The Trick to Hamstring Rehab  Australian researchers encourage
neuromuscular training.  February 19, 2013  After poring over
decades of research, a team of scientists in Australia believes
it has pinpointed the missing link in hamstring injury
rehabilitation: neuromuscular training.  Neuromuscular training
involves reactivating communication between neurons (nerve
cells) and muscles. In the case of hamstring injuries, that can
be done by performing heavy resistance training exercises like
Nordic hamstring curls (seen above) or stiff-leg deadlifts,
according to Antony Shield, Ph.D., one of the paper’s authors
and a professor at Queensland University of Technology, School
of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences.  The researchers were
interested in hamstring injuries because of their frequent
reoccurrence in sports that involve fast running—soccer,
football, rugby, cricket, and track and field. The review,
published in the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology,
didn’t include distance runners, but Shield believ