322 | High Hamstring Strains: Pain Under The Butt

The Optimal Body

Are you struggling with pain under the butt? DocJen and Dr. Dom dive into this overuse injury that often affects hypermobile individuals or anyone who encounters a lot of deceleration, such as athletes. As they describe the anatomy involved in high hamstring strains or proximal hamstring tendinopathy, they dive into contributing factors and dive into the four stages of rehabilitation based on clinical case studies and their clinical experience as doctors of physical therapy. Tune in to learn more!

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What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl:

1:36 - What is high hamstring strain?

2:40 - How does it come about?

5:44 - Who is at risk?

7:44 - Phases of rehabilitation

9:00 - First phase for Rehab

11:04 - Second phase of rehab

14:21 - Third Phase of rehab

16:01 - Fourth Phase of rehab

19:00 - Pain tolerance during rehab

21:50 - What does the research say about weak links associated with high hamstring strain?

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