Scar tissue in hamstring insertion

[Maurine Lee]

I injured the right hamstring insertion about a week after the Park City Marathon last summer.  I took some time off and followed recommendations by a sports doctor and the injury is fairly well healed, unless I twist the knee suddenly.

I have started back into weight training (for now light weights with lots of reps) to get my leg muscles better balanced.  When I work the hamstring, there is one point where it feels like the muscle is 'going over a bump' on the inside of the right knee.  I'm thinking this might be scar tissue from the injury healing and am looking for suggestions as to means and/or methods of trying to pinpoint the area and break up the scar tissue (if it is that).

Thanks!

[Sasha Pachev]

Maurine:

Take a look at

http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/muscularsystem/thighmuscles/posteriormuscles/bicepslonghead/tutorial.html

to learn about the hamstrings

Also, for the knee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Knee_diagram.svg (anterior view, from the front)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gray351.png (lateral view, from the side)

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gray352.png (posterior view, from the back)

see if those pictures allow you to describe the problem more precisely.

Also, do you happen to know which hamstring muscle was involved?

I actually do have something similar. I get a click when the semitendinosus/semimembranonsis tendon goes over the tibia. I used to think it had some special significance (as in causing some kind of big inefficiency when running), but do not any more.

[Maurine Lee]

Thanks, Sasha.  I'll look at that information this weekend and provide additional details based upon more research.