PhysioRoom.com Injury League Table Analysis: 2003/04 Season

1. Introduction
2. Total number of injuries for each club
3. Total injuries by type
4. Total number of muscle injuries by club
5. Injuries by anatomical muscle group
6. Hamstring strains by club

As mentioned above the hamstring muscle group are the most commonly injured in soccer. The hamstrings comprise of three muscles – the Biceps Femoris, Semitendinosus and Semimembranosus.

Recurrence is a particular danger with hamstring injury. Like all muscle strains, hamstring strains heal with scar tissue and this tissue is never as extensible as the original muscle tissue. Having a previous hamstring injury means that the player has a greater chance of sustaining another hamstring injury as there can be a structural deficit in the tissue. If a player also has one or more of the risk factors mentioned above, then the chances of re-injury increase. For example, David Dunn (Birmingham City), Celestine Babayaro (Chelsea), Craig Bellamy and Kieron Dyer (Newcastle United) and Graeme Le Saux (Southampton) suffered recurrent hamstring injuries which tend to skew the overall data.

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