Hamstring injuries are the most prevalent muscle injuries in sport. Symptoms can be particularly prolonged, healing response poor, and the risk of re-injury high.

Carl Askling (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm) has been trialling a new way of categorising these injuries, thinking about them as high-speed running or stretching types. He explains to Karim Khan how these types can be diagnosed and the different treatment and monitoring they require. He also describes how to assess athletes post hamstring injury for return to sport.

See also:
High-speed running type or stretching-type of hamstring injuries makes a difference to treatment and prognosis
Hamstring strain injuries: are we heading in the right direction?
Hamstring issues in sports: still a major clinical and research challenge

February’s BJSM has a special focus on hamstring injuries, so there’s even more related content in the issue and on the website.

BJSM editor Karim Khan talks to Michael Turner about his time as chief medical adviser of the Lawn Tennis Association, including the medical scandals that have cropped up and the advances he’s seen in the game’s sports medicine.

Dr Turner is also chief medical adviser for the British Horseracing Authority, but more of that in a future podcast…

Compelling data that ‘bicycle paths’ are safer than riding in traffic are discussed in this podcast from our sister journal Injury Prevention. You might think that is a no-brainer. However the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has a ‘Guide for the development of bicycle facilities’ which cautions AGAINST building two-way paths along, but physically separated from, a parallel road. So for bike enthusiasts, and physical activity advocates, here are compelling data. The paper is open access too!