Pro Athlete in need of help (Hamstring/MCL)

[Yarok]

hi

can you explain

well. As usual it took forever to get a doctors appointment. I had MRI and was told i only had inflamation to the knee and a back hernia. I was told to take a month off. I took the month off and my knee was still in non useable condition. I the went to a therapy place in Boston and did rehab there.

tell me more about your back hernia please

thanks

[physiobob]

Sounds to me like to do not have a definitive diagnosis and therefore I suggest seeing someone else for another assessment and opinion. I am also unsure about the hamstring exercise you were doing suffice to say that any hamstring exercise should be directed at you ability to extend at the hip joing in unison with your gluteals and NOT focused in anyway on flexion of the knee. Yes hamstrings are used to do that but never with any more weight that the lower leg with a shoe on. So it is NOT designed, nor is the knee joint, to take greater loads in knee flexion.

On a side note as a 'professional player' you should have access to good physiotherapy followup on the day or within a few days of the game. You shouldn't be waiting to have someone assess an injury.

[kudisbetta]

Hello again,

Its been about 2 months since my last post. Guess what. I am still in PAIN.
I had an MRI my knee and hamstring.
I have 2 meniscus tears in my knee.
Grade 2 signal intensity in the posterior horn of the medial meniscus reaching articular margin
Grade 1 signal intensity in the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus

My hamstring came out clean on the MRI, But it is were all my pain lies. My feeling is I have alot of scar tissue there cause in the pain. To get an idea, Every time I massage my hamstring, it flares up the pain and it is quite bad, i limp for a few hours after. I also did research to see if it was a sciatic nerve problem, but i don't think so.

In regard to being looked at. I am a a foreign country and am a free agent and am in no position to seek help. Going back home to rehabilatate is my best option.


Thank you