The stats show that the number of new hamstring injuries per year have not changed. But the number of recurrences are down 1 hamstring per club per year.
So yes, they are down, and certainly suggests they are being managed better
The training report for today (Tues) said he did light running with the rehab group . That was taken to mean he must have suffered only a minor strain. Also was stated that Paul Cousins said on his podcast that it was βat the minor end of the scaleβ.
Youβve obviously got some fact and figures there so I cant argue with that.
But I find it hard to compute that a 16% reduction in injuries results in 4 less games lost when the number of games lost per player has increased by 100% (i.e. hammies have gone from 3 weeks to 6 weeks).
Iβm obviously missing something or looking at it too simplistically.
Rehab times now reflect the severity of the injury, rather than guesswork. A normal injury is 3 weeks, this hasnβt changed. A bad one gets 6. Previously a bad one got 3 weeks, then played and reinjured.