I thought a more serious, introspective pose would be more appropriate. I am plotting my strategy for age 70 masters domination. Knowing old guy II and MikeL stand in my way. :-)
I thought a more serious, introspective pose would be more appropriate. I am plotting my strategy for age 70 masters domination. Knowing old guy II and MikeL stand in my way. :-)
No, never. New Zealand Splits with a thong.
Ghost of Igloi wrote:
No, never. New Zealand Splits with a thong.
You can’t say “never” after last night’s self-fisting photo of you.
Igy, in the last couple weeks I have strained my groin by pulling off my shoe with the other foot (instead of bending over and using a hand) and hurt my ribs by rolling over them with a Triggerpoint foam roller! Next thing you know I will be pulling a hamstring by getting out of bed in the morning! I can't be looking ahead to age 70 when I just want to recover from living through this month of July! :)
BM, have you had any deep tissue cross-fiber massage? That broke up the scar tissue in my wife's hamstrings at the insertion. She still has to be really careful with warmups but the serious stiff/soreness is gone. Sometimes takes several good sessions, since it's pretty painful.
MikeL, unfortunately in the same category?
Huntsman World Senior Games cancelled for 2020
Mike Lundgren wrote:
BM, have you had any deep tissue cross-fiber massage? That broke up the scar tissue in my wife's hamstrings at the insertion. She still has to be really careful with warmups but the serious stiff/soreness is gone. Sometimes takes several good sessions, since it's pretty painful.
Mike, I will look into this.
Hello, This message is for Coyote Montane, or anyone else that have suffered from the following. So one day last week I finished a run, nothing that hard or different than what I have been doing. Later that day my left hip started hurting to the point that I was limping. I had someone check my leg length and my right leg was shorter which caused the sore hip. I was able to realign the leg length problem but the pain is still there. I took two days off but felt it a bit. I have not run for a couple of days now as I feel my hip just a little. I might be ok to run but don't want to make it worse. CM, what did you do to get your hip healed up. And should I wait until I feel no pain before I start running?
Could be anything with the hip. Probably better not to run until the pain goes away. And take some ibuprofen to reduce inflammation and pain. Maybe get an appointment with an osteopath or PT next week to pinpoint the problem and start on rehab.
RB,
I would look at my sacrum alignment while running. My sense is your right side of your hip has an anterior tilt giving you the functional short leg (it is really not short to a significant degree). You are not getting full hamstring extension with the functionally short leg. Just stretching the hamstring and glute will not do the trick--if this is the problem.
Try this stretch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANBBKekFztc
Generally, my experience is taking off does not help, since this is a muscle imbalance and bio-mechanics issue. All muscles recover at same rate, imbalance remains. Begin running ASAP within reason and moderately, be aware of hip alignment, and especially full extension of right hamstring. If this is the issue, and the bio-mechanics are correct, you will notice the difference.
Hope this helps.
Igy
Ghost of Igloi wrote:
RB,
I would look at my sacrum alignment while running. My sense is your right side of your hip has an anterior tilt giving you the functional short leg (it is really not short to a significant degree). You are not getting full hamstring extension with the functionally short leg. Just stretching the hamstring and glute will not do the trick--if this is the problem.
Try this stretch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANBBKekFztcGenerally, my experience is taking off does not help, since this is a muscle imbalance and bio-mechanics issue. All muscles recover at same rate, imbalance remains. Begin running ASAP within reason and moderately, be aware of hip alignment, and especially full extension of right hamstring. If this is the issue, and the bio-mechanics are correct, you will notice the difference.
Hope this helps.
Igy
Igy,
I tried the stretch. I cannot come close to the video. My hips are so tight my wife could hardly manually put me in the position in the video. I'll work on these. Thanks.
RB,
Hold for 4-6 minutes each side. The more you do, the loser it gets. Pretty common for us distance to get very tight illopsoas. Even if this is not the source of the problem, it should be beneficial. Anyway, hope it helps.
Igy
old guy II and YMMV -- thanks for the replies, and good to hear from other runners with a rowing habit.
I used to be quite solid on the erg -- I went under 6:30 for 2K as a lightweight a couple of times. Not as fast as the top national team lightweight scores but within spitting distance.
These days, hammering an erg hold very limited appeal. Making boats go fast on the water, however, is still an amazing experience.
Diet, I believe, is very personal. I tend to be a high gluten, high carb guy. Tried no/low carb for a bit and did not care for it. But it's so hard to know what effect derives from what input ... for me right now the 14-16 hour daily fast feels good and I'm happy with the bodyweight I'm at now.
Wrapping up a vacation with two weeks of running on or near the beach, plus a few on-water rowing sessions. My legs are shot but in a pleasant sort of way.
That's a piriformis stretch, and that may be part of the issue, but I'd still get a professional diagnosis and opinion so that you can get at the root causes of the issue and then treat them.
Ghost of Igloi wrote:
RB,
I would look at my sacrum alignment while running. My sense is your right side of your hip has an anterior tilt giving you the functional short leg (it is really not short to a significant degree). You are not getting full hamstring extension with the functionally short leg. Just stretching the hamstring and glute will not do the trick--if this is the problem.
Try this stretch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANBBKekFztcGenerally, my experience is taking off does not help, since this is a muscle imbalance and bio-mechanics issue. All muscles recover at same rate, imbalance remains. Begin running ASAP within reason and moderately, be aware of hip alignment, and especially full extension of right hamstring. If this is the issue, and the bio-mechanics are correct, you will notice the difference.
Hope this helps.
Igy
Igy, I do this stretch three times per week as part of my back stretching routine. It's easy for me. Of course, I have plenty of other problems...
Coyote Montane wrote:
That's a piriformis stretch, and that may be part of the issue, but I'd still get a professional diagnosis and opinion so that you can get at the root causes of the issue and then treat them.
Good idea CM. I have an appointment set for this coming Monday.
Coyote Montane wrote:
That's a piriformis stretch, and that may be part of the issue, but I'd still get a professional diagnosis and opinion so that you can get at the root causes of the issue and then treat them.
Perhaps your right on looking at it anatomically. Professional diagnosis would be best and agreed.
RB,
I assume you are careful on road crowns and changing direction on the track. Just those two practices can lessen imbalances.
Igy
I have found crowned roads to be tough on my 68 year old hips and hamstrings.
Pushed to much the pace on long downhill?