Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Hi there, Both Jared and I are currently in a very busy time period of work. In particular Jared is in the thick of his PhD writing so we've decided to push our podcast release to a fortnight format.  Once things settle down we'll get back to our weekly format. Today's article review in my opinion is a really practical paper. It reviews the mechanism of hamstring injuries in sprinting and then highlights a few different exercises that would be of benefit to include into a strengthening program.  The paper has pictures so do yourself a favour and download it. Hamstring exercises for track and field athletes: injury and exercise biomechanics, and possible implications for exercise selection and primary prevention. Malliaropoulos N1, Mendiguchia J, Pehlivanidis H, Papadopoulou S, Valle X, Malliaras P, Maffulli N.   Br J Sports Med. 2012 Sep;46(12):846-51. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090474. Epub 2012 Jun 9.   Abstract Hamstring strain injuries are the most prevalent muscle injuries in track and field (TF). T