Hamstring Injury – Nervous System Realignment
So, I was back in my doctor’s office on Thursday for another
treatment on my hamstring. If you remember my post from last week, I talked
about the electric shock treatment that I was given. They administered this
treatment only to my left quad.
During my visit on Thursday, they did a tag team treatment.
Through the acupuncture needles they administered an electrical shock to both
my hamstring and quad. Watching my quad contract feels weird when I realize
that I am not the one doing it. For those readers that might be wondering, there
is no perceptible pain from the treatment.
The current alternated a pulse between my hamstring and my quad
so only one muscle group was actually contracting at any one time. The quad
contracts were very easy to see and feel. The hamstring was not so much so. The
entire treatment lasted about 10 minutes.
When I think back to my last hamstring pull, I made a number of mistakes. This time, I feel that I made some better choices. Instead of
continuing to run lots of miles, I cut my mileage to nearly nothing. Instead of
taking over the counter medicine along with using ice to reduce the inflammation,
I sought help. Note, I stopped using the anti-inflammatory medications on my doctor's recommendation (while the anti-inflammatory medicine reduces the swelling, it also impairs the healing), but I
have continued to ice my hamstring (20 minutes on/off) several times per day. Would
my hamstring have healed even faster if I had stopped running, well, I don’t
know for sure, but I would like to think so. But completely stopping running
was never something that crossed my mind. Not really.
Am I back to normal? The short answer is no. There are still
months of work of hard work to strengthen both my quad/hamstring back normal levels. But at least,
I can feel like there is a light at the end of a very dark tunnel.
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