Hamstring Strains
Hamstring strains can be a very frustrating injury for any footballer from local suburban players all the way up to the very elite. They frequently result in the player missing several weeks and upon the player returning they often don’t feel quite right with clearly hindered performance or they re-injure themselves with an even longer stint on the sidelines to follow.
This is usually due to either inadequate rehabilitation or returning to play too soon.
Hamstring strains are the most common injury in Australian Rules Football and occur frequently in soccer. Additionally, hamstring strains have an extremely high rate or re-occurrence with studies showing up to 34% of players will re-strain their hamstring.
Why is there a 34% re-injury rate?
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TIPS FROM OUR PHYSIOS
Click here to view a series of videos showing a variety of pre-activation that we recommend our players do before every training and match so as to activate the important muscle groups necessary to engage your proprioceptors and core muscles thus reducing the risk of injury.
About Physiohealth
With a combined experience of over 30 years of working in football our physiotherapists have developed the following important initiatives;
- Football specific functional screenings that analysis movement patterns
- Football specific core, balance and stability (CBS) programs to aid the development of elite players both physically and technically by improving their movement patterns
- Football specific return to sport and rehabilitation programs for injured players
- Injury prevention and education programs at a local community level based on years of research into a large number of football related injuries
- Education of strapping courses at local community clubs
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