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- From: mathelmr@nuscc.nus.sg (Helmer Aslaksen)
- Subject: Re: Persistent Quadricep Muscle Soreness
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.005816.23787@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Organization: National University of Singapore
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 00:58:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov6.150003.22801@nntpserver.chevron.com
- >apejfr@usht02.hou130.chevron.com (Edward Fry) writes:
- >
- >Ever since a hard 20 km race four week ago, my quads have
- >felt tired or "dead" with low-level, deep soreness. I have been
- >
- >I do not experience any real pain the few times I have tried to run,
- >but my quads feel fatigued, tight, with a low-level ache right from the
- >start of the run. This condition does not seem to get better or worse
- >as I run. I can find no specific locations on the muscles that are
- >extremely sore, but with deep massage and manipulation can find soreness
- >in many places.
-
- >--Ed Fry
- >--apejfr@usht02.hou130.chevron.com
-
- This reminds me of a problem I had last year. My quads were simply
- chronically tired and even one whole week of rest did not improve it.
- i often felt worst right after I had rested, like getting up in the
- morning or raising from a chair. I tried all kinds of things, but
- finally I spoke to a friend who told me that he had had a similar
- problem. He had gone to a doctor who had diagnosed it as a back
- problem, and told him to do lots of situps. I started doing lots up
- situps and also some quad exercises, and after 2 days I woke up with
- no tiredness!
-
- This may sound strange, but it is beginning to make sense to me. after
- 20 years of unning, I've finally begun to realize how important simple
- strenght exercises are for runners. It also shows how unbalanzed
- muscle strength can lead to strange symptoms. Let me give two other
- examples.
-
- I was having some fairly chronic Achilles problem. I tried treating
- the tendon in the usual ways, but one day I suddenly realized that I
- was very sore at the point where the tendon joins the calf muscle. I
- masaged that point a lot, and my pain (near the heel) went away. That
- made me realize that maybe it wasn't really a problem with the tendon,
- but a problem with the muscle. so I started doing lots of calf
- exercises, and it solved the problem.
-
- Recently, I'v ehad chronic pain in my hamstring. I've tried stretching
- a lot, and it help a little, but recently I went back to doing lots of
- quad exercises, and it seems to improve a lot.
-
- By the way, let me recommend a book by Judy Alter, Surviving Exercise.
- --
- Helmer Aslaksen
- Department of Mathematics
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 0511
- Republic of Singapore
- mathelmr@nuscc.nus.sg
-