Pulled hamstring, now have a mahoooosive bruise! Normal...?

[51mon]

Title says it all really - pulled my hamstring / groin (no laughing at the back...!) last weekend and now a MASSIVE bruise has developed on the back of my leg. Is this normal....?

Like an idiot I carried on walking round on it for the rest of the weekend (I was away at the time), which I guess hasn't helped, am just wandering what's best to to do to speed up recovery / minimise damage? At the moment I'm keeping it elevated when I can and icing it a couple of times a day. I've also got some Hirudoid cream which the chemist recommended. It's not actually that painful, just feels really tight / stiff and obviously looks really bad!

Any advise appreciated!

Si

[chris_c201]

Ye quite common with hamstring tears and had it myself, not something to worry about in isolation but if it's particularly sore / not getting better could be worth getting checked?

[chris_c201]

Also should have said generally icing is only for initial 48 hours or so.

Plenty of rest and a massage helped mine though it was agony!

[chris_c201]

Also should have said generally icing is only for initial 48 hours or so.

Plenty of rest and a massage helped mine though it was agony!

[51mon]

Cheers fella, glad it's not just mine that's reacted like that! I thought the ice might be too little too late, unfortunately this wasn't my main priority half way through a messy weekend in Amsterdam..... Hindsight eh...!

[Ruskie]

That's normal. I tore my hamstring playing football and it was purple for days afterwards. Horrific pain to be fair, really uncomfortable and I had to do clutch on way home!!