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While running, I heard a pop in my hamstring.
I immediately hobbled home and started icing the area. Overnight swelling began.
It is now a week later and I am still icing my hamstring, but now there is a deep dark bruise at the bottom of the hamstring immediately above the back of the knee.
How severe is this injury?
What else can I do to help this injury heal.


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    How severe is this injury? What else can I do to help this injury heal.
    Don,
    I would think that you have either a moderate or severe hamstring strain. The best advice, of course, is to seek an initial evaluation from a healthcare professional, such as a MD, PT, or ATC. He/she can provide a specific assessment of the severity of the injury and provide for proper rehabilitation of the injury. Hamstring strains are known for being very difficult to rehab, especially w/o the day to day advice of a PT or ATC, which can also offer many modalities which can speed up the healing time tremendously. You can find additional information by just typing the term “hamstring rehabilitation” into any search engine, such as “Google”. One site which just came up on Google is Athletic Advisor.
    Good luck with your rehab, and please let us know what the healthcare professional diagnoses, and recommends for your specific treatment.

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    While running, I heard a pop in my hamstring. I immediately hobbled home and started icing the area. Overnight swelling began. It is now a week later and I am still icing my hamstring, but now there is a deep dark bruise at the bottom of the hamstring immediately above the back of the knee. : How severe is this injury? What else can I do to help this injury heal. The same thing almost exactly happened to me during jiu jitsu sparring. The same bruise appeared and everything. I didn’t seek medical treatment but read up on it on the internet. I purchased a stationary recubent bike and went to work. I rode my bike 30 mins to 1 hour or more a day. Running killed me. After riding my bike I would stretch the hamstring for approximely 30 mins. This is important so the muscle doesnt shorten up and become stiff. Go easy at first. As a Police Officer on patrol I went to work after only a few days of the injury. I could do everything normally except run. Foot pursuits seemed to set my rehab back a little each time so I would reccommend no running until felt good enough. It took a full year to get my hamstring back to what I would call 99%. I still have a dent in my hamstring and it flexes funny when I’m sitting down but I can do what ever I want with it. Also My legs look like a world class athletes due to all the recumbent bike riding which I have become addicted to. Any way I hope my story helps.

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