Hi fellow runner peeps...got a injury...tendonitis in my bicep femoris (lateral side, kinda behind/side of knee).
Its been buggin me for 6 months.
Tried building slow, total rest, got a pt to do ultra/stim/with some friction. Still feels funny and have sharp pain when doing a butt kick like motion. Pretty bummed with this,
any advice, possible misdiagnose by doctor,
thanks
get any MRI or tests? 6 months is a long ass time.
i had this and achilles tendonittes for about 6 months. after trying to fight it and get the treatments while still attempting to train, i finally took two months off. but it still hurt. so for the next month i ran only about 25mpw. then one day it just started feeling fine. i was able to build up milage real quick. and within six weeks i hit 104 miles a week (prob not smart). with only a slight tightening here and there (nothing serious).
i started taking MSM, Osteo Bi-Flex(triple strength) and Vitamin C when i started the break. its suppossed to take about 60-90 days to get in your system fully. it took about 90 days for me. i was taking about 10grams of MSM, whatever i took of MSM i took half that in Vit. C, so about 5 grams a day. for Osteo Bi-Flex you are suppossed to take 2 pills a day for 60 days then 1 pill. but i figured this was for old ladies working in the garden, so i took 4 pills a day then cut down to 3, then 2. now im not saying this is what worked but i have no other explaination. and research this stuff for yourself. talk to your doc. dont want anybody to do more damage to oneself. Best of luck.
what type of lifting are you doing ?
do you have access to what is called a cybex "multi-hip" machine ?
(stim all you want but can't heal without strength)
Bicep femoris acts in lateral rotation. Many things to consider:
Hip alignment (posterior fixation)
Tight hip flexors/IT band
Excessive foot varus
Hamstring/glute weakness.
I would deal with the tight flexors first through trigger point therapy.
Next stretching the area thoroughly
Then incorporating the strengthening exercises for the hip, hammies, glutes, IT
Run 1/2 of what you were doing for now.
good advice...glad to know I'm not the only putz in the world who had this type of thing.
Right now i just cross train a bit 30min sessions and do rubber band excercises (high rep 4X40) and am supposed to move to weights soon but don't want to because I have that sharp pain kicking my leg back (though the rubber band excercises seen to be okay). Thinking this was the first year and a half that I did not play soccer between xc/track so my hamstrings are weaker. Soccer did a number on my hamstrings coming off xc and would help my burst in track.
yeah I may look to the university to see if i can use their cybex machine. My pt said I should try get my hands on one to balance my quad/ham, left/right.
I know that I have a tight IT and in general I am tight so I try to stretch.
My doctor wanted to give me a cortisone shot but I said I wanted to pass on that for now. Good decision? Read some good and bad things about um.
give the trigger point a try, kinda like shiatsu. bring a towel to cover your face because it hurts like no other.