Sore hamstring tendon
Discussion
Not sure if this is tendonitis but not sure what to do, short of seeing a physio (also have a niggling back injury through golf so will possibly head this route anyway).
It's a pain in the left hamstring tendon at the back of my left knee that comes and goes. If it's flared up it can also feel stiff to move again if my leg's been still for a while.
I've never had any trauma to this area and it can come on with minimal exercise, i.e. a round of golf today then noticeably stiff when I get out the car after the drive home. Even more pathetic was last week, where the only thing I could fathom that caused it to flare up was driving my Clio to work and back given it has a relatively heavy clutch- I mostly drive automatics now but can't believe it's come to this!
It's not so bad to the point it's making walking too uncomfortable but I am aware of it. Only exception to this was 2 years ago when I first got back into golf, I remember one round walking down the 18th (I was carrying my clubs at this point, no longer) and completely out the blue with no previous sign anything was up, it felt like I'd been stabbed in the tendon and I almost fell over it was that bad.
The way I see it I struggle to see it being a case of rest only. Golf is about the only exercise I get and I don't play in the winter so it's had months of rest- is trying to strengthen the tendon they way I'd need to go?
It's a pain in the left hamstring tendon at the back of my left knee that comes and goes. If it's flared up it can also feel stiff to move again if my leg's been still for a while.
I've never had any trauma to this area and it can come on with minimal exercise, i.e. a round of golf today then noticeably stiff when I get out the car after the drive home. Even more pathetic was last week, where the only thing I could fathom that caused it to flare up was driving my Clio to work and back given it has a relatively heavy clutch- I mostly drive automatics now but can't believe it's come to this!
It's not so bad to the point it's making walking too uncomfortable but I am aware of it. Only exception to this was 2 years ago when I first got back into golf, I remember one round walking down the 18th (I was carrying my clubs at this point, no longer) and completely out the blue with no previous sign anything was up, it felt like I'd been stabbed in the tendon and I almost fell over it was that bad.
The way I see it I struggle to see it being a case of rest only. Golf is about the only exercise I get and I don't play in the winter so it's had months of rest- is trying to strengthen the tendon they way I'd need to go?
Sounds like you may be irritating a nerve anywhere from your spine to the back of your knee. It's entirely possible that your back and leg discomfort is related.
I'd be amazed if your tendon needed 'strengthening'.
The exercises given by physios often work because they give the nerve(s) a bit more wiggle room and/or increase the blood flow in the local area.
I'd be looking for a physio who mentions neurodynamics in their publicity blurb.
I'd be amazed if your tendon needed 'strengthening'.
The exercises given by physios often work because they give the nerve(s) a bit more wiggle room and/or increase the blood flow in the local area.
I'd be looking for a physio who mentions neurodynamics in their publicity blurb.
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