Steve and others,
I'm not sure what this discussionis about, but the findings of this clinical study/observation are very true.
I estimate that 80-90% of calf or h'string tears I see are neural related. I also not that h'string tears often have a posterior innominate. I was of the opinion that this may be secondary spasm, but perhaps it is primary. You will find that biceps femoris tears often have a backward sacral torsion, because that tensions the sacrotuberous ligament, to which the biceps fem attaches.
Intersting!
Scott
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Scott Epsley
BPhty., MAPA, SPG.
PRINCIPAL PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Clifford Chambers Sports Medicine
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Toowoomba QLD 4350
Australia
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On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 09:35:30
Steve Aspinall wrote:
>The head physio at one of the UK premiership football clubs has just
>finished a big study looking at this topic (I am wracking my brain but i
>can't recall name or club, when I remember or find his presentation I will
>post it). He performed a pre season screening of all their players (inc
>academy etc)including sacro-iliac orientation and performance of slump,
>active knee extension and a number of other strength/flexibility measures.
>He suggested that the preliminary data pointed to a higher occurence of
>hamstring strain in players with a relative restriction in neural mobility.
>He also found that a unilateral posterior (I am going off memory so I may be
>wrong) rotation of the ipsilateral sacro iliac joint appeared to be
>correlated with increased incidence of hamstring strain.
>
>Regards
>Steve Aspinall BSc (hons) GSR
>Sport Rehabilitator
>Bolton Therapy Centre
>Bolton
>UK
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