pulled hamstring - treatment?

[Privateer]

good morning

so I pulled my hamstring yesterday at soccer.  iced it when I got home, kept it elevated, wrapped it with an ace bandage, took 2 ibuprofen.

So this morning I can barely move.  Have it wrapped again and an ice pack.  I'm going to alternate with a heatpack pretty much all day.


Anyone 'in the know' that can give me more pointers to recuperate this?  I don't want to go to the doctor to pay my $10 copay for him to tell me to keep doing what I'm doing.


Thanks in advance.
Andy

[He Man]

its commong to be stiff the morning after. use the rice method, get a deep tissue massage becasue the muslces around the hamstring are working over time to comp. dont veg on it all day. stretch through the pain slowly and evenly.

Not a big fan of ibuprofen, its not strong enough for me, I like naproxen much more and i basically live off that stuff.

Thats how i was told by the doc to treat the minor stuff.

[z0mb1e_DUC]

been a soccer coach for close to 10yrs.  Gotten many a player thru this. Just think RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation).  I'd add heat to that.  I usually say 5-8min each, with a 5-8min break.  Make sure you have a towel or something covering you while icing.  Got my daughter thru a really bad sprain this way last fall, only down 4 weeks instead of the 6-8 initially called for.

[z0mb1e_DUC]

get some Alieve, the gel caps.  They last 8hrs, it's basically over the counter Naproxin Sodium.  Works wonders for reducing swelling...

[swampduc]

+1 on massage (in addition to RICE)

[Sinister]

+1 on the deep-tissue massage.  Also, light, light stretching; several times a day.

[cyrus buelton]

rest and light stretching and Ibuprofen.