Hamstring Muscle Injury, Natural Corollaries and Conservative Management

Introductory Remarks. An injury that considers twenty-three years old and, once applied, predicts for greater than one third of its recipients a probable and swift reinjury exacts resolute study and strict attention, unpartitioned between other interests (Engebretsen AH et al., 2010; Heiderscheit BC et al., 2010; Greig M and Siegler JC, 2009; Arnason A et al., 2008; Gabbe BJ et al., 2006; Petersen J and Holmich P, 2005). Hamstring muscle injuries reach these criteria and further. So familiar in prevalence, are they, and yet so ephemeral in understanding. In their classic paper Best and Garett submit, “there is a complex, poorly understood neuromuscular coordination pattern that may help explain why the hamstring is injured” (Best TM and Garett WE, 1996). Like sleuths snuffling across but never directly along the fleeting trail, other great minds of the world have devoted great resources to great research and concede largely the same (Heiderscheit BC et al., 2010; Engebretsen AH et al, 2010).  Therefore, despite having been reviewed extensively, a want of still more critically processed understanding exists. The next several weeks will explore this injury, ask questions and seek synthesis of current data. As trajectories are noticed and patterns built, comments are welcome and encouraged to help grow the body of information.

Let’s explore this topic together.