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  • How do you heal a hamstring strain fast and completely?

    So, You have a Hamstring Strain and looking for help. If this is your third, fourth, or Xth time suffering from a hamstring string, you are not the only one.

    We wrote an article called “Everything you need to know about your hamstring anatomy, movement, and injury from a Sports Medicine Physical Therapy Specialist” that will help set the foundation for this article.

    Let us get straight to a list of reasons that your hamstring strain is not going away, even with stretching, foam rolling, and soft tissue massages.

    • You are not adding hamstring strengthening variations that emphasize eccentric-type of movements.
    • You need to train in the specific activities that translate to your goals or common trigger activity.
    • You are focusing too much on the hamstring muscles and need to help your hamstring muscles to work well with your body.
    • No one has thought to ensure your hip, knee, ankle/heel, 1st toe, and lumbar spine joint mobility are healthy and adaptable.
    • There is a Sciatic nerve involvement.
    • There is a muscle that is mimicking pain to your hamstrings.
    • You are not recovering well through inadequate sleep, nutrition, or nutrients.

    As you can see that the list is longer than you may have assumed. Do you know what that means?

    There is absolutely hope that you can stay active without fearing of a pulled hamstring muscle. You can sprint, run, jump, and do what makes your body feel happy.

    Read below and start addressing these reasons and let us know how you feel in a few weeks.

    1. You are not adding hamstring strengthening variations that emphasize eccentric-type of movements.

    Many people focus on concentric hamstring exercises. Concentric type of movements engages the muscle fibers to shorten and strong. Eccentric type of movements engages the muscle fibers in a lengthened position.

    Research has shown that chronic muscle injury happens because the muscle healed in an incomplete and unorganized manner. Eccentric-type of exercises causes micro-tears that will help restart and reorganize your muscle fibers to be parallel with each other.

    You are assuming that you might have more pain and soreness if you are trying to cause micro-tears in the muscle fibers. You are correct. So, how do you know when it is therapeutic versus harmful?

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  • Everything you need to know about your hamstring anatomy, movement, and injury from a Sports Medicine Physical Therapy Specialist.

    We are starting a comprehensive guide to helping you to understand your body from a movement and Orthopedic science perspective. Your Hamstring Muscles are on the top 5 muscles of a misunderstood muscle group in your body.

    We are starting a comprehensive guide to helping you to understand your body from a movement and Orthopedic science perspective. Your Hamstring Muscles are on the top 5 muscles of a misunderstood muscle group in your body.

    We are starting this series with the good o’ “tight” hamstring that everyone tends to stretch to minimal results. The article will be in the order that is listed below.

    • Basic Anatomy 101: Muscle
    • Important anatomy important for hamstring muscle strain recovery
    • Movement Analysis
    • Pain Pattern
    • Orthopedic Muscle Injury Grading system
    • Holistic and Functional Perspective

    Basic Anatomy 101: Muscle

    Did you know that your Hamstring Muscle is a group of 4 muscles?

    You have two muscles located on the inner back thigh called the Semimembranosus and Semitendinosus muscle. These two muscles connect to the ischial tuberosity of your pelvis. There is a ligament called the Sacrotuberous ligament that helps to connect the work energy of the Hamstring muscle to your pelvis, and vice-versa. Basically, the ligament is the bridge between what is happening at the pelvis, hip joint, femur bone, and knee joint. This is an important concept to remember for later.

    You have two muscles located on the outer back thigh called the Bicep Femoris Short and Long Head muscle. The same-origin connection of the Bicep Femoris muscle goes for this group. They have a fascial connection to the Sacrotuberous ligament. This ligament plays a role in being a part of the sciatic notch and important to remember as we will elaborate more below on how muscles impact spinal health and the surround nerves, such as the infamous sciatic nerve.

    As we go back to the two outer hamstring muscles, you will see that both Bicep Femoris muscles connect to the outer aspect of your tibia and fibula. As a muscle crosses over a joint, it plays a role in stabilizing and protecting that part of the joint. The Lateral or Fibular Collateral Ligament (LCL) runs intimately close by. If you have an issue with the LCL and sprain your lateral knee, the lateral hamstring muscles will be important in your Physical Therapy Sports Medicine rehabilitation.

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  • Liver-heart-lymphatic axis. The missing piece to helping your nagging discomfort and muscle tightness.

    What you may not be aware of is the connection of every organ to yourself. Today we will highlight the liver-heart-lymphatic system’s connection. As Long Beach’s only Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Physical Therapy that emphasizes healing from within, we preach that there are two ways to getting any little tension or discomfort to go away FOR GOOD.

    1. Do more “good”.
    2. Do less “bad” or get rid of the “bad”.

    The lymphatic system works closely with your circulation system.

    Why should you care?

    You can do tons of “good” stuff like stretching and strengthening, but if you are getting little rewards or not lasting gains, you must look at the lymphatic system.

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