Hamstring Strain Season Is Upon Us For many of our Sydney based weekend warriors we have just seen the conclusion of the winter sports season with finals occurring last weekend across many of the netball and football codes. Leading up to these finals series I am sure like ours there where many Sydney based physio… Read More >
Treatment For High Hamstring Tendinopathy Treatment for high hamstring tendinopathy is typically managed by a physiotherapist. Where the approach is to firstly minimize stress to the area to allow healing, and then attempt to reintriduce loading to the tissue in a safe way whilst addressing any muscle imbalances, lack of flexibility as well as biomecahnics… Read More >
Treating Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy Similar to the patella tendon and the achilles tendon, the tendon at the origin of the hamstrings is thick and fibrous, with poor blood supply. These traits contribute to making recovering from high hamstring strains an often arduous process. With hamstring tendinopathy the issue is generally considered to be one more… Read More >
High Hamstring Tendinopathy More commonly hamstring injuries are acute muscle strains felt in the “belly” of the muscle (often the biceps femoris muscle), however the hamstring is also vulnerable to stress near their origin at the ischial tuberosity. Issues in this part of the hamstring are referred to as being a high hamstring tendinopathy, or… Read More >