Featuring Carl Petersen, BPE, BScPT
Hamstring Strains - Squash
Duration: 1 minute, 8 seconds

In squash, hamstring strains are often an acute strain which occur from the quick accelarations or decelarations that squash players must do during the strokes.

The hamstring strain is probably the most common injury to the thigh. The strain can occur in the mid-belly of the hamstring, or it can occur either lower down where the muscle tendon insertion or it can occur in the insertion up at the ischial tuberosity.

In dealing with hamstring strains, we want to make sure that we follow the RICE philosophy. We can use certain types of supports, including core shorts or elastic bandages to add compression.

We want to then make sure that we are decreasing the amount of scar tissue that's being formed in the muscle belly and in the muscle tendon attachment and that can be done by seeing your physiotherapist and they can give you a variety of exercises as well as treating the area with different modalities to help minimize the severity of a scar.

Presenter: Mr. Carl Petersen, Physiotherapist, Vancouver, BC

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