Hamstring Tendinitis, what stretches are best?

Oh also, i've been crosstraining but have stuck to mostly doing elliptical. It hurt first few times but after I got stronger anti inflammatory from doctor, the last 2 times I haven't really felt pain. (Just to clarify, I didn't really take the anti inflammatory before doing elliptical except once maybe 4 hours before)

I'm not a big proponent of traditional static stretching. I'd say spend some good quality time with a foam roller, which does stretch muscles in a way. You'll get more bang for your buck with the newer textured kind. I've tried a few and my favorites are

http://www.rumbleroller.com/

http://www.thera-roll.com/

Both overpriced and worth it.

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I'm not an expert, but I would think that if you have tendinitis, you should not do any stretching until the inflammation has gone away.

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Ok well I was thinking that it would be good to stretch the areas around where I have tendinitis but not specifically the area where I DO have tendinitis but maybe I shouldn't stretch at all? I'm not sure. Also there are foam rollers at the gym so I can just use those if needed...how/where should I use them though? Right on the hamstring? I'm not sure..

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btw to the op, deep tissue mobilization was recently shown to decrease inflammation, although the study was done using massage applied by a professional which could be different from doing it yourself.

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You should get one for home because once you get used to it you'll be humping and grinding away on that thing for a while. I regularly do roller sessions of 30minutes to an hour while watching tv, reading or whatever. You find those tender spots and just sit on them. The quick rolling you see people doing at the gym doesn't really do anything. It's equivalent to the few seconds of silly stretches that you see some runners doing while they stand around.

ok thanks that helps. And yeah that makes sense, I didn't realize how long I would be rolling on it. Ill try to pick one up but if not might just bring a book to the gym haha.

Walking lunges. I was hurt 4 weeks. Lunges right before the run relieved the tension

are lunges good even though there is still some pain or not until i don't have anything? Also, just not sure on whether I should be stretching the area until I feel tenderness or just not stretching it at all, etc.

What helped me was getting scar tissue broken up with the Graston Technique.

It helped after I went through an initial 2 month round of PT to no avail.

thanks, that might help but i've only had this tendinitis for just under 2 weeks so i'm not that worried about it yet.

But yeah if anyone can tell me whether it is a good idea to stretch/do anything where the tendinitis is or what, thatd be good. Obviously I know I shouldn't be going crazy, but I'm still not positive whether it is a good idea to do light stretching with while it still hurts or if that will just exacerbate the problem.

Also, I was planning on trying to run on Tuesday and am not sure if that's a good idea if I still have pain but it's not bad. Thanks.

I'm also suffering with my second bout of hamstring tendinitis. The first time I had it it took months of rest before it finally went away. This time I'm trying to run through it but it's a struggle. I cant *train* but am trying to keep running. To answers your question, the best stretching for me has been to lie on my back, leg straight up, and use a jump rope looped over my foot in order to stretch the leg. You can put various amounts of pressure and change the stretch angle easily.

Grasron and Active Release. Two weeks is already too long to have this. If you don't have this treated and just wait it out your chances of having it recur increase due to scar tissue build up. Its wirth a few bucks to get treated. Btw, there is nothing wrong with gently stretching an inflammmed area as it promotes proper scar tissue formation and fiber alignment.

Man, ok. Thanks. I mean it has been getting better so I was hoping it would go away soon. I was planning on trying to do a test run on Tuesday. Would it be ok to kind of massage the area where there is the most inflammation to help with scar tissue and everything? I will look into getting actual treatment but obviously if I can get through this on my own, that would be optimal.

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