Soni
18-Feb-2006, 12:01 PM
I'm after some input from other members on an injury. Don't worry, i know the usual - you should really go and see a doctor etc., etc., however i won't be holding anyone responsible – I’m just after some input from you as to what you guys think it could be from your experiences - as i don't NORMALLY get injuries - especially this type.
I normally train hard every day concentrating mainly on flexibility and kicking.
I'm quite flexible - and have been called 'rubber legs' in the past - and this is what has confused me the most.
Everything was going great up until Christmas - at which time i thought my body deserved a break - so i took a week off until the New Year.
I started limbering up again in the New Year preparing myself for going back to my club to train. I started my workout EXACTLY the same as usual - i don't rush into things until my body is warmed up - i performed my stretching routine first (following my warmup), and then followed with kicking. I maintained the same flexibility, nothing was any different in that department, however when i went to kick - i couldn't believe how much pain i was in performing something as easy as a Mawashi Gery (roundhouse).
The pain was razor sharp - it seemed to be coming from my femur - and i was completely shocked as to what had happened.
I can’t recall anything that could have caused this injury – apart from a Christmas Party just before Christmas that I attended. We were all up on the dancefloor doing some strange and physically demanding stuff – as you do when you’ve had a few drinks too many!!, and maybe that could be responsible for the pain I’m now experiencing.
I haven't done any training at all since the New Year - apart from the odd roundhouse every couple of days just to see if its improving. I thought the injury needed some time to heal – but it’s now been about 5 weeks and although things HAVE been improving VERY SLOWLY - it was still too painful to train at a club.
So, over the past week I've been trying to identify the exact area that the pain is coming from. As i said previously it seems to be coming from somewhere around the femur area. At first i was worried that it may be my hip joint - which puzzled me as i'm VERY flexible in the hip joint. So, yesterday i thought i would do an hours stretching and see how things go. This is what happened:-
The stretching went fine, I even did the ‘Frog’ exercise which opens the hips right out – and my groin was right down on the floor with no pain at all during stretching – however when i was sitting on the floor in the box splits, i went to come out of the splits (to a standing position) my pushing my body up using my hands on the floor, and by sliding my legs in, I got the pain again??????? I also get the pain when I hold kicks out in the air, I can normally hold a roundhouse or a side kick out in the air for a minute or so, but at the moment I’m getting this sharp razor pain.
What is strange is after stretching – the roundhouse went absolutely fine – hardly any pain at all – which makes me think it could just be muscular??
Also, since yesterdays stretching, I got up this morning, I haven’t done any stretching as such, all I have done is pulled out a chamber using my hand on my knee, and leaning up against a wall, then went to kick some roundhouses – it doesn’t seem to hurt as much since I’ve done the stretching yesterday.
I’m wondering if I should carry on stretching everyday – or whether it requires more rest???
I seem to be getting better results by stretching rather than resting – as I said I’ve been resting it for about 5 weeks now and its hasn’t improved that greatly – however yesterdays stretch seems to have helped it a lot.
Any ideas anybody as to what it could be???? Do you reckon it’s a joint, tendon, muscle?????? I hope its not arthritis setting in – although if it was I wouldn’t have thought I would be able to do the box splits without any pain?
To give you some idea it feels a little like shin splints! Its a sharp and razor like pain that lasts for a few seconds, but improves with stretchings and kicking? :confused:
I normally train hard every day concentrating mainly on flexibility and kicking.
I'm quite flexible - and have been called 'rubber legs' in the past - and this is what has confused me the most.
Everything was going great up until Christmas - at which time i thought my body deserved a break - so i took a week off until the New Year.
I started limbering up again in the New Year preparing myself for going back to my club to train. I started my workout EXACTLY the same as usual - i don't rush into things until my body is warmed up - i performed my stretching routine first (following my warmup), and then followed with kicking. I maintained the same flexibility, nothing was any different in that department, however when i went to kick - i couldn't believe how much pain i was in performing something as easy as a Mawashi Gery (roundhouse).
The pain was razor sharp - it seemed to be coming from my femur - and i was completely shocked as to what had happened.
I can’t recall anything that could have caused this injury – apart from a Christmas Party just before Christmas that I attended. We were all up on the dancefloor doing some strange and physically demanding stuff – as you do when you’ve had a few drinks too many!!, and maybe that could be responsible for the pain I’m now experiencing.
I haven't done any training at all since the New Year - apart from the odd roundhouse every couple of days just to see if its improving. I thought the injury needed some time to heal – but it’s now been about 5 weeks and although things HAVE been improving VERY SLOWLY - it was still too painful to train at a club.
So, over the past week I've been trying to identify the exact area that the pain is coming from. As i said previously it seems to be coming from somewhere around the femur area. At first i was worried that it may be my hip joint - which puzzled me as i'm VERY flexible in the hip joint. So, yesterday i thought i would do an hours stretching and see how things go. This is what happened:-
The stretching went fine, I even did the ‘Frog’ exercise which opens the hips right out – and my groin was right down on the floor with no pain at all during stretching – however when i was sitting on the floor in the box splits, i went to come out of the splits (to a standing position) my pushing my body up using my hands on the floor, and by sliding my legs in, I got the pain again??????? I also get the pain when I hold kicks out in the air, I can normally hold a roundhouse or a side kick out in the air for a minute or so, but at the moment I’m getting this sharp razor pain.
What is strange is after stretching – the roundhouse went absolutely fine – hardly any pain at all – which makes me think it could just be muscular??
Also, since yesterdays stretching, I got up this morning, I haven’t done any stretching as such, all I have done is pulled out a chamber using my hand on my knee, and leaning up against a wall, then went to kick some roundhouses – it doesn’t seem to hurt as much since I’ve done the stretching yesterday.
I’m wondering if I should carry on stretching everyday – or whether it requires more rest???
I seem to be getting better results by stretching rather than resting – as I said I’ve been resting it for about 5 weeks now and its hasn’t improved that greatly – however yesterdays stretch seems to have helped it a lot.
Any ideas anybody as to what it could be???? Do you reckon it’s a joint, tendon, muscle?????? I hope its not arthritis setting in – although if it was I wouldn’t have thought I would be able to do the box splits without any pain?
To give you some idea it feels a little like shin splints! Its a sharp and razor like pain that lasts for a few seconds, but improves with stretchings and kicking? :confused: