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I'm a 32 year old male. I'm in pretty good health and run and lift weights weekly.

A few months ago I pulled my left hamstring on a run and it is refusing to heal.

Any advice here from my fellow fitness junkies? Any personal trainers, physical therapists, doctors, nurses, or "know it all's?"

- The pull is pretty minor. It hasn't stopped me from running or lifting weights. I can still run/jog and do a full leg weight day at the gym including squats, lunges, and hamstring isolation machines.

-I've tried rest, stretching, massage (the girlfriend and I have a membership to massage envy). I have not really tried compression or ice yet.

-It only bothers me a bit on runs. I have not yet tried sprinting. It only bothers me from time to time in daily activities like walking or riding a bike. It's like it just wants to remind me it's there. It's more of a "soreness"

I know hamstring injuries tend to take forever to heal and love to hang around for awhile. Any advice on getting this healed quicker would be appreciated.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but amputation is probably the best choice at this point. I'm a doctor...

Just rest it thoroughly or you'll aggravate it. Try different exercises until it heals.

Yeah, you probably have to not do those exercises. I had the same issue with my ankle and I had to stop squats and running entirely for 6 months. It was so easy to think it was better, start running a bit or being a little bit more careless, and it would come right back and get worse.

It's been over 6 months and I still haven't started those back up yet, but likely will soon. Started with leg press instead of squats though.

Its a pity you dont have the advantage of a third leg like I do to compensate for your injury.,,

I'd stay off any exercises that would aggravate the injury like running which was how you injured it in the first place. I'd still exercise but stick to ones which don't have a high reliance or impact on the hamstrings.