Hamstring cramp?

Question

Hi everyone, I had a cramp on my hamstring while sitting in an awkward position almost 2 months ago. I was perfectly fine after that.

Until I first exercised after the cramp, I could feel sharp pain then. The pain was not felt during exercise, but after it.

It's at the back of my knee and a 2 or 3 cm up to the direction of my thigh. Whenever I bend or squat cos of visiting the loo, I get the sharp pain. The pain is felt greatest when my leg is in bend position, and I place the calf away from my thigh. (usually when u squat, your calf touches your thigh).

And whenever I try to recover from squat or just a bend of my knee(occurs for a period), I feel strain on that pain area, it's like a muscle tear and I have to stretch a few times to ease off the 'muscle tear' like pain.

Any idea what has happened to me? I had stopped exercising for quite awhile, but the pain was still there, it doesn't seem to go away.

Answer 1

you need to take a break for a few days from your squat exercises.

Leg cramps are the first place your body targets when you are dehydrated. Drink lots of water! I recommend purified water and Mineral Water mixed 50/50. The Mineral Water is going to put back into the muscles the minerals they are losing on a daily basis. You must drink beyond your thirst to get the benefits of hydration.

I suggest that adults and children drink 40 ounces of water per 100 pounds of body weight every day. Realize that exercise, ambient temperature, and state of health affect the water needs of your body.

In the evening take a hot bath with 2c. of dissolved Epsom salts and soak for 30 minutes. Afterwards, if you have something shaped like a cylinder and made out of hard material (think of a large rolling pin you would use for pizza dough or something) place it under your leg and push down and roll it back and forth...this should massage the spasms out of your leg. It will hurt while you're doing it, but more so the type of pain that actually feels good, in the long run. Afterwards massage an analgesic cream into the area. You will start feeling better very quickly.

if you don't feel better in few days See your medical doctor

Answer 2

May be syatic nerve and not ham string this is caused by a bulding disc good luck. Probably didn't spell syatic correct. Is it behind the knee.