Question about tears, injuries, knees

[Exodus]

well thats a smart move. i'll pray for you, i'm sure you will be fine.

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[emptywallet]

I got a reply from the IFSA-USA contracted physician today...

"Clint,

The hamstring tendons (there are three) come from low andbehind the thigh and
wrap around connecting to the tibia anteriolaterally (sort of side/ front).
The are at the knee joint line roughly. On the medial side there is a bursa
called pes ansurines which could become inflammed by heavy knee wraps. On the
lateral side there is certainly enough soft tissue that could be inflammed. At
any rate start icing 2 x/ day for twenty minutes, maybe take some Motrin and
make sure you have full range of motion. "

My stomach still turns just reading that...makes me not want to eat or do much...

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Ok, I'm going through exactly this right now. Try something clint, get in a chair with some rollers, or one of those stools that moves around on some balls at the bottom. Using only the leg in question, try and pull yourself accross the room by digging your heal into the carpet and pulling, using your hamstring. What does that feel like? Those hamstring tendons come right around on the medial side of your knee and connect on your shin. After my ACL reconstruction, mine burned. I have some slight tendonitis, which is what I think you have, and ice is totally the answer. Ice the crap out of it and try doing some healslides (lay on the bed and dig your heel into the bed, while sliding your heel toward your butt. If that bothers you at all, either the heel slides or the chair exercise I described, then Ice it down and just lay off of if for awhile.

 

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Ok, I'm going through exactly this right now. Try something clint, get in a chair with some rollers, or one of those stools that moves around on some balls at the bottom. Using only the leg in question, try and pull yourself accross the room by digging your heal into the carpet and pulling, using your hamstring. What does that feel like? Those hamstring tendons come right around on the medial side of your knee and connect on your shin. After my ACL reconstruction, mine burned. I have some slight tendonitis, which is what I think you have, and ice is totally the answer. Ice the crap out of it and try doing some healslides (lay on the bed and dig your heel into the bed, while sliding your heel toward your butt. If that bothers you at all, either the heel slides or the chair exercise I described, then Ice it down and just lay off of if for awhile.

That is EXACTLY when it hurts!!!!!

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[IronLion]

You can also do heel slides by digging your heel into the hole on the approriate weighted barbell for your discomfort level, then drag it back to you as emptywallet suggested. I have done these for hamstring rehab before.

 

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So we are thinking that it is nothing too serious???

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[emptywallet]

I'm thinking its totally tendonitis of those three hamstring tendons that come accross and connect in that insertion point where that bursa is in your shin. I had it so bad after my ACL reconstruction surgery a month ago that my shin would burn like fire if I tried to do a simple leg curl just standing up with no weight. I completely ingnored it as it was effecting my rehab and decided to just bear through it and its gotten better, HOWEVER, the chair thing still hurts me pretty bad, but it gets better as you do it. As I do the exercises, the pain goes away. Such as yesterday, I did the chair exercise for the first time. What I described to you. I thought I was going to die. But I made it all the way down the hallway and when I was coming back, the pain was going away and it was just hard in a strength sense. The heelslides used to kill me. However they don't at all anymore and I do them no problem, same with the leg curls, I do them with a 8 pound weight strapped pretty easily now and its not painful at all. I was just hard heading since it interferred with my rehab of my knee. Some people I think believe you should leave an area that has tendonitis alone, and just ice it 20 min on , 20 min off, as long as you can. I think they are going to do something to me where it produces heat deep in the tissue ( I forget the name) to promote healing. Its my conclusion its tendonitis. One thing, I'd like for you to talk to a guy who is the guru when it comes to things like this I think. He's over at Ulter and Macro's board, he a mod of the rehab section. His board name is killer and he's profoundly knowledgable when it comes to stuff like this. He's helped me a ton with my ACL surgery information, and helped me with a decision on choosing which graft I wanted. I trust him fully. He's as www.anabolicfitness.net and go to the rehab section of the board.

 

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EmptyWallet:

Just wanted to say thanks...

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bump...

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