the ole hammy

[Herc_Dude]

Also, Mineral Ice? you get this where?

Should be able to find it at any drug store (Rite Aid, etc...) Im sure WalMart has it as well... best of luck, a bum hammy is no fun.

 

[Steve Wilkins]

Also, Mineral Ice? you get this where?

Grocery store, drug store, Target, Walmart...etc. It looks like this:

 

[MSkinsATC]

Cold therapy with ice is the best immediate treatment for acute injuries because it reduces swelling and pain. Ice is a vaso-constrictor (it causes the blood vessels to narrow) and it limits internal bleeding at the injury site.

If an injury is less than 5-7 days old, new in other words, the only thing you want to use is ice. If an injury still has quite a bit of swelling and/or pain, even if more than 7 days old, you want to use ice following any workout. If the injury is no longer swollen and simply sore or stiff after 7 days you can use a moist heat pack (NOT DRY HEAT PACK). You should always use ice at the conclusion of the workout, usually for at least two to three weeks (or as long as it is painful or swollen) while the tissue is healing.

If NO INJURY has occurred and you are simply tight or sore from a previous workout or you have a chronic type injury a moist heat pack can be used and ice following the workout if you are still sore and aching, or have any pain. With that hammy injury ensure ample extra time to warm up and stretch prior to any workout.

 

[mustang_wife]

Roger that. boss.

 

[Fred]

If a girl on the gymnastics team isn't flexible enough to prevent a hamstring injury, then I think the rest of us are fooked.

Unless you are doing a handspring onto the vault, and from there doing a triple flip in the air and landing wrong on one leg...you may be OK.:icon_smil

 

[mustang_wife]

OMG. okay, so now I really shouldn't complain about my hamstring....I'm such a weineeeee! arrgh!

 

[feddoc]

When I was younger, ok, many years ago, I was playing centerfield on our fast pitch sotball team. It was a rainy summer afternoon, a bit cooler than normal. I remember turning to chase a fly ball when I heard a snapping sound. I thought that I had broken a pencil. About a split second later I realized what had happened.

I applied some DMSO to the back of my leg, after cleaning it very thoroughly, and continued the process for about a week. The pull was no longer evident. Please understand I am not recommending DMSO, as it carries with it some inherent dangers (the skin must be aseptic---because any germ on the surface will likely get into your blood stream) and side effects (your breath and sweat will remind you of garlic).

However, you can go here: http://dmso.org/ to gather more info and decide for yourself.

 

[MSkinsATC]

When I was younger, ok, many years ago, I was playing centerfield on our fast pitch sotball team. It was a rainy summer afternoon, a bit cooler than normal. I remember turning to chase a fly ball when I heard a snapping sound. I thought that I had broken a pencil. About a split second later I realized what had happened.

I applied some DMSO to the back of my leg, after cleaning it very thoroughly, and continued the process for about a week. The pull was no longer evident. Please understand I am not recommending DMSO, as it carries with it some inherent dangers (the skin must be aseptic---because any germ on the surface will likely get into your blood stream) and side effects (your breath and sweat will remind you of garlic).

However, you can go here: http://dmso.org/ to gather more info and decide for yourself.

Great call Feddoc, I have heard about that stuff, never used it though...the garlic smell is mighty interesting!!

 

[insanebikerboy]

Well, if we're on the alternative therapy kick, when I played football we would use horse liniment (the stuff for racing horses) for any pulls/strains/etc. Then we'd wrap a brown paper bag around the applied area and let it do it's magic. Worked like a charm, it was some strong ass stuff.

 

[Steve Wilkins]

I hear wrapping the affected muscle in bananna leaves and then soaking it in pig's urine works like a charm too.

 

[pat]

I hear wrapping the affected muscle in bananna leaves and then soaking it in pig's urine works like a charm too.

I just found a whole new justification for my Jamaican Swine Scat sessions.

 

[feddoc]

I just found a whole new justification for my Jamaican Swine Scat sessions.

Are you a registered member of the American Scatological Society?

 

[feddoc]

Well, if we're on the alternative therapy kick, when I played football we would use horse liniment (the stuff for racing horses) for any pulls/strains/etc. Then we'd wrap a brown paper bag around the applied area and let it do it's magic. Worked like a charm, it was some strong ass stuff.

DMSO has been used as a horse linament.

Aside from the mega-vicodin/Yukon Jack cocktail, it, DMSO, has been the only consistent relief I get from Rheumatoid Arthritis.

 

[Tom]

DMSO has been used as a horse linament.

Aside from the mega-vicodin/Yukon Jack cocktail, it, DMSO, has been the only consistent relief I get from Rheumatoid Arthritis.

My Dad uses the first two nightly. DMSO on the other hand led him to have the equivalent of second degree burns over prolonged use. Arthritis is nasty stuff that I hope I don't get.

 

[mustang_wife]

My Dad uses the first two nightly. DMSO on the other hand led him to have the equivalent of second degree burns over prolonged use. Arthritis is nasty stuff that I hope I don't get.

OMG...DMSO?? Neeeever heard of the stuff..and uhhhhhhhh.... that really just scared me.