feel a knife-like/stabbing pain in your knee that goes away after a few seconds, thats scar tissue breaking itself up. a good way to test how tight your IT band is by taking your knuckles and rubbing them into the IT band itself and on the side of your knee. the more it hurts, the tighter it is. o, and if you do use a foam roller or have a sports massage done, its going to hurt something awful but thats a good sign as you'll know thats what's affecting you and that its just tight |
| Injured 800 runner |
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Isn't IT band syndrome usually on the outside of the leg, running from the outside of the knee to the hip? This just feels like it is in the middle of my leg and a pain goes up my leg when I land on it. |
| Injured 800 runner |
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I just did a stretch called the pidgeon to test my flexibility in my hip flexors and I was extremely tight compared to the girl in this video (I know she's probably freakishly flexible) Basically i was not touching the ground in between my knees. I could not get my butt down. |
| Weitzleberg |
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Are your shoe laces too tight in the forefoot? |
| voiceofreason |
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I'm sorry but what do you mean by stretching to "perception."[/quote] I mean move the body into the stretch position until you perceive the sensation of stretch. Light prolonged stretching helps make the most of the muscles and fascia undergo plastic deformation which will provide long term gains in flexibility and tissue length. |
| dr paiin |
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Cut back on your masturbation, and you will see that this was the culprit. You masturbate too much. |