I pulled a muscle in my quad. How can I still workout my butt?

[Anonymous]

It's taking over a week to heal. I keep icing it and elevating it but it still hurts. It was from sprinting. Anyways, what are some ways I can still workout my butt without using my quads?

[ATPPC]

A week is nothing. And stop icing it's only good the first 2-3 days. Some injuries take months to recover. It's been 8 weeks since I got a knee contusion and full strength still hasn't returned.

Just do some walking if it doesn't hurt. Better to rest and recover as soon as you can than try some half-assed exercise that could make things worse.

FYI your quads perform hip flexion and knee extension. Your gluteus maximus performs hip extension and lateral rotation of femur.

[WeaponZero]

You shouldn't. This is the sort of thing you need to completely rest to recover from. Anything you do to try to work around it oculd only complicate it more

[Asker]

ugh. what about donkey kicks and hip thrusts?

[Asker]

i rested for a week and then yesterday i went to the park for a jog but i think that was a mistake. I felt that it was getting better but it still wasn't completely healed. and now i think its bad again today

[WeaponZero]

It it's persisting that long then it's something you need to get medically checked out. And you certainly shouldn't be doing any lower body workout work of any kind at all.

[Asker]

checked out? ugh dont scare me. wtf... im so annoyed. :(

[Davyjones54111]

Yes there is