03-31-2022, 03:54 AM
Sometimes, a hamstring injury isn't a hamstring injury. Back-related hamstring injuries don't actually involve damage to the muscle or tendon: there's just referred pain from the back. That's not to say this was Wingard's issue as I haven't followed it closely.
I had a year of footy featuring weekly hamstring injuries or what I thought were hamstring injuries. Every week I'd feel like I pulled a hammie and sometimes I couldn't lift my legs while walking without feeling pain only to find that a few days later it seemed to be fine. Then rinse & repeat. They were definitely not hamstring injuries because they don't go away after a few days but I never found out what they were. The next season I had no problems.
I had a year of footy featuring weekly hamstring injuries or what I thought were hamstring injuries. Every week I'd feel like I pulled a hammie and sometimes I couldn't lift my legs while walking without feeling pain only to find that a few days later it seemed to be fine. Then rinse & repeat. They were definitely not hamstring injuries because they don't go away after a few days but I never found out what they were. The next season I had no problems.