Quote Originally Posted by bobblehead View Post
Funny what I was about to post and you suffering a hammy injury playing basketball (age probably was a factor). I was about to say the sudden stop/start 100%/0% nature of football is conducive to hamstring injuries. If you follow the NBA, hamstring injuries are relatively rare. NBA players are in constant motion and don't generally do the same kind of sudden acceleration that NFL players do (WR/CB/RB mostly).

My personal theory is that players need to keep moving and keep muscles warmed up as best they can. Its not about stretching as much as it is about just keeping it "ready" or warm.
Yeah; I think the whole thing was on account of being born too long ago. Age is the top contributing factor for hamstrings, and in over 50 years of competitive sports - baseball, hockey, football, basketball - I never had a hamstring strain until now. Always been really a fanatic about stretching, because I have had tendonitis and similar issues in other joints because of my long frame (according to tyhe doctors).

It actually was initially a Grade I, but I live in rural Kentucky, and the physical therapist was a moron. She turned it into a Grade II (borderline Grade III) 5 minutes into the second session, so I guess you'd have to add incompetent health care to the list of contributing factors. Took 9 more months to recover.