TAG | Mollie
Hello!
I am a recent graduate of a D1 Track and Cross Country Program. When I moved to DC this summer, I decided that I wanted to continue with competitive running, so I joined a local team to continue with my training and fintess left over from Track season.
Things were going pretty well, I ran in a couple local 5k’s and did well. But then in early November, right before my first 10k, disaster struck. My right hamstring had been tight on and off all summer, and of course the week of my big race, it became unbearable. (And of course, I ran through the pain for just long enough to make the injury serious. Crap.)
Enter Terrel Hale’s massage program. I knew that my muscles were tight. Squeezing in runs before or after sitting for 8 hours at work is not the best thing for keeping your muscles loose. I always stretch, but not really enough.
In my first massage with Terrel, he focused entirely on my hamstring. Wow! Turns out I have knots in muscles I didn’t even know I had.
The next massage was on my hamstring and IT Band. Again, quite the painful, quite the knotty.
By my third appointment, I was still not back to running normally, so we took a different approach and worked on my Piriformis.
In addition to massage, I’ve been stretching an rolling out before and after my runs, and icing afterward.
I’m still not back to running normally, but I’m working on it. I will keep you updated on my progress!
-Mollie
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