Nick Mellows BSc (Hons) MCSP Stoke City FC Girls Centre of Excellence

 Aims  Anatomy review  Muscle strain  Prevalence  Risk factors  Screening  Diagnosis  Management

 By the end of the presentation, you should know: ◦ Relevant anatomy ◦ Risk factors ◦ Screening techniques ◦ Diagnostic techniques ◦ Evidence based management

 Bi-articular muscle group  Made up of SM, ST, and BF  Hip extension and knee flexion  Most taught in hip flexion and knee extension  Supplied by the tibial portion of the sciatic nerve ( L4-S3)

 Definition: A tearing of muscle fibres when they are not able to cope with mechanical demands placed on them  Graded in relation to the amount of muscle fibres affected ◦ Grade I ◦ Grade II ◦ Grade III

 The most common injury in football  In a team of 25 players: ◦ 5 HMI’s per season ◦ 80 days lost  Re-injury rates between 12-63% ( Morgan et al 2013)

 Most at risk when muscle is lengthening and absorbing load  End of stride/kick  Classified into two main mechanisms ◦ Sprinting ◦ Stretching

 H/Q ratio  Decreased hamstring flexibility  Poor pelvic control

 Toe touch  Muscle patterning  Pelvic rotation  Strength ◦ Manual ◦ Dynamometer ◦ Cybex

 MOI  Pain ◦ Location ◦ Intensity  Palpation  Strength  ROM  Neural

 Location ◦ Medial/lateral ◦ Proximal/distal  Gait pattern

 Immediate management  Evidence base? ◦ Sherry and Best (2004) ◦ Askling ( 2013) ◦ Heiderschiet (2010)

 PRICE  Pain control  Taping?

 Stretch  Strengthen  Eccentrics  Return to function

 RCT  Static vs Progressive agility and trunk ex’s  Significant differences in re injury at 2/52 and 1 year  No through year analysis  2006 follow on paper

 RCT  75 subjects  Lengthening vs conventional protocols ◦ 3 exs per protocol  Significant difference in RTP ◦ L=28 days C=51 days 1 re-injury C protocol H test?

 Systematic review  Collated evidence into comprehensive, evidence based rehab program  2 phases

 Neurodynamic element ◦ Sliders/gliders  Lumbar spine ◦ Maitland mobes (Szezlak 2011)  Motor patterning

 Strengthen ◦ Eccentric  Soft tissue quality ◦ Massage ◦ ART ◦ Stretch  Progressive agility ◦ Sagittal plane ◦ Early  Neurodynamics  Lumbar/pelvic control  VARIETY!!!

 Specific  Replicate game intensity  GPS tracking  Variety!!!

 Performed as a marker for RTP  Active hip flexion with knee extension  Graded VAS for pain Insecurity ROM  Fail= 1-2 weeks further Rx Askling 2013 Askling 2010

 Lack of high level evidence base  Not always as simple as it seems  Do more than stretch and strengthen  No standardised, accepted Rx protocol ◦ Brukner et al

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