Contrary to popular belief...

stretching, foam rolling, and resting your hamstring strain is NOT your savior.

Going ham and jumping immediately into RDLs: *might* not feel good either.

I recently had a runner reach out who I worked with before in the past

(HI HEATHER!!)...and her dumb-dumb hamstring strain is still being a butt a year-ish later.

This is no shame on her.

This isn't because my exercises "didn't work".

This is to show you how fickle hamstrings can be. And how nuanced and multifactorial running injuries can be.

So naturally, I went over board and did any entire course on hamstring rehab.

And what I learned was fascinating.

Obviously I go in depth in this week's blog post about:

• how hamstring injuries happen
• exactly when in your stride you're most vulnerable
• why certain hamstring exercises work
• why other's don't
• and why do these injuries ALWAYS happen when we're trying to run at our speediest

But probably the MOST HUMBLING thing I learned that YOU NEED TO HEAR, especially if you're a runner whose always fighting your hammies:

You can make GREAT progress in 2 weeks.

Even better in 6 weeks.

And then if you STOP and say "good enough"...

you begin to lose all your hard earned progress in 14 days.

yeah, that fast.

Which makes a lot of sense why you may feel you're finally over the hump and back to running at the intensity and volume you want to, but get sidelined again,

Take this as another lesson in consistency.

And just how much our bodies need strength training on the regular.

So if you're looking for a 15 minute hamstring circuit that you can do 1-2x a week to feel your hammies happy, healthy, and speedy, let's check out my blog together.

Because you've got races to run

Dare to Train Differently,

Marie Whitt, PT, DPT //@dr.whitt.fit

P.S. Your hamstring strain lingers for a reason: You have to fix it the RIGHT WAY. Check it out in this week's blog post!

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