Hamstring pain driveing my son mad
my 15 year old son has been suffering hamstring pain for around 7 weeks . He is desperate to get back to football but is running funny . is there any stretches he can do or any treatment that can be given . We have been using RICE and he has received ultrasound . Please Help
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Kim
Did he pull his hamstring? What was the mechanism of injury? Look up a PNF straight leg raise, or just straight leg raise to stretch his hamstring (you can help him with this one), the modified hurdler stretch as well.
If his strained his hamstring becareful with the stretches don’t push him to far or you’ll just be reagravating the injury. If this is what it is, he needs treatment, with ultrasound, massage (friction, effleurage, petrissage), light stretches and gradually when pain has subsided can begin stregthening exci’s.
Hope this helps you.
Kim
On 2003-09-23 15:05, healinghands wrote:
my 15 year old son has been suffering hamstring pain for around 7 weeks . He is desperate to get back to football but is running funny . is there any stretches he can do or any treatment that can be given . We have been using RICE and he has received ultrasound . Please Help
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