Hamstring Rehab Mastering Lower Limb Injuries

James Moore's 2020 video case study presentation offers valuable insights and methods for practitioners in the field of sports performance and rehabilitation. Additionally, I offer supplementary resources for managing hamstring injuries, which are applicable to other muscle and joint injuries, as well as strategies for preparing athletes to meet the physiological demands of their respective sports. These resources encompass a range of rehabilitation protocols and physical preparation guidance for clinicians, coaches and athletes.

🧠⚕️ Muscle Injuries and Managing Expectations

I use this video presentation as a reference point to show what is possible in very short timescales, and how to successfully rehab athletes back to new levels of performance, and robustness without breaking down.

This is crucial for setting appropriate goals and managing athlete expectations.

For example an athlete with a groin (adductor) injury, which is your third hamstring, was back in record time in order to help the team achieve 2nd place in the league.

This athlete was a critical part of that success and scored and assisted in every match upon her return.

Others muscle injuries such as calves, quads and shoulders, all successfully rehabbed with key, critical athletes.

Speed, Power and Intensity
This case study illustrates the complexity of muscle injuries and how they overlap. Nothing functions in isolation. Answering the How's and Why's, problem solving, and by using a process of elimination can deliver solutions and assist with the following.

80-20% Risk Reduction Measures
When the stakes are high or if the situation is very complex, then further measures can be used. These measures can be more sensitive to small changes and variations. Particularly if the risk changes day by day or each week

Communicate, Deliberate, Document
1️⃣ Presenting Risk to Stakeholders ⬇️
2️⃣ Need for additional Uncertainty Measures?
3️⃣ Refine Control Measures / Make Adjustments
4️⃣ Recommendations to stakeholders Decision makers
5️⃣ Implementation of Control Measures to Reduce Risk or Severity
6️⃣ Medical Budget Contingency For Injury Risk or Severity

Athlete Continuous Risk Management
All athletes should be considered at risk. Risks interact with each other and can present different complexities and patterns Dysfunction in one area can cause dysfunction in another. However as Moore highlights Tyson Gay, this is not always the case.

Full Video 33 mins Watch and Listen

Sources: CPD

Physical Preparation of the Football Player with an Intramuscular Hamstring Tendon tear: Clinical Perspective with Video Demonstrations.

Matt Taberner, Daniel Dylan Cohen

Taberner M, Cohen DD

Physical preparation of the football player with an intramuscular hamstring tendon tear: clinical perspective with video demonstrations

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018;52:1275-1278.

Part 1 and 2 are also available on YouTube if you wish to watch in two blocks.

Sources: CPD
Sports Map: Mastering Lower Limb Injuries (2020) Online Webinar Series

Bahr R No injuries, but plenty of pain? On the methodology for recording overuse symptoms in sports
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2009;
43:966-972.

Understanding Muscular Coordination

Coach Development: Speed Training

Explanation of Muscular Coordination. Athlete sharpness is simply coordination, by increasing coordination means athletes move towards instinctive precise movement. If you wish to develop very fast athletes, strength, speed and power, this is a must watch.

In addition, this is an excellent resource to assist with hamstring rehabilitation and other muscular and joint injuries.

Video: Frans Bosch

By integrating these approaches, practitioners can develop comprehensive programs that address both rehabilitation and injury reduction while optimising athletic performance.