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Enjoy this sneak peak highlighting some of the tests used to evaluate hamstring strength and function.
Learning Objectives
- Refine and enhance your understanding of 1) relevant hamstring anatomy; 2) the distinguishing features between the different hamstring muscles & their impact on function; 3) implications of injury location; and 4) epidemiology of hamstring injuries.
- Learn how to conduct a thorough subjective assessment that will guide your subsequent physical assessment and diagnosis.
- Learn what tests to include in your physical assessment and how to interpret the findings.
- Understand the key rehabilitation principles to ensure optimal outcomes, including target adaptations (e.g. activation, RFD, metabolic endurance, peak force) and addressing typical post-injury deficits.
- Learn how to test and assess peak force, eccentric strength, RFD and metabolic capacity, and how to use this information to guide return to sport planning.
Anatomy & Assessment
Location matters! Learn how injuries to different structures influence recovery & how to differentiate between them with a solid assessment.
Rehabilitation
Rehab isn't just leg curls & Nordics! Learn how to address common deficits and restore peak force, eccentric strength, power & metabolic endurance.
Hamstring Testing
Assess, don't guess! Learn how to test peak force, eccentric strength, rate of force development and metabolic capacity.
Michael Giakoumis
MSc(SportPhysio) | MSc(ExSci) | BSc(Physio)
Since year 11 PE where he decided physiotherapy was the profession he wanted to pursue, Michael has had the sole focus of becoming one of the best sports physiotherapist worldwide.
Throughout his career, Michael has worked in elite sport, acting as the lead physiotherapist to a Men’s football academy and Women’s first team, AFL and with Olympic level track and field athletes at British Athletics. He currently works within Football across multiple clubs and managing a specialised rehabilitation unit for complex cases for its organisation. Alongside this, Michael works at London’s leading health clinic, Marylebone Health Group (MHG).
His passion, knowledge and experience hence make Michael a specialist in the area of the hip and groin, complex knee and lower limb muscle and tendon injuries.
Michael O'Sullivan
MSc(AdvMuscPhysio) | BSc(Physio)
Michael is a Senior Sports and MSK physiotherapist working at UPMC Sports Medicine, SETU Arena, Waterford. Since qualifying from University College Dublin with a BSc. in Physiotherapy in 2014, Michael has completed an MSc. in Advanced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy from the University of Hertfordshire. He is an accredited member of the UK Strength and Conditioning Association and the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists.
In addition to his role in UPMC Sports Medicine, Michael has extensive experience in elite sport, both within Ireland and internationally, in a variety of sports. He has a keen clinical interest in lower limb muscle injury rehabilitation and is undertaking research investigating outcomes after hamstring tendon injury. Currently, Michael is undertaking a professional doctorate through University of Limerick in Innovation and Human Performance.
