Lifting with a minor hamstring strain

blopmiyers

I'm fairly certain I managed to strain my left hamstring. When I completely straighten out my leg(only while laying down) I feel a bit of pain. However, whenever I go to exercise (squats/deadlifts) I do not feel any of that pain whatsoever. I was wondering if it was alright to keep on lifting like this. I have deloaded, just in case.

jessef593

The only one who can really be the judge of that is yourself.

If i personally am feeling sore I will try my lifts for that day and if it doesn't impede my ability to lift. I'll do the session. Then there's days like yesterday where my joints felt achy. I gave my first movement a try. Didn't feel right so I packed up and went back to the hotel and ate ice cream and pizza instead.

If it doesn't mess with your lifting and isn't aggravated by the lifting. I personally would. But I cannot tell you to lift with an injury or not.

usmcmp

That's going to kind of depend on you and your goals. I've lifted through strains and tears before without making it worse, but I've also worked through/around injuries and set my progress back. If I stopped lifting every time I had an injury I'd be out more often than not (nature of my job and lifestyle).

blopmiyers

Thanks for the advice. I'll continue with the deload and stop immediately if I encounter any pain throughout the way. It's the first time I've gotten any sort of injury, fairly new to lifitng.

Davidsdottir

I had a hip flexor injury a few years ago and it hurt to walk/run and squat... but felt fine doing single leg squat variations. Months passed and I still had pain trying to walk/run and squat because I wasn't letting it heal. Stopped all lower body lifting for a couple of months and it finally healed. Moral of the story...I don't *kitten* around when something feels off like that. I was off squatting for six months instead of the only two I could've been.