The Hurt Locker, with Joey Boland: Hamstring Will Return If Ignored

Hamstring strains can stunt a young GAA player’s growth and they can also shorten a career.

Ames O’Donoghue’s early retirement was the unfortunate result of a hamstring strain. Players with a fast, explosive style like O’Donoghue are at high risk for this type of injury, and once you’ve strained your hamstring, you’re at increased risk for a recurring strain, so be prepared for it. Putting together a long-term recovery plan from initial stress is key.

At Sports Physio Ireland, we take a structured approach to hamstring strain prevention and rehabilitation.

Flexible

Getting back to full hamstring length after an injury is important. At a minimum, players should be able to demonstrate basic flexibility by comfortably touching their toes from a seated position.

Activate Hamstring

Using a calf machine at the gym or a home wrap is the easiest way to get your hamstrings back and stay active, which will help rebuild damaged tissue and prevent injury. recurrent injury.

Eccentric Enhancement

According to the video below, GAA players need to be able to gradually add weight to the bar during their hamstring injury recovery. To prevent recurring strains, players should try to keep this exercise in their gym program going forward.

Back to Battle

Our philosophy here is that you need to fully train for 3 sessions without any symptoms or hesitation. If you have a game on Sunday, you need to be fully trained the weekend before and twice in the week before you should play a match.

At SPI, we know that every player and their situation is different and we tailor individual recovery plans accordingly. For more information, use the link below.

https://bit.ly/spi-hamstring-strain