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Okay so I don't do high kicks, when I was younger, like most kids I did TKD. Well I use to do a lot of high kicking and I injured the backs of my legs from those kicks and I would run for like an hour everyday, so I'm sure that didn't help with the healing process. Now whenever I do high kicks/my head lvl, I seem to re-injure my legs no matter how stretched out-(weeks prior of stretching) I am. I talked to my doc and he said it sounds like I may have Calluses on my tendons which could take years to heal.
Does anyone have experience with this?
What helped you heal the fastest?
I no longer do a MA that believes in high kicks, but I do want to eventually mix it up a little and visit other schools, should I just not go to schools that do high kicks? Rather in other words, is a school worth going to if they do not have the ability to train you affectively without high kicks?
Okay so I don't do high kicks, when I was younger, like most kids I did TKD. Well I use to do a lot of high kicking and I injured the backs of my legs from those kicks and I would run for like an hour everyday, so I'm sure that didn't help with the healing process. Now whenever I do high kicks/my head lvl, I seem to re-injure my legs no matter how stretched out-(weeks prior of stretching) I am. I talked to my doc and he said it sounds like I may have Calluses on my tendons which could take years to heal.
Does anyone have experience with this?
What helped you heal the fastest?
I no longer do a MA that believes in high kicks, but I do want to eventually mix it up a little and visit other schools, should I just not go to schools that do high kicks? Rather in other words, is a school worth going to if they do not have the ability to train you affectively without high kicks?
You: Doc it hurts when i do high kicks
Doc: Dont do high kicks
Its actually not too great for the hips. its Why a lot of the older guys in TMAs get hip replacements. Any kick over the waist places too much strain on the joint. Look at chuck norris, I think he has had 2 replacements already.
LOL @ how is doing high kicks bad for your legs!!!
If you were running everyday, you were putting a great deal of strain on your legs. It takes a while for your muscles to repair after working them out, these are big muscle groups and need time to heal. Let's look at what's happening between the two exercises (running vs kicking):
During running you are putting your legs under muscular endurance strain. You are asking them to work (neuromuscular response) under a very specific type of condition. Essentially, low to moderate contract repeatedly for a given period of time most likely in an aerobic state. While not as difficult as high level of contractions (explosive) in a short period of time, it still causes some damage to the muscle groups involved. This damage is usually seen as small tears to the fibers and connective tissue (tendons).
Kicking is an explosive contraction for a short period of time. You are asking your muscles for moderate to high contraction at it's greatest length (stretch). This is very difficult on the fibers under normal conditions, but stretching the fibers will allow more flexbility in preparation for the action in both the muscles and the connective tissues. This action is causing most of the strain at the connective area since the action is more stretch than contraction.
So....if you run in the morning and cause all this microscopic damage to your muscles and tendons, you are asking for some problems going and doing a lot of kicks later than day. You will be over stretching muscles and connective tissue that needed a bit more time to heal. You would need to be doing more stretching than the average person who wasn't running and doing the same kicking actions.
So it does makes sense that you now have some problems and yeah, to me the tendon scar tissue makes perfect sense.
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Sounds like you might be able to heal by just avoiding the high kicks. I have a more severe problem. I was just told I have a slipped disc. The slip is between the 4th & 5th vertebrae. I had an X-ray that shows it. I went for an MRI and I have to go to the Orthopedist to discuss treatment. I have heard everything from stretching like on a mid-evil rack to surgery. Anyone have any experience with an injury like this?
Sounds like you might be able to heal by just avoiding the high kicks. I have a more severe problem. I was just told I have a slipped disc. The slip is between the 4th & 5th vertebrae. I had an X-ray that shows it. I went for an MRI and I have to go to the Orthopedist to discuss treatment. I have heard everything from stretching like on a mid-evil rack to surgery. Anyone have any experience with an injury like this?
Thanks,
Tom
Tom,
I have herniated disks in L3 and L4 and L4 and L5. With physical therapy and work on my own in the gym I have been able to operate at near 100% capacity for awhile. But mine were no so bad as to cause sciatica (pain in the sciatic nerve which runs into the leg). If yours is causing this then it is a bit more severe, but if not then watch any advice for surgery.
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Pulled hamstring muscle/ tendon??????
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