The patient came into the clinic saying that he felt that he tore his hamstring in a deadlift session. He is a 25 year old student who trains in body building 6 times a week. He has been training for 6 months and felt pain in his hamstring in the past 2 weeks prior to the appointment. He explained that he had increase the weight on his deadlifts by a significant amount (50kg) in the space of 2 weeks and the pain was in his left leg. The patient is originally from London and has moved down to Plymouth to do a PE teaching degree at Marjons, however he appeared to be in a happy energetic mood in the appointment saying that he is enjoying student life and has made friends. The patients diet consisted of a lot of fast-food and he was told the importance in healthy eating especially when it came to training for size and even injury the patient appeared egar to listen and learn at nutrition, however i am not qualified in nutrient and therefore he was told the patient to look up James Smith as it simplified it. I believe it is important for his recovery and for his future job role in educating kids. The patient was observed in standing and there was no bruising/ swelling or any abnormalities present. There was restriction in flexion of the hip and the patient found it hard to perform a (SLR) Straight Leg Raise. There was no referred pain and the slump test tested negative. Because of the information gathered in both the subjective and objective assessment the injury appeared to be a hamstring tendinopathy and therefore the patient was told to reduce the weight and to stop deadlifting so he could manage the load. the following exercise were prescribed:
Hamstring stretch
Divers 3 x 8 reps
Slide hmstrings 3 x 6
The patient has been booked back into the clinic in 2 weeks time.