Have you had a terribly hard painful massage on the injury?
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Persisting left thigh pain
I've been having this for the past 5 weeks and it won't go away. I followed the Starr protocol after asking you about it and wasting 2 weeks screwing around, and with ice, and daily squatting i thought i had finally gotten rid of it last week. I started moving back up in the weights squatting 3x5 at 112.5kg (previous PR was at 126kg) and i thought my leg would continue to improve, but it seems to have gotten worse again with pain/tightness in the same groin region and medial thigh with some lateral thigh tightness/pain arising near the greater trochanter of the femur as well. I didn't want to push it and today was reduced to squatting 50kg for 3x20 again. I have no idea what to do and whether or not it's the adductors involved and still injured or some ligament/fascia thing or what but i'm getting desperate and annoyed. Would you happen to have any experience with this type of thing or do i just need to buckle down and see a doctor about it? The problem is that the majority of the time they'll just say rest it until it doesn't hurt and possibly send you to some physio....
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Have you had a terribly hard painful massage on the injury?
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Well i just visited an accupuncturist who said it was due to a tightening of the muscles following injury and some imbalance thing (only got the general gist) and she of course applied some needles, some electrotherapy type stuff, and gave it a decent massage after. But other than some self applied massages as well, no i haven't had a terribly hard and painful massage there. Should i find myself a massage therapist?
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Have you not read my previous 9,000,000 posts about this?
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No i actually haven't but from back when i searched adductor/groin injuries most of what turned up was about applying the Starr rehab protocol. So i assume from your response that the answer is to get myself a dam vicious massage. Would a normal massage therapist cut it, or are there specific people you have in mind? Sorry for the dumb questions but believe it or not i've never had a proper massage before so please excuse my ignorance.
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Fok.
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Why does my questions always end with you swearing? Food for thought. But seriously i have searched before posting and i see you recommending getting massages but i don't see you saying if there any qualifications necessary to do so. So that's why i asked whether you had a particular type in mind as there a lot of stuff out there with guys claiming to have this unique technique and blah, blah. Would just a run of the mill massage therapist work or should it be one that specialises in muscular injury or a particular method? That's just what i'm after.
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the only thing you need is a masseuse who can make it hurt. Preferably a guy from iceland or somewhereOriginally Posted by confuzzl3don3
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Come to mexico, I'll show you a masseuse that can cause some pain.
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Why do my questions always end with you swearing?
(I love being annoyingly pedantic)
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