I've been getting fairly bad pain in the back of my leg every time I straighten it after sitting for any significant period of time for about four months now. About two months ago (after two months of pain) I finally went to see a doctor who told me I'd torn my hamstring - fair enough, I hurt myself it needs time to heal - he said give it another two months. Over the past couple weeks, however, the pain has gotten much worse and will come after any time at all spent sitting or lying with my leg bent and the pain now shoots down as far as my ankle and up to the top of my leg; to get up from a chair I have to slowly push myself up with my arms and VERY slowly straighten out and walk like a bent over old lady with a cane for a few minutes. I went back to a clinic a couple days ago and the doc prescribed me 600mg ibuprofens and told me to give it a couple more months. Today the pain has increased even more and the ibuprofen really isn't doing anything. Is this really normal? Will a hamstring tear feel like it's getting worse before it gets better? My pain tolerance is usually pretty good, but this is getting to be a bit much for me.
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