Not sure if Sciatica or hamstring or piriformis??

rdavies617 wrote:

sanding alleviates the pain

I would stick with the sanding. At least three times a day.

Yeah thanks.

sounds like upper hamstring tendonopathy- watch out, I kept running through it for a while as it wasnt slowing me down, but now have been plagued by outright muscle tears (cant run 2 steps without intense pain and pain is in center of hamstring) for past 3 months.

I know I need PT, but hard to find the time

runningdoc wrote:

sounds like upper hamstring tendonopathy- watch out, I kept running through it for a while as it wasnt slowing me down, but now have been plagued by outright muscle tears (cant run 2 steps without intense pain and pain is in center of hamstring) for past 3 months.

I know I need PT, but hard to find the time

This.

Careful with the stretching, that can just make it worse.

I just had my high hamstring injury resolve itself after about six years. This is one of the most vexing injuries out there. Do not stretch it. Not at all. Very gentle hamstring strength work is helpful, especially the eccentric motion. Deep tissue work helps (ART, Arrosti or whatever they do in your neck of the woods). You can run through it and run well if you do not stretch on it, but it is very annoying and can be painful on long car trips/plane rides. I eventually go through it when I had two unrelated injuries that caused me to sit out for about 6 weeks and then 4 months a year later. Each period of extended rest made a big difference.

do bridge exercises till you can't do them anymore.

Don't stretch your hamstring. Stretch the front side (quad and hip flexor).

Also, if only the right side hurts, get your PT check the leg discrepancy. Your pelvis might be tilted.

Precious Roy wrote:

I just had my high hamstring injury resolve itself after about six years. This is one of the most vexing injuries out there. Do not stretch it. Not at all. Very gentle hamstring strength work is helpful, especially the eccentric motion. Deep tissue work helps (ART, Arrosti or whatever they do in your neck of the woods). You can run through it and run well if you do not stretch on it, but it is very annoying and can be painful on long car trips/plane rides. I eventually go through it when I had two unrelated injuries that caused me to sit out for about 6 weeks and then 4 months a year later. Each period of extended rest made a big difference.

Precious Roy is correct. It sounds like high hamstring tendinopathy. I"ve been dealing with it for years. There are some eccentric type exercises that help, but you really need to resist the urge to stretch it...do not stretch it. I heat the area before I run and ice at the insertion point after every run. Also work on loosening up your hip flexors - tight flexors seem to exacerbate the condition.

Good luck

Also...this site has some useful info. A British PT who worked through his own injury.

http://www.running-physio.com/pht-rehab/

It's not a physical injury. Even the most terrible bone fractures heal within months. I suffered from chronic running injuries for over 10 years.

Read this:

https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Back-Pain-Mind-Body-Connection/dp/0446557684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471630351&sr=8-1&keywords=dr+sarno

"I just had my high hamstring injury resolve itself after about six years"

Think about what you just said. You couldn't have had an injury for 6 years. The injury, if there ever was one, resolved itself in days, but the pain lingered for years due to stress.

To be fair, it's probably all three.

Take a Midol and rub some gynelotrimin on it.

I recently posted a thread on a similar injury -- some great responses there that might be helpful to you:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=7478588

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Haven't fully solved the puzzle for myself, but I have found that focusing on stretching and strengthening my hip flexors and glutes has HUGELY improved my situation. I don't bother with stretching/strengthening/massaging the hamstrings whatsoever, because it seems to exacerbate the problem.

I suspect my "hamstring" issue is a nerve/piriformis/pelvic misalignment interaction.

You are asking for help with an injury at letsrun, do you not value sleep?

Anyway, I have had pyriformis pain for years, it comes and goes. If it is deep in the buttock sort of where the bone is, it could be that. Sit on the floor and roll that spot over a lacrosse ball for a few minutes, it's like a more precise version of foam rolling. It will hurt. Do it every day for 5 minutes. Also, look up the stretch where you lie on your back, bend one knee over the other and pull it toward your chest, great stretch for it.

Hello

Thank you so much for all your replies. I had the results from X-ray and it's all clear ( didn't expect anything from that) do you think I should try acupuncture and active realise therapy ( I'm sure I read someone suggest that)

Thank you again for all replies 🙂🙂

JamesC wrote:

It's not a physical injury. Even the most terrible bone fractures heal within months. I suffered from chronic running injuries for over 10 years.

Read this:

https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Back-Pain-Mind-Body-Connection/dp/0446557684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471630351&sr=8-1&keywords=dr+sarno

Read anything by Sarno or Steve Ozanich or Fred Amir.