Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy Rehab (4 Stages) 

This is the worst running injury of all time and I’ve broken several bones. Good vibes to anyone struggling with it.

This is without a doubt the most comprehensive treatment plan that I’ve encountered so far in an attempt to rehab my hamstring tendinopathy. It’s far more articulated than what I’m getting from my physical therapist! Thank you so much for offering this.

Thank you! I have been suffering this for a couple of months. I guess i haven't been properly warmed up before skateboarding when i caused it and i also reguarly do yoga, so the condition aggravated. I even feel my sciatic nerve when i drive the car for more than an hour, i guess the seat i s too deep and somehow the position hit the nerve and the pain goes down my leg. Anyway, I am gonna stop with the stretchings, do the strengthing exercises and try to manage the load properly. Thank you again! This is by far the best rehab channel on the tube! Greetings and all the best wishes!

Great vid!...will start today...thanks so much for sharing

One of the best descriptions of the condition and rehabilitation I have ever seen. Great job and thank you for the presentation!

Superb video. Can't thank you enough for this!

I read the document awhile back, but your video helps tremendously!

Great vid!

Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial. I feel hopeful again!

As always in this channel great professional work. Thanks!

Outstanding content and presentation 👏🏽

Awesome hammy tendinopathy video!! Great stuff!

This video was outstanding and so informative. Thank you!

You really saved me bro! Thank you for your video!

I wouldn't wish this injury on my worst enemy... 18 months of basically being crippled with no end in sight, 5 different physios unable to help, it feels like you let up for just a few days and you're back to square one, very demoralizing. Still, thankful for this video as keeping steady and trying to progress really helps, a year ago I couldnt even walk up one stair at a time without pain.... so I need to keep in mind that I am improving

Epic video, really helpful thank you so much!

This was actually really informative and helpful. Thanks!

2 years....THANK YOU!

What an incredibly thorough and step by step explanation of the rehab! Thank You!

Thank you so much. The most helpful video I’ve seen so far. Very helpful to understand all the stages. Appreciate it 😊

God bless you for this wonderful video!

I’ve been thinking I had a pulled hamstring when I think that I really really had this, the whole time! Thank you so much

Really loved this. Shared with many physio friends 🥰

Wonderful tips, thanks

Best instruction I've seen on this issue!

Excellent presentation and information. Thank you!

Appreciate all your work, and putting out such good and great content. Representing the physical therapy profession well!!

Great video. Thanks for incorporating guidelines about the number of reps, sets, and weekly planning. See you in 6 months!

Excellent!!! Thanks so much for these rehab excercises!!! Top explained and so accurate on what concerns PHT ... I start right the way!!! Congratulations E3 Rehab!!!

Thanks so much for this video. Very well done, guys 👍

I'm commenting coz this is the best video iv seen. I can't thank you enough.

Great information! I really found the variety and levels of progression in the exercises helpful. The week long plan example was awesome. Thank you for being realistic about the timeline to return to sports!

Excellent rehab video.

Thank you for this excellent video - ideally paced and with great messaging. I have tendonopathy arising from a combination of a traumatic event and ineffective rehab. I’m going back to stage 1 right now, to restart my rehab. Awesome!

Excellent video❤ best on RU-vid for proximal hamstring tendinopathy, this come from a fellow therapist! Keep of the great work!❤

Great video! Thank you!!

Excellent information and schedule for rehabilitation. Thank you!

Thank you for this , I've been rehabing for 8weeks thinking i had piriformis syndrome because of mild sciatic issues and after watching this i now know it isn't . Subscribed!

This was very helpful. Thanks!

Great work!

Great video!

Very informative and practical. Thanks 🙏🏿

Excellent rehab protocol. Thank you 👍

Thank you so much for your help. Your videos help me to understand anatomy and the why!

Thank you. I Will incorporate your suggestions.

I've visited many orthos and physiotherapist but every time they would say its a nerve pinch. I started researching on my own and today came across this video which actually describes my pain. Im going to it 6 months and try all that you've mentioned here. Ill come back after 6 months and post my feedback. Im so hopeful that this will work. Ive been in pain for a decade now so 6months is nothing

awesome vid! practical rehab.

Thanks for providing a progressive plan! Super helpful! Hoping this will help me stay consistent and not give up!

Love these breakdowns for patients, students and new clinicians. Keep up the great work

Excellent description, well produced, well spoken, amazing exercises. Well done sir

Thank you! Very informative.

Thanks... I’ve got a plan now!

Once again you E3 guys are at the top of your game 👍👌 Brilliant content. Helping my wife to deal with this injury and get some basic information before seeing a physio.

This is most informed, straightforward video I have found to help me heal the proximal hamstring injury I have. Thank you

Great video. Thanks for this great summary on this topic. I've had several fruitless visits to physio's who, unsure of what my problem is, have failed to give me a clear diagnosis and instead just prescribed general core and posterior chain exercises. Looking forward to putting this program into action.

Love this breakdown and guide to rehab. Nice one mate!

Easily the most thorough and detailed explaination of both the injury and the rehab for this painful and difficult to treat injury. Thanks!

This is brilliant. Thank you!

Really informative - thankyou. I feel that I have the means to hopefully recover from this.

Great video thanks!

Thanks for posting this! I recognized the backdrop as a Health Coach/ Personal Trainer at Diakadi. I'd forgotten that you guys used to work there before getting your own space. I tore my hamstring Semitendonosis, for which I had surgery yesterday, September 1. I took a nasty spill on my bike across the street as I went to work. Didn't see the car coming in the opposite direction, and I turned my wheel, hit the break, and went straight down into the asphalt. I broke my left hand and tore my hamstring on June 22. It has taken a while for the MRI to be scheduled, but now the scary part is over; now, the healing process, so I was looking into more rehab information as I know that Physical therapy in the UCSF system and all medical systems, are less than optimal in my experience, which is why I decided to become a personal trainer back in 2000 when I first broke my ankle that ended my professional dance career. I appreciate your posts as they give me a broader picture of what I might expect in my rehab journey. Peace, Jesse

Great info as always!!

Excellent video! I love the quantity and variety of exercises provided for rehab. Now I just need to conquer that "patience" part as this has been a real pain in the butt!

Thank you for the clear explanation

Very good video, thank you so much

Great content

Thank you. Very helpful

This is by fare the most important and best video on this injury worldwide! Thank your so much for your work. Much appreciated. Gold for everyone fighting this bloody injury.

Very helpful Thank you!

Just starting…again. I just got PRP, after 9 years of increasing pain and at least 3 full courses of PT. Time to start Stage 1. Thank you for your video.

Hi, i recieved my first symptoms two months ago when i was playing a basketball game. I kept on playing the game despite the pain and i even went on to play another game the day after. After i couldn’t even do a lunge with my right leg, i felt super weak and had pain deep around the hip. The next week i decided to rest for five days before returning to play. But after returning i still felt weak, i couldn’t sprint, i couldn’t perform certain movements that are essential in basketball (like stopping on a dime). So i rested again for a few days and thought it would go away, but it didn’t. It was right during the season and i felt i couldn’t stop going to practices and playing games. So i went to practice but i couldn’t run, jump or play as good as before. Later during february i went to see a physio therapist with my problem and she told me i had pulled my hamstring and that i mainly should do eccentric hamstring exercises , so i did. After 2 weeks nothing had changed and at that time i had stopped playing completely, she investigated me further and figured it wasn’t just a pulled hamstring but an injury on the hipbone tendon. I wasn’t sure what that meant and only cared if i could play an important tournament the sam weekend, and she said i would be fine if i just took it a bit easier. Then i played the tourney and during the games i experienced worse pain again. The pain stayed and was worse than before, and since the tournament i haven’t played any real basketball. It’s really frustrating that the pain never seems to get any better and it’s really making me worried about a national championship tournament i have coming up in a month. My physio therapeth haven’t said when i will be fully healed and if i can play. Currently i am stronger then when i first got the injury and i do not experience any high levels of pains. The only pains i feel are during drastic stopping on the injured leg, and during eccentric movements i feel a bit weeker and sore on the injured hamstring than the other. So now that you know my situation. I’m wondering if playing this tournament consisting of 2-3 intense basketball games will make me have to restart my rehabbing process or if it will lengthen it. As i mentioned before, i got the injury 2 months ago and the tournament is in a month. So technically according to the rehab time mentioned in the video, it’s possible i’m fully healed by the tournament, right? Maybe it’s stupid to jump right into the tournament and intruducing lower intensity playing before would be smarter? I need to make the decision if to play the tournament games and risk ruining my off season by increasing the rehab time needed. I would really appreciate any answers to my questions! and please tell me if my questions are faint or hard to understand. /Rinaldo

Excelent video, Bravo.

Seeing some of the comments here from some poeple saying it's been years horrifies me. I've had this issue about 8 months. Felt a little better after the first 3 so started trying some light running again and went back to square 1. Tried recently to start running again after several months of physio and having a PT help me only to make the issue worse again and potentially the worst it's ever been. Its incredibly frustrating and feels like it will never go away. I need to run for my mental health more than anything. I'll be trying this programme now and hoping and praying it gets better soon as I'm getting desperate. Thanks for the great video and I'll be subscribing for sure

Amazing advice, syncs up with what my physio recommends and some other variations of exercises which are super help full as well as an estimated recovery time which I wasn't given by my physio

Great content as usual bro

Best explanation I've seen, I would add one thing to what he said, a anterior pelvic tilt will add to your problems because the ischial tuberosity will press more on those tendons, so stretch those hip flexors as well in a way that does not create hip flexion >= 30 degrees, as long as you don't have problems with your hip flexors.

This video is sooo good

Clear instructions and a reminder to be patient. I like it! =)

THANK YOU E3 Rehab!! I just watched the latest vid on this and they are both brilliant. Plenty to do and learn as we all heal this s__t. I do so much sport so I really am not sure where I got it but it was probably hockey or yoga just over the the last couple of months. I've stopped yoga cold turkey after 25 years and I will be starting PT tomorrow and will not give up, ever. I'm 60 and plan on doing sports for the rest of my days. You have to start a journal on this one, no way you can go through both videos and think you can keep track. One nice tip here is to scroll down past all the comments and click on all the replies from E3 Rehab, it will answer a lot of questions. Good luck everyone, I'll keep you posted. We got this!!

Injury came from strain 10+ yes ago. Now that side is chronically weak. I’ve been trying to rehab with levels too high, I see now-thanks to this vid.

Excellent systematic and practical presentation

brilliant video

Currently battling this injury. This video was much appreciated!

Great video

I want you to make each and every important video you can make on injuries, thank you 🙏 all the best👍

very well explained

Thank you. This will give me a plan

Thanks for the very informative and thorough video. I've been suffering with tendinosis for the past 2 weeks from over stretching my hamstring and cycling. I was unaware that stretching every day (even on rest days) was not a good thing and gradually noticed increasing pain I'm still not on the bike again yet, but after just a couple of days of doing the first stage workouts I am noticing a huge improvement in pain reduction and ability to complete the exercises vs the resting and icing I had been doing previously.

Very informative video😀

Thank you! I've worked hard to get my hips and hamstrings in better shape, but this tendonopathy has lingered. Now I feel like I have a clear path forward. Again, thank you for this fantastic video. That's an easy subscribe!

great explanation !

Realizing that I’ve been dealing with nagging dull pain from this condition for quite a while. Thank you for the treatment plan!

It was very useful thank you

Thanks I'll try these. I hope it works. My weekly physical fitness routine comprises of 3 gym workout sessions ( broken into 1-hr each day, full body-upper-lower) and 1 day basketball (sometimes 2 days) at a rec league level. I intermittently feel this pain (tolerable) either on my butt or my hammy. Also occurs when I drive long distance or get stuck in traffic for a long time or when I stay glued on my seat too long while working (researcher and content writer). I've I've actually been using those bubble cushion seats in the car and on my computer chair. Also use my foam roller or electric heating pad from time to time.

I think u may have saved my life with information. I've suffered mentally, physically and financially so much that I would not have recuperated without this info. I'm starting right now, just got done with some stage 1 exercises. You have given me a strong belief that I will be back in track to my former self. Was even thinking suicidal but now I will get better and better. I could feel it working 🙂 I JUST COMMENTED LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED. THEN YOU FOR THE WAY YOU TAUGHT THIS IS, WITH PICTURES AND EVERYTHING. COMPLETE TEACHER FORM OF TEACHING. THANK YOU SO MUCH

This video is great! I sit most of my day. I am very active throughout. However, I find myself sitting sometimes for extended periods and I think this causes most of my issues. Not to mention I used to smoke until recently. I would walk to my friends work, where he would then pick me up and we'd go to the gym. During walking is when I gradually experience these flair ups, precisely behind my knee. But what makes sense to me now that I know it's the sitting and lack of specific exercises is that when I would hit legs full on even leg curls, it wouldn't flair up even a little. But I guess walking just enhances the symptoms, which is in a way good, because I need to deal with this. Stretching feels so great, but I know I should stop. Haven't done too much of it and I plan on doing some of these RIGHT NOW. And it is almost 10 at night.

From now on, I am go to E3rehab with him as he explains the progression of rehab very well!!! I’m finally starting to heal after 9 months of chronic pain. Modification: since I had a hard time going from double bridge to single leg, I started by barely lifting by other leg off the floor. In one day I was able to lift that leg up quite a bit further and in a week I was not only doing it like a pro, I was not feeling near as much pain!! Thx!!!

6 months in and I'm almost completely heal! Loved this video. Thank you :)

THANK YOU!

I dealt with this several years ago and all of a sudden its flared up. Thanks for the video!