I love peeps wrote:
he's really gotta make that hammy stronger in the off season.
I hope razcko can come up with some weight program or something. even a new stretch before the race and before workouts would be helpful.
forget at 4:45 tempo strength. I would give up 5 seconds of that for a diezed hammy that wouldn't break down when I needed it the most.
also, when you're massaging it, always push the muscle together and don't just roll it! god I've seen so many people just roll their hurt muscles. NO NO NO! NO NO NO NO NO! you're supposed to squeeze the muscle together along its axis. This stuff really pisses me off when I see newbs squeezing their muscles along any other point, or squeezing it the wrong way.
The idea is to squeeze it like one of those long clown balloons that has spaghetti noodles lined up and down the balloon. You're squeezing it so the noodles don't change shape, which means, stick you're fricking fingers all the way in and around the muscle and squeeze that lil f***er 10-20 times a day. Then heat it. Never ice a hammy unless your knee is bent and you're going to be taking the day off.
Took me all of highschool and college to learn this THE HARD WAY.
Alan Webb, I just don't know what he should do. Injuries like this can take 2 days or they can take 2 weeks. If this takes two weeks, good bye Osaka. Doesn't look as bad as prefontaine though. A week in the pool, doing weights, all protein diet, and stretching+massaging all the other muscles 3-4 times a day, plus a special massage for the hurt muscle and absolutely no movement from it for 72 hours. Seriously, Razcko, tape his leg bent at the knee so the hammy doesn't move and throw him in the pool for 2 hours. when he tries to get out, just kick him with your foot. Should keep that fighting spirit in him for Osaka.
After a few days of that torture, put him on a bike, less rotational movement of the hammy, and have him do workouts on it. Still do a few pool sessions though. after a few days of that maybe he can run lightly again for a week before even trying to do a 25 second 200. Keep it at 30 sec 200 pace for another week. Give him some strengthening squats or leg lifts or something. Only the week-9 days before allow him to do speed workouts and V02 which would have suffered from 10 days or so of off stuff. Mobility workouts twice a day. He should be fine.
Gee, it's a good thing that Peeps posted this novella. Otherwise, I doubt Webb (or the top level physical therapists he's undoubtedly working with) would have had a clue what to do. I'll bet both Webb and Razcko print out Peeps post and keep it with them.
But seriously, I can't believe no one has so much as insinuated that Webb might be pulling a Regina here. An elite pulling up lame so close to the WCs and not being accused of doping? Amazing!