TwitQ: Can you retain speed whilst recovering from injury?

Each week, we answer Sports Medicine and Strength & Conditioning questions that are tweeted and/or e-mailed to us.

This week, we were e-mailed the question: “How can you retain speed qualities whilst recovering from serious injury?”. Because this is such a nebulous topic, we figured we’d get Cris (Clinical Director) and Ed (Performance Director) together on a sofa to discuss the various factors.

We cover the question in the general case, before moving on to talk about the specific case of an elite sprinter with a hamstring injury. Along the way we discuss various rehab modalities such as water sprinting, stationary cycle rehab and electro-stimulation methods. We then briefly talk about a football player with an ankle injury and a tennis player with a shoulder injury.

What’s your opinion of what we’ve said? Let us know in the comments below! We’d love to hear your opinion.

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