Hamstring pull recovery

1) Eccentric dead lifts. Do a dead lift with x amount of weight, then lower on a count of 10. Make sure you keep your lower back flat.

2) You can also do eccentric hamstring curls.

3) ART

get used to it. wrote:

3) ART

ART?

Active Release Techniques.

www.activerelease.com

or

Graston Technique

www.grastontechnique.com

Or both.

Most pro and collegiate sports teams use providers of these techniques. Referral directories are on the websites.

get used to it. wrote:

Active Release Techniques.

http://www.activerelease.com

or

Graston Technique

http://www.grastontechnique.com

Or both.

Most pro and collegiate sports teams use providers of these techniques. Referral directories are on the websites.

I'll check it out. Thanks for the info!

Everyone else, more advice is welcome!

One more from me. Ignore all the people who might tell you not to stretch them.

Graston/Gua Sha tool

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H1LY8OA/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3?pf_rd_p=1535523722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00H1NDIGW&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=050BZX0MKBF8SGX4T39J

You could get that tool if you wanted to. The problem with those knock off gua sha tools is that using them isn't at all like Graston. The weight and shape of the real Graston tools allows much better depth of treatment due to comfort, and the beveling on the edges also helps with that. Gua Sha scrapes the skin superficially for blood flow. Graston does much more.

Not a Doc wrote:

Graston/Gua Sha tool

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H1LY8OA/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3?pf_rd_p=1535523722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00H1NDIGW&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=050BZX0MKBF8SGX4T39J

The guy who said eccentrics are the way to go.

here are some varieties:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS9eqB_hZqo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_w8QgYWKmY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pVMk7-EWEo

i'd be very cautious with ART

it made my hamstring way worse.

get used to it. wrote:

One more from me. Ignore all the people who might tell you not to stretch them.

It's taking a lot of effort to get over that barrier with stretching, mainly because I know that's what caused this in the first place. I know I should, but damn it's hard to get myself to do.

I definitely notice the lack of extension in my legs when I'm running though. I can't stride out like I used to.

I had a patient years back who went to a chiropractor who advertises himself as a sports chiropractor, but has no credentials other than he treated a college basketball player who later turned pro. The patient was a HS football player who had an injured hamstring. He was told by the chiropractor to under no circumstances, stretch the hamstring. 6 months later, he was no better. All the guy was doing was putting electrical stimulation on it. What a joke.

2 sessions of ART and Graston and appropriate home care including stretching and eccentrics, and 6 months worth of pain and disability was gone.

Sorry the one poster had an issue with his hamstring and ART. It is provider dependent. Some people have been practicing it for 15 years, others 1. The technique itself is solid though when done correctly.

Doesn't graston essentially serve the same purpose as a good massage? It just seems a little too costly.