I injured my biceps femoris tendon about a month ago. I am getting physio for another injury and spoke to him about my biceps femoris. He suggested trying ELE which I am doing but they are really quite painful during (about a 6 on my internal scale), the tendon stays pretty sore and the muscle stiff afterwards.
Should I be expecting this much pain do you think?
In reply to mikedelderfield: No. The eccentric strength work is to prevent recurrence by altering the length-torque curve. Symptoms should be absent by the time you start this. You may get DOMS afterwards but this reads likely something different. The eccentric work has to be introduced quite gradually. Talk to your physio again.
In reply to mikedelderfield: I probably have tendinosis. When I have spoken to the physio about this type of thing in the past, he has said that the first few weeks of ELE should be pretty painful.
I am having doubts about just how painful I should allow.
It is tricky just speaking to the physio as it is NHS the last time I tried they insisted on booking an appt, which I didn't really need. Perhaps I will insist on a telephone chat.
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