Clinical Cases 3C Intramuscular Hamstring Tendon Injuries

Michael is a Senior Sports and MSK physiotherapist working at UPMC Sports Medicine. He has extensive experience in elite sport and has a keen clinical interest in lower limb muscle injury rehabilitation. Michael is also undertaking research investigating outcomes after hamstring tendon injury by undertaking a professional doctorate through the University of Limerick in Innovation and Human Performance at City Football.   We chat extensively with Michael about: - Michael’s career to date, his interest in hamstring injuries and how we can use the findings of his systematic review. - Michael provides a case scenario of a 3c Biceps Femoris Hamstring injury. - The thought process behind the diagnosis and prognosis - Surgical / non-surgical decision making. - Potential contributing factors to the hamstring injury - Early loading to optimise healing and avoid high strain early in the rehab process. - Addressing hamstring stiffness and hypertrophy of the Biceps Femoris - Combining mid stage field and gym-based rehabilitation - Return to play process ____   Some of the links Michael mentioned in this episode can be found here: Time to return to play and reinjury rate of hamstring injuries with and without intramuscular tendon involvement: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Other resources mentioned, such as the Maeo article, can be found in our Hamstring resources guide WATCH this episode on our YouTube channel here