Argghhh !!! torn quad 1 (?)

[Matt Jones]

Nightmare !!

I have just injured myself Squatting - OK so the "Torn Quad" diagnosis may be a more a symptom of my hypercondria - but i'll explain what happened and would welcome any opinions - treatment advice etc

I was squatting a weight I should have been good for about 4-5 reps on
I had warmed up as well as I always have done , first rep easy , second rep , in the bottom position I was just about to begin my ascent when I felt my left quad "give" what felt like an inch or so - I was still able to complete the rep easily (is this a good sign ? would this rule out a tear ? )

Now , my whole lateral quad aches (please excuse my lack of knowledge on muscle names ) and it hurts when I prod about an inch above where the tendon appears to join the side of my knee - sitting typing this the whole of the left side of my quad feels "tight" -but not overly painful

looking back it is a very cold day today - maybe I didn't warm up enough

Any Ideas ? just about to put some Ice on it

[PikeKing]

definately sounds like a muscle pull, give it some rest and ice for now mate you know the drill, see how it is then think about getting it assessed.

[Matt Jones]

woke up sunday morning and it was fine , well , better anyway - still a bit tight but it just felt like doms - which was strange because by Saturday night I was in awful pain - you know, the sort where it is physically draining just dealing with the pain ! So I was expecting to go to casualty on sunday
But lo and behold, I was up to training chest on sunday !

Just deadlifted today and it was fine (beat my PB ! )

I'll look at this incident as a warning & start doing a little more warming up from now on ;)

[BengDogg]

Thats good new , but maxing when an area is suss cant be the best idea!

[Matt Jones]

Yep , you are right Dogg !

By monday though, I felt right as rain , so I was pretty confident it was just a silly little pull , by yesterday I had pretty much forgotten about it

I suppose it was a little risky , so Don't try this at home kids :018:

[BengDogg]

:D lol! Good advice!