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Hi all,
I have been taking TKD for about a year now, and a month ago obtained my blue belt. At our school I recently moved up to the advanced class (our adult classes are white - high green beginner, high green above advanced) which consists of a much more rigorous program. In this class we do much more advanced techiniques and training, many which consist of the spinning kick combos and more advanced hapkido defense techniques. last week while doing a basic side kick to reverse side kick combo i felt a severe tear feeling in the inner left thigh of my back leg (the left). After limping through class i went home and noticed bruising from the top of my inner thigh down about 6 or 8 inches, and it was tender to the touch. The next morning it was quite sore and tender to walk on. After doing some research, I came to the assumption (unqualified medical) that it was a groin pull, about a 2nd degree. I rested a full week and near the end of the week began to stretch a little bit. After feeling ok I went back to class the next tuesday and halfway though class, the same thing happened, although this time I didnt finish class. i explained the issue to my master and just worked on forms. This time no visible bruising, but still pain. Ive been resting it the past two days, but Im wondering when I can get back to healthy again. Has anyone any advice, stretching techniques, any ideas how long this might take? how do I know when its back to good? should i just go to the doc (trying to avoid that because of insurance issues)
thanks!
I have been taking TKD for about a year now, and a month ago obtained my blue belt. At our school I recently moved up to the advanced class (our adult classes are white - high green beginner, high green above advanced) which consists of a much more rigorous program. In this class we do much more advanced techiniques and training, many which consist of the spinning kick combos and more advanced hapkido defense techniques. last week while doing a basic side kick to reverse side kick combo i felt a severe tear feeling in the inner left thigh of my back leg (the left). After limping through class i went home and noticed bruising from the top of my inner thigh down about 6 or 8 inches, and it was tender to the touch. The next morning it was quite sore and tender to walk on. After doing some research, I came to the assumption (unqualified medical) that it was a groin pull, about a 2nd degree. I rested a full week and near the end of the week began to stretch a little bit. After feeling ok I went back to class the next tuesday and halfway though class, the same thing happened, although this time I didnt finish class. i explained the issue to my master and just worked on forms. This time no visible bruising, but still pain. Ive been resting it the past two days, but Im wondering when I can get back to healthy again. Has anyone any advice, stretching techniques, any ideas how long this might take? how do I know when its back to good? should i just go to the doc (trying to avoid that because of insurance issues)
thanks!