Setbacks

Went to the gym tonight.  Leg night.  My most difficult night.  I had always thought that I had pretty strong legs.  Apparently I don’t.

All the lunges I did last week made my hamstrings pretty sore.  I was feeling a lot better tonight, but when I started doing lunges, I had a horrible pain at the back of my thigh.  I couldn’t even finish them.  It’s still hurting, even when lying down.

I’m pretty sure that it’s a biceps femoris strain.  It hurts right at the insertion point at the ischial tuberosity (at the base of my butt).  I’m pretty discouraged about it too.  It’s supposed to be a difficult strain to get over and re-injury is pretty high. 

I’m hoping that it’s more of just a minor strain than anything.  I think I’m going to try to go in for some physical therapy tomorrow.  The sooner I can get over it and get back to training, the better.  I’m worried about muscle atrophy and some major setbacks in my strength training.