The ‘nervy’ business of T-junction hamstring injuries

Why we should consider neural structures around the distal musculotendinous junction of the biceps femoris Keywords – Hamstring, Neural, Rehabilitation Introduction – Hamstring injuries are the greatest cause of time loss within a wide range of elite sports, with injuries at the distal musculotendinous junction of the biceps femoris amongst the most problematic [1]. This blog will […]

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Reducing hamstring injury burden and re-injury rates: the development and application of BAMIC

Why develop a new muscle injury classification? The British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification (BAMIC) was developed in 2014 as part of a hamstring strategy.[1] An internal report in our elite track and field squad established that hamstring injury was the leading cause of missed time from training and competition. The muscle injury grading systems available […]

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Running fast: the Cause, the Cure and a Vaccine 

Submitted to the BJSM Blog on 12 January 2019.  By Stuart Butler @physiobutler “I feel the need, the need for speed!” Maverick, Top Gun. How much fast running is necessary to run faster, and how much is too much and likely to predispose an athlete to a hamstring injury (HSI)? Running fast is the best training […]

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The Nordic Hamstring Exercise: how can we improve compliance?

Undergraduate perspective on Sport & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Jimisayo Osinaike @jimisayoosh Millions of football enthusiasts from all over the world either travelled to Russia or were glued to their television screens during the world cup, after all, it probably is the best entertainment football has to offer. However, for Sport and Exercise Medicine […]

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Football focus series: Why the risky business of hamstring injuries makes eccentrics essential for injury prevention

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine: Football Focus series @PhysiosinSport By Adam Johnson @PreventionPhys As we head into the new football season with high hopes for our respective clubs, there is one thing that we can be relatively confident in: amongst the bore draws, the last minute winners and the moments of […]

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Does the Nordic hamstring exercise prevent hamstring injury?

By Ashokan Arumugam1, Kavitha Vishal2   1Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation – Physiotherapy Section, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden 2Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India   PEDro synthesis on the following paper: “Al Attar WSA, Soomro N, Sinclair PJ, et al. Effect of injury prevention programs […]

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Announcement of winners! 2017 BJSM PhD Academy Awards

By Alan McCall The hard work of PhD candidates and their innovative findings are integral to moving our field forward. They provide evidence based practical recommendations for clinicians and practitioners. The BJSM PhD Academy Awards recognise and celebrate the contribution of younger and emerging leaders. The ‘People’ and the ‘Editors’ have voted for the inaugural BJSM PhD […]

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Hamstring highlights from Arsenal FC SEMS March 2016 Conference

By Dr. Ronan Kearney (@KearneyRonan) The Arsenal FC Sport and Exercise Medicine conference (FC SEMS) brought together world experts to advance the knowledge base in muscle injury prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and return to play in football. The topic of hamstring injury (HSI) featured strongly. Here are 6 ‘take home messages’ for sports and exercise medicine professionals. […]

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