Join Dan Pope and Rob Rowland as they explore the wild world of Hamstring Injury.
- Why Hamstring Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation is important
- How to tell if you have a hamstring injury
- How to prevent a hamstring injury and not look like the guy in the picture above (hint, stretching isn’t the key)
- Keys to successful hamstring rehabilitation
- How programming properly and sleeping enough can prevent injury(Really, there is actually some research to support it!)
- What the research says about Hamstring strain injuries (What the hell is a H to Q ratio and why should I care?)
- Specific tips on how to stay healthy and prevent reinjury for crossfit and strongman athletes
- Dan and Rob’s sob stories about hamstring misfortune and sports
References:
Heiderscheit, B. C., Sherry, M. A., Silder, A., Chumanov, E. S., & Thelen, D. G. (2010). Hamstring strain injuries: Recommendations for diagnosis, rehabilitation and injury prevention. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 40(2), 67-81. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2867336/
Luke, A., Lazaro, R. M., Bergeron, M. F., Keyser, L., Benjamin , H., Brenner, J., d, P., & Grady, M. (2010). Sports related Injuries in Youth Athletes: Is over-scheduling a Risk Factor? Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, 21(4), 307-314. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21694586
Croisier, J. L., Ganteaume, S., Binet, J., Ferret, J. M., & Genty, M. (2008). Strength imbalances and prevention of hamstring injury in professional soccer players a prospective study. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 36(8), 1469-1475. Retrieved from http://ajs.sagepub.com.libproxy2.umdnj.edu/content/36/8/1469.full
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Hi Dan and Rob,
How do you differentiate rehab proximal hamstring tendinopathies versus muscle belly tears? Also, my physician suggests I get a PRP shot, any input for a mid-belly tear?
Thanks,
Randy Griffith , D.C.
Not completely sure how to distinguish between the two myself. The literature states that the more proximal the injury, the greater the healing time.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2867336/
I took this statement straight from that article, “The proximity to the ischial tuberosity is believed to reflect the extent of involvement of the proximal tendon of the injured muscle, and therefore a greater recovery period” The same study says MRI imaging can accurately diagnose the injury and I’m guessing the injury location as well. I’m guessing that palpation of hamstring, where the pain is and proximity to the origin and insertion would be ways of trying to figure out muscular vs tendonous injuries. I’ll shoot this question over to Rob and we’ll talk a bit more about it.
Well, looks like prp works in vivo
http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/36/6/1171.short
Otherwise I could not find much in the literature about a clinical application
http://ajs.sagepub.com.libproxy2.umdnj.edu/content/37/11/2259.full
This article(2009) talked about potential deleterious effects of possibly causing a more fibrotic healing putting someone more at risk for reinjury. Looks like all speculation at this point though. Maybe there is some more recent I could not find though? Sorry if the link does not take you to the full article, I had to access the article through my school database.
Hope this helps!