Hips DON'T lie
DNS WSER: I wanted to talk about why I ultimately pulled out of WSER this season. The main reason is because my right hip was tight causing my hamstring, sciatic and knee to become inflamed and painful. Despite the strength training I was doing it did not agree with the volume and workouts I was doing to prepare for a 100 mile race. Onset: One day after my last big week before tapering I woke up experiencing knee discomfort similar to knee tendonitis, and my hamstring felt really tight and the tightness would not go away as much as I tried to loosen it. I dropped my volume down to zero for a week. I slept a lot, drank lots of water, removed caffeine and sugar from my diet, ate less processed foods to minimize inflammation and scheduled some dry needling appointments. During those few weeks after the onset of symptoms I realized that there were a few muscles that were weak in my hip and some that were then overcompensation for my weakness which then put strain on my hamstri