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Am I The Only One To HaveTendonitis Of The Upper Hamstring?

by Christine
(Illinois)

Hello,

I had tendonitis of the upper left hamstring, where it attaches to the pelvis over a year ago and was under a doctor's care.

It healed and I successfully began running again.

Recently, I noticed slight pain in the same place, only on the right leg.

Any idea how long this will take to heal?

I am hoping, with no exercise, by the end of January.

This is a frustrating injury as you lose all your endurance and muscle as it heals.

It is in a place that is hindered by running or walking. How can I stay in shape while healing?


Also, am I the only one to ever have tendonitis of the upper hamstring? No articles on it anywhere.

Thank you for your time,

Christine


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Joshua Answers:


Hi Christine.

You didn't leave your email on the notifications section, so I hope you find this response.

No, you are definitely not the only person to have Tendonitis of the upper hamstrings.

It's likely that while the original pain 'healed', the tightness and shortness remained. That's just the way Tendonitis and the Pain Causing Dynamic works.

And I wouldn't recommend relying on Rest to make this go away. It likely won't. Maybe the pain will go away, but it's predictable that the issue will come back.


QUESTIONs:


1. If you poke around the painful spot, does it hurt up by the SITS bones (called such because you sits on them) at the top of the back of the leg/butt, or more medial/interior towards the crotch?

In my experience it's common to have some adductor issue in there too, if only from tight connective tissue around the adductors to tug on the hamstrings/connective tissue around the hamstrings.


2. How bad does it hurt? How what when where why?


3. What helps, what doesn't?

4. How much do you run?



If you find this and respond, I'll say more.




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Feb 07, 2010
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by: Anonymous

I can't tell when this was posted but have the same thing so can I give answers for more information?

1. If you poke around the painful spot, does it hurt up by the SITS bones (called such because you sits on them) at the top of the back of the leg/butt, or more medial/interior towards the crotch?

It hurts a bit on the SITS bones but hurts a lot more towards the crotch. I can feel 'sinuous' tendons? that are painful to touch.



2. How bad does it hurt? How what when where why?

When I sit for too long (it can be as little as 10 min now) , it starts to hurt ALOT- I thought it was nerve pain at first, it was so sharp. It also hurts when I bend to touch my toes.


3. What helps, what doesn't?

Your icing helps! (I only started yesterday). Not sitting down helps too.


4. How much do you run?

I do not run- could this have been from simply too much stretching, touch my toes, palms to the floor. I hike up/down a trail w/steps/hills for exercise and don't know of that is the cause or the stretching (I have I think piriformis syndrome in the OTHER hip and my intense stretching was trying to resolve that...)

I hope you are back online for more questions soon! THANK YOU!


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Joshua Comments:

Sure Anonymous, ask away!

Let me say first, that hand/wrist/elbow/shoulder stuff is easy to figure out over distance. Hamstring/adductor/pelvis stuff is tougher as there's A LOT more mechanical variables going on.

So bear with me.

1. Where exactly does it hurt when you bend over and touch your toes?

2. Where exactly does it hurt when you sit down? Same place?

3. Those sinuous tendons that hurt, is that along where they attach to your pubis/pelvic bone?

3b. Does it hurt all around in there, or JUST on the tendon(s)?

4. When you say intense stretch, do you mean that you stretch till it hurts, historically?

5. What are you doing about the piriformis problem, exactly?

6. Do your hamstrings ache/hurt? Do your adductors ache/hurt?



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