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- From: cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Howard Black)
- Subject: Re: Pain in hamsting
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.230136.13190@ux1.cts.eiu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:01:36 GMT
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- In article <sf_Ik8C00WBKI6TXZC@andrew.cmu.edu> Richard Darrell Hayes <rh2u+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >
- > I have pain in my hamstring, from this area, about midpoint and
- >towards the inside, everything below it to the knee is tight and hurts
- >when I'm running. The pain I have is a buring sensation and muscles
- >(hamstring and calf) that get tight and spasm. I also have the pain in
- >my hamsting when i sit for extended periods of time. I've tried heating
- >pads, ultrasound, diathermy, and even rest, but nothing seems to help.
- >Any ideas? I would like to get running again as soon as possible as not
- >to miss much of the indoor season.
-
- Perhaps this is asking the obvious, but how is your flexibility? I has
- similar problems, and nothing helped until I got *very serious* about
- stretching. Happily, after a couple of months of intensive stretching, I
- have made a lot of progress and can usually run pain-free.
-
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- Howard Black cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu
- Department of Chemistry Eastern Illinois Univ.
-