Instant recovery from pulled hamstring?

[quickquestion]

Firstly, I would like to ascertain whether or not I pulled a hamstring.

I was getting out of a chair awkwardly and I landed on my leg wrong. The rest of the day I had pulled pains in my leg and it hurt to sit or walk. The pain felt like I tore or pulled a muscle and it was both in the hamstring area, as well as my lower back area.

I am wondering if I pulled a hamstring.

 

Because the next morning, I woke up and I was cured. I am wondering if I have special DNA which enables me to rapidly recover from such injuries. Or because I used a certain technique the other afternoon that may have helped. Or, to find out that I never pulled a hamstring at all, and that is why I recovered so fast.

Edited April 18, 2017 by quickquestion

[Manticore]

You didn't. It's not that easy to do.

[Phi for All]

You said it hurt to walk, but if you'd torn muscle, you wouldn't have been able to walk. Sounds like a strain, recovery time 0-3 days. Tearing the hamstring would take 2-3 weeks to recover from.

 

Some ice, compression, and rest should be followed up by normal exercise. As for the magic DNA, you need to start shaving with Occam's Razor.

[DrP]

I get bad backs... sometimes, if I twist my shoulder or neck it can be excruciating. Some pain only I-buprofen seems to help... some times, a deep muscle twist/spasm/whatever (caused by an over stretch) can be hard to deal with psychologically and the only thing I can do is just go to bed, to sleep... and when I awake, all is well again! Going to sleep is a good way to heal pulled muscles. I think it is because the body relaxes and it allows faster healing than if you were up and about still using it.

[quickquestion]

Okay, thanks. I guess that rules out a pulled hamstring.

[Phi for All]

Okay, thanks. I guess that rules out a pulled hamstring.

 

No, it was pulled, it just wasn't torn.

[DrP]

The 'pull' is a slight over stretch. I always thought there could be micro tears in this case, which probably heal a lot quicker than big tears.

[swansont]

I get bad backs... sometimes, if I twist my shoulder or neck it can be excruciating. Some pain only I-buprofen seems to help... some times, a deep muscle twist/spasm/whatever (caused by an over stretch) can be hard to deal with psychologically and the only thing I can do is just go to bed, to sleep... and when I awake, all is well again! Going to sleep is a good way to heal pulled muscles. I think it is because the body relaxes and it allows faster healing than if you were up and about still using it.

 

 

I am at an age where I often wake up with soreness or an injury that wasn't there when I went to bed.

[DrP]

ooh - poor you.. I have woken up once, sat up and ripped my back just getting out of bed - it is very depressing. lol

[quickquestion]

 

 

I am at an age where I often wake up with soreness or an injury that wasn't there when I went to bed.

Is there a way to decrease your age related sores? Would increasing your stem cells help you or is that only a myth?

[swansont]

Is there a way to decrease your age related sores? Would increasing your stem cells help you or is that only a myth?

 

 

I'm a physicist, not a biologist. Though I don't think stem cell therapy is generally described as "increasing your stem cells"

[quickquestion]

 

 

I'm a physicist, not a biologist. Though I don't think stem cell therapy is generally described as "increasing your stem cells"

I don't know much about it, but from what I recall it was simply transferring stemcells from your bones, to other areas. But I wonder if it is possible to increase the reproduction rate of stem cells such that it exceeds their death rate.

[Phi for All]

Is there a way to decrease your age related sores?

 

No, but having a pretty woman walk by decreases the desire to talk about age-related sores.

[zapatos]

I am at an age where I often wake up with soreness or an injury that wasn't there when I went to bed.

You know you are getting old when you feel fine going to bed but wake up with a sports injury.

[Manticore]

I don't know much about it, but from what I recall it was simply transferring stemcells from your bones, to other areas. But I wonder if it is possible to increase the reproduction rate of stem cells such that it exceeds their death rate.

Sounds like a good recipe for inducing cancer.

[CharonY]

 

 

I'm a physicist, not a biologist. Though I don't think stem cell therapy is generally described as "increasing your stem cells"

 

I am a biologist, not a medical specialist, but from what I heard exercise is the way to go. That can actually lead to a release of growth factors that promote stem cell proliferation. However, that is likely not to be relevant for the typical ailments and is more investigated in actual rehab after major injuries. Stem cell therapy is something else entirely, more like trying to cure a mild headache by performing rocket-powered brain surgery.