The hammy epidemic

[CaptainMorgan]

Escobar now out with a hammy issue joining Harris, Lee, Durant and Claiborne all with hammy issues.

Not to mention Miles is a cut away from another hammy issue. What the heck is going on with all the hamstring problems with this team? Is it conditioning or stretching maybe?

 

[theSHOW]

Escobar now out with a hammy issue joining Harris, Lee, Durant and Claiborne all with hammy issues.

Not to mention Miles is a cut away from another hammy issue. What the heck is going on with all the hamstring problems with this team? Is it conditioning or stretching maybe?

and don't forget to mention Miles "Hammy" Austin who will twinge his in the 1st quarter.

 

[theSHOW]

nice edit lol you originally had no mention of Miles...or I just plain didn't see that D'oh

 

[SportsGuru80]

I look for a major overhaul with either the training staff or the methods in which they use to get players ready.

 

[Fredd]

I read somewhere that a former player said that we get all of the hammies because we don't hit in practice or something like that....

....regardless, I don't get it...do other teams have this problem on a rampant basis?

 

[theSHOW]

over and under on Miles "pulling up" before or after halftime.

as I said I am going under...1:22 QTR 1

 

[Hoofbite]

Escobar's out?

 

[Fredd]

over and under on Miles "pulling up" before or after halftime.

as I said I am going under...1:22 QTR 1

I will go a little later....Oakland will run some clock in the 1st quarter and Miles goes down in the 3rd possession....Q2, 10:53 mark

 

[CATCH17]

This may sound crazy but sitting for long periods of time in a chair or on a bench will make your glutes and hamstrings tighten.

These guys are in meeting for long hours, watching film, getting lectured, and sitting while doing all of this.

 

[CaptainMorgan]

This may sound crazy but sitting for long periods of time in a chair or on a bench will make your glutes and hamstrings tighten.

These guys are in meeting for long hours, watching film, getting lectured, and sitting while doing all of this.

But thats always been the case and Is the case with every other NFL team. Still doesnt explain the disproportionate amount of hamstring issues this team in particular suffers.

It could be just an unlucky coincidence.

 

[theSHOW]

I am constantly working out. The affected areas of concern always get the heating pads before the push and after I have always enclosed the areas with cold for 20 minutes. It saddens me that Austin who is a game changer seems to take himself out of the game more and more. Austin should have his legs warm and active on the sidelines before he comes in. Don't let that dude even sit on the bench. Put a bike next to the bench with #19 on it.

 

[Fredd]

I am constantly working out. The affected areas of concern always get the heating pads before the push and after I have always enclosed the areas with cold for 20 minutes. It saddens me that Austin who is a game changer seems to take himself out of the game more and more. Austin should have his legs warm and active on the sidelines before he comes in. Don't let that dude even sit on the bench. Put a bike next to the bench with #19 on it.

couldn't agree more....quit the grinnin' and start the spinnin'

 

[Zordon]

there is a muscle imbalance in their legs. there is something wrong with the weight lifting program.

 

[jaybird]

From

couldn't agree more....quit the grinnin' and start the spinnin'

From a guy who plays a fair amount of sports, hammy's are strained when you allow yourself to get dehydrated. Are they not staying hydrated well enough?

 

[ologan]

From

From a guy who plays a fair amount of sports, hammy's are strained when you allow yourself to get dehydrated. Are they not staying hydrated well enough?

Pickle juice? Bananas? Pedialite?

 

[Fredd]

I could see dehydration once in a while, but I can't believe that you have 5+ players at one time like that past the mid point of the season...first week or two of training camp? sure...not at this stage

 

[dstovall5]

I'd bring in a new strength and conditioning coach, there's no reason we should have so many ham string injuries. Since most of the injuries are the same, I think that's telling us there's a flaw in how our guys stretch/warm up/work out.

 

[Deep_South]

Escobar's out?

He's on the list as being questionable with a hamstring issue. 50-50 he will play.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/injury-report.html

 

[Idgit]

From

From a guy who plays a fair amount of sports, hammy's are strained when you allow yourself to get dehydrated. Are they not staying hydrated well enough?

During the offseason, they had their nutritionist do an episode of Talking Cowboys, and one of the things she had to say was that she initially had a lot of difficulty getting the guys to use sufficient electrolyte additives to their drinking water and even to drink sufficiently during the meetings-portions of camp and even in-season. She mentioned Miles, in particular, and that they'd calculated the he needed, whatever it was...let's say double, the amount he was getting just because of the way his metabolism worked, and they'd setup a program for him to get the hydration he needed. Obviously, that was right before the season here, and we've seen the results, so, I don't think they've identified the problem sufficiently. But at least they looked at it in some detail, fwtw.

 

[Ken]

Hammy's are a combination of muscle imbalance, dehydration, and mineral deficiency. I suspect a combination of dehydration and mineral deficiency because every trainer understands the importance of muscle balance nowadays but few understand the critical role of hydration and minerals in the diet.

BTW, i've torn both of mine so I understand the causes...