Best Way To Deal With A Strained Hamstring

Are you sure it's a hamstring? I thought I'd strained a hamstring once but eventually went to a doc and then a physiotherapist who finally identified a small muscle under the glute that's used for rotation and stabilization. I tried working through it. That was a mistake but even after resting it I was having trouble no matter how easy I tried to run again. It wasn't getting better until the physio prescribed exercises to rebuild the right muscle. If your injury is recovering all right then carry on with what you're doing, but if it's not then get it checked. Good luck.

I guess I'm not absolutely positive but feel like it's to far down the leg to be a glute.

Thanks

I've had several Grade 1 and 2 level tears throughout years of heavy training, and a couple really bad tears that required complete shutdown for a period. Level 1 can be trained through wisely, but the go to therapeutic moves for me that have ALWAYS worked have been accupuncture (in more serious cases), light ROM work and stabilization therapy, ultrasound (have a home kit) - electro-stimulation (another home kit) and heat (magnesium sulfate) wraps and soaks. Massage helps as well,as long as inflammation and pain aren't prevailing

My advice after lots of hamstring problems: stay on your bike, and away from running for awhile - until you can walk with no pain. A Nordic Track ski machine - if you can find one and get used to it - is a terrific way to train through hamstring pulls for running. Or an elliptical, though you won't get the same kind of workout on them as you will on a Nordic Track.