Man, i’m thinking of going to the kickboxing classes at uni, on tuesday, so i re-incorporated leg stretches into my workout today. Abotu 6 months ago, i could do the splits, and i’m quite flexible. But lately i haven’t stretched, say for like the last 3 months. Anyway, i can get my chest to my knees now, after getting back into the flow, but as soon as i try doing the splits (sideways) i get a HORRIBLE sharp pain on the inside of my right leg. It’s not groin related.
Pulled muscle? Nah. But, it’s odd, i haven’t done anything that could pull it for a couple of months, and i haven’t been stretching. I’ve felt it twinge a couple of times since i quit stretching. But it can feel it straight away before i even get deep into it. It feels sensitive, like i’d sprained/pulled it like a week ago, and it’s healing or something, but i know this isn’t the case. It doesn’t feel like the “comfortable pain” you get when stretching. It’s sharp, like a knife.
Any thoughts on what it could be? It hurt enough for me to quit my workout
All i wanted was some RICE CAKES! Now? WE MUST BATTLE.
BTW, I know exactly which sensation you’re talking about. Split-wise, I have no natural flexibility, so everything I’ve gained is through hard work. I get that pain, inside of the upper leg, right? I usually only get it on the right side, but that’s just me.
Don’t rush the flexibility thing. If you’re young, you can push it a little more, but older, you should be patient, and take the slow but safe road to flexibility.
Granted, I’m not an expert on the topic, I just have experienced that pain.
The groin thing I can’t help you with, so you’ll have to handle that problem for yourself. Fortunately, you’ve got plenty of experience.
Is the pain on the side of the knee, or in the back towards one side?
The only way to determine what it really is is to have an MRI.
I had one for sharp pains in my knee, in the back toward the left side, and it turned out to be a small tear in my meniscus (which does not ever heal, btw, but is treatable).
