Subject: Nagging Hamstring Injury So I strained my hamstring last October, and it refuses to heal. As soon as it happened, I took a week off, went for a run, and then it hurt again. Then I took two weeks off, went for a bike ride, and then it hurt again. Then, I took four weeks off, the same thing. I finally saw a physical therapist about two months ago, she gave me some stretching and strengthening exercises to do, and she told me to ice it twice a day. She also told me I could start biking and swimming after a few weeks, and then start running after 4 to 6 weeks depending on how I felt. So I've been doing everything she said, then I tried biking and swimming, and it was just a little sore. The soreness went away the next day. Then I tried jogging, and everything went back to crap. My hamstring is sore again. So now it's been 6 months since the initial injury, and it feels like I'm back at square one. I've read some of the old posts about this, and it seems like people with torn hamstrings have gotten over their injuries in 6 weeks. I'm either doing something wrong in my rehab (even though I'm trying to follow her advice as best I can) or something is wrong with my hamstring. Any thoughts? |