Hamstring injuries

[Aldo1983]

You hear about loads of stuff like that.
A pal of mine had bother with his knee for donkeys, had all-sorts done including surgery.

It turned out, according to a physio, he'd been walking funny since and ankle injury as a youngster and this had put his posture all to cock, which was what was causing his knee issues.

To the original hammy point, yoga and Pilates.

Yoga and pilates definitely. Proper stretches too.

[rico94]

As far as injuries go with us I’m more concerned how long it seems to take the players to recover.

GMS pulled his hamstring in March and was out for 2 and 1/2 months.

Devlin was out for 3 months with a foot injury,I’ve seen players with a broken foot come back quicker than that.

Leigh has been out for a few weeks with a “minor knock”

There has been others over the years who take a lot longer to come back than they should.

You could argue that some of them are made of glass,especially GMS but it’s still strange that our players take longer to recover than players at other clubs.

I’m sure the new training ground will sort all of that out though

[57vintage]

Was there not a similar story about a Aberdeen player that kept pulling is groin. He was assessed in Wales and it turned out a broken jaw as a child hadn't healed in the correct position, they reset the jaw and no more groin issue. I can't remember who it was right enough

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The one I seem to remember was Mickey Cameron who left Kirkcaldy for Millwall and whose recurring lower body issue (groin? calf? erse? elbow?) was solved by his being given a gumshield to wear when playing or training.

Googled it!

Apologies for linking to the Pound Shop Huns’ corner convenience store

https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index...colin-cameron/

[Aldo1983]

Jamie Smith has issues with groin injuries due to grinding his teeth at night.

Fnar...ah doesn't matter.

[Stavros39]

Seems the huns never get injuries like us and there squad is much more dangerous than ours there playing each sat after Europe games! Sickening but those c unts will push Timmy for the title and were going to be fighting for 3rd which is again sickening

[irnbru1903]

I always wonder why we get so many injuries but then when we even sign them already injured it shouldn't really come as a great surprise. Mostly it is the only way we can afford quality players these days. Doesn't really work out so well for us.

[Red Zone]

Seems the huns never get injuries like us and there squad is much more dangerous than ours there playing each sat after Europe games! Sickening but those c unts will push Timmy for the title and were going to be fighting for 3rd which is again sickening

Yes they do, off the top off my head Dorrans, Murphy and the rat were out for extended periods last season plus many other shorter term injuries. The difference is the squad size. If you ignore youngsters who have hardly played then their squad size is 29 compared with our 21. For instance they have 9 defenders so could easily cope with 3 defensive injuries whereas our 6 defenders are decimated by our 3 injuries

[Macaroni_Pie]

Yes they do, off the top off my head Dorrans, Murphy and the rat were out for extended periods last season plus many other shorter term injuries. The difference is the squad size. If you ignore youngsters who have hardly played then their squad size is 29 compared with our 21. For instance they have 9 defenders so could easily cope with 3 defensive injuries whereas our 6 defenders are decimated by our 3 injuries

[Pedant] No, they're halved [/Pedant]

[Red Zone]

[Pedant] No, they're halved [/Pedant]

Fair cop, but you could extend me some poetic licence!!

[Br0chred]

The perennial curse of Aberdeen Football Club.

Isn't it about time we sorted it out?

I fully accept that the highlights of my own football career were played out on the football pitches of Hazlehead and Sheddocksly but I was young, I was fit, I was even slim and had hair.

In my day a hamstring injury was deemed as self inflicted, you hadn't warmed up properly.
All hamstring injuries occurred in the first 10 minutes of games.

I'm not going to accuse AFC of not getting the players to warm up so what's the problem?

My money's on the Gym

Either over development of other muscles or work on the hamstring itself.

Far too much "bulking up" work is done, it's all but destroyed the fast "wee winger" which is a disaster for football as far as being an entertainment is concerned.

Back to the hamstring, one of my most hated modern football phrases is now in the sentence

We decided not to risk playing him because he "felt his hamstring"

Although it is obviously better not to play someone who is only going to make an injury worse, how about sorting the problem out in the first place?

I never had any hamstring injuries under Donsdafts superior training regime.
Donsdaft for the Dons!!!!