In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Lecturer in Musculoskeletal & Sports Injury Rehabilitation at Australian Catholic University, Jack Hickey. As well as being a lecturer, Jack is a researcher in the ACU hamstring injury group alongside previous podcast guests David Opar and Anthony Shield. As hamstring injury rates continue to rise, the area of hamstring injury rehab is only going to grow so it was great to get Jack on to give us an update on what the research is telling us and how it can relate to our practice.

Hope you enjoy this episode with Jack Hickey.

In this episode we discussed...

• Who is Jack Hickey (background, education and current role)
• Mechanism of HSI
  • HSI injury rates
• Issues with traditional HSI rehab
  • The part pain plays in HSI rehab
  • Pain-free vs pain-threshold HSI rehab
  • Eccentric compliance
• Knowing when to progress (or regress)
• Early phase eccentric loading
  • Timings
  • Intensity
  • Examples
• Isometric training for HSI rehab
• HSI risk reduction post RTP

Jack can be found on Twitter @jackhickey89

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Enjoy

PP