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in reply to: hamstring, glutes, and s.i.joint #7071
Have you gone back to running at all at this point ? I would really like to be able to do so, but at a much more moderate pace…Or maybe I am just being unrealistic…
I have now gone to two classes and have started to use bent knees in a number of poses and will continue to do so as I believe I may have been going too far into the poses with straight legs and then using improper technique to boot. I have also been trying to pay more attention to my body when it is telling me ‘whoa..that’s far enough’.
My two toughest poses yesterday were actually standing head to knee pose where I raise my left leg and then tried to grab my heel, but the pain in my standing right leg at the base of the glute and top few inches of my hamstring was preventing me from bending forward And in locust pose where our progression is to lay on our hands and lift/stretch one leg at a time, but the same pain was present when I tried to extend and lift my right leg. Is there an adjustment I can make in these two poses as well? Or is there something else I should/could be doing to help loosen it up ??
in reply to: hamstring, glutes, and s.i.joint #7052Thankyou for your responses, but I do have a few more questions/concerns/comments:
I have read the post on opening up hamstrings referred to above and it is possible that I could have been extending/straightening my legs too soon and not necessarily using the correct form. I will make the adjustments in my class tomorrow and will report back if it makes any difference.
The pose where I seem to be feeling the most discomfort does not necessarily include the hands to feet pose as I actually feel a very nice stretch all the way down the back of my hamstrings. The pose where I feel the most discomfort is the standing separate leg head to knee pose in particular. Also, anytime I try to do a lunge or even floor bow, I feel like my muscle traveling down my hamstring from the insertion point in my glutes is extremely tight and uncomfortable…almost like a clothesline with a knot on the end. This happens in my leg that is directly behind me (not in front) in the lunge and is in both legs when I do the floor bow, with my right leg worse than the left.
This same soreness is also present when I am sitting (though not at the same level) and almost takes my breath away if I break into a light jog. Could this be simply that I need to continue to stretch, but with moderation and within a certain level of discomfort? And further to that, how do I know how far is too far as it is always tight and any amount of stretching results in some discomfort for ?
As far as after class, it all feels much looser and the discomfort is almost gone compared to before I went to class. I do also experience a localized ‘coldness/coolness’ in different areas within the muscles that were very tight prior to class, though I had assumed that was a good thing???
FYI…I have also booked an appointment with a physical therapist, but it is not for another 2 1/2 weeks…
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