"Pop! Pop!" = The Sound of Both My Hamstrings Exploding

[NYStrip]

Bro, I pulled a ham so bad one time that the whole back of my leg turned black. I do sprint routines as well, and my hams still nag me, so basically I just quit doing 40's, because at about the 30 mark is where I hurt myself as well. I really believe it worthwhile to do 10's and 20's.

 

[herk]

Take some time to heal and you will be back up and running in no time...good luck bro

 

[machman]

sorry to here that dude

I blew my hamsting on the first day of camp doing my 40 yard sprints. It fucking sucked too because I was well on my way to a sub-5 second time. No big deal for most db's or rb's, but I was a 275 lb center.

Anyway I made it back with lots of ice, heat, stretching and light biking. Don't put off the rehab man, enlist the help of a physiotherapist like you'd have at school (university or highschool?), it'll make for a much faster recovery.

My problem was that I tried to stride out too much. I just wasn't flexible enough to run like a sprinter. You'll have to keep up the stretching all season too, or your hams will tighten up tighter than before, and trust me, with this comes lower back problems... and they don't go away easily.

 

[strengthmonster]

I tore both of mine many years ago showing off. I was in college and my friends didn't believe I could do the splits across two chairs. I'm not really a show off but after them saying 'bullshit' etc. I thought fuck it and did it. Only problem they were swivel chairs. I did it but then the back chair swivelled making me drop well below parallel and consequently tore both hams. I felt the rip and also heard a tearing noise. I hid the pain as I hobbled away and was out of training for quite some time. They are back to normal now though.

 

[StoneColdGold]

thanks for the encouragement guys. glad to hear that you bros who got hurt made a full recovery. i've already had low back problems for years, so we'll se what happens now. grrr.

cj-- you got mail.

 

[dogboy]

how the hell do you blow a Hamstring? Did you ever do stretching? how flexible were you? Were you not warmed up? Not bitchin, just askin...

 

[StoneColdGold]

how the hell do you blow a Hamstring? Did you ever do stretching? how flexible were you? Were you not warmed up? Not bitchin, just askin...

You say that as if a blown hamstring were an uncommon injury?

I ran 3/4 of a mile to warm up, then stretched. I'd already run several sprints and my hamstrings were very fatigued. It had been quite awhile since I'd asked my body to move at full speed. It wasn't happy with me. Then half way through one sprint both hamstrings just blew out and I hit the pavement.

 

[Jimsbbc]

I ran Varsity track in highschool for 2 years, it was very competitive. I tore a hamstring in a meet, and I was out for a very long time. It eventually healed, but I was having ultrasound sessions everyday, rehab too.