How do you make the most of the information available to you about sports injuries while you focus on building a strong trust relationship with the athlete? Dr Nicol van Dyk—medical research lead with the Irish Rugby Football Union—brings his trademark innovative thinking and practical advice to JOSPT Insights. We draw on Nicol’s extensive experience in sports medicine research and practice to walk step-by-step through simple solutions to diagnosing and managing hamstring injuries.

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2016 Bern Consensus on return to sport: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27226389/

Early versus delayed rehabilitation after acute muscle injury: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28953439/

Rehabilitation after acute hamstring injury: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2020.8895

Clinical Practice Guideline Hamstring Injury in Athletes: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2022.0301

Biology of muscle tissue healing: https://skeletalmusclejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13395-017-0142-x

Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36072.The_7_Habits_of_Highly_Effective_People