I believe I tore my hamstring while sprinting in the sand on the beach. My leg planted deep in the sand an it was a sudden severe pain that knocked me down. My bruising a couple of days later goes from my calf to my upper thigh and I can t straighten my leg out when I walk w/o pain. I was assuming it to be a grade 3 tear.. Any suggestions? And what is the best treatment this first couple of weeks? Should I wrap it w/an ACE bandage to keep compression on it?
HiT his looks like a grade 3 tear of the hamstrings. Need a compression bandage and ice with pain medications and touch down weight-bearing with a pair of crutches for the first two weeks. After this period with the pain and swelling decreasing start active stretching exercises to straighten out the knee. If not progressing as expected an ultrasound exam will help to search for other causes like a bakers' cyst rupture etc. for which the treatment will essentially be the same