A pleasure to join @SportsmithHQ sharing thoughts, practices and current research on sprint mechanics in hamstring injuries. 🏃🦵⚙️ Hopefully the episode provides some interesting discussions and thoughts for practice.

🆕"Running kinematics & peak hamstring activation are significantly related to both relative ECC HM strength & BFLH fascicle length, being significantly associated with the modifiable risk factors" 👉@NickJRipley @chrisbramah et al, 2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 📂Open Access: https://t.co/Mx9Zr3a1Tx

NEW PAPER 🏈 Kinetics & Kinematics of Initial Accel 🏃‍♂️💨 Key findings: 🔋Pmax largest relationship w/ 10m performance 💪F0 more important as body mass increases ✅Kinematics associated w/ higher levels of Pmax described @JSportsSci 👇🏼 https://t.co/1LAR7mFkF2

So what comes first? Do strength & architecture drive mechanics — or do mechanical patterns shape those adaptations?

📊 Key findings: Greater eccentric strength → higher hip-flexion & knee-extension velocities, less anterior pelvic tilt. Longer fascicles → greater hip flexion & faster knee extension, reduced pelvic tilt. Both linked to lower BFlh activation vs. medial hamstrings.

Using 3D motion capture, EMG, isokinetic testing & ultrasound, they examined how eccentric knee-flexor strength and biceps femoris long head fascicle length relate to running kinematics in trained athletes.

Does stronger = faster — or does running make you strong? 🏃‍♂️💪 New research by @NickJRipley explores how hamstring strength, muscle architecture & running mechanics interact. 🔗 Full paper link in bio. @MDPIOpenAccess @PaulComfort1975 @ForcePlateCoach

🚨🚨NEW🚨🚨💥💥 More around T junction injuries 👀 Incremental loads added to BFsh < tensile load and stiffness in BF Lh The distal región of the BF lh >stiffness decrease BF Short head PROTECTS long head !🔥 Work on it!💣 A pleasure design this one with 🇯🇵 @gkt10_official

🚀 The biggest Android update ever for @myjumplab With popular validated sprint tests by 🐐(@PierreSamozino @jb_morin @chrisbramah @AlbertoFilter) 🔬 Horizontal F–V profile ✅ Sprint Mechanics Assessment Score (S-MAS) 🌀 Curved sprint Now available👇 https://t.co/NnXNIHvcK9

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A brilliant presentation from @chrisbramah. What a gift for clinicians - a user friendly and practical toll to analysis running mechanics with the SMAS.

"Structural recovery (healing of the injured tissue as seen in imaging) and improvements in physical quality tests (such as force metrics and isolated strength tests) do not necessarily reflect full functional recovery." - @chrisbramah

What are the three biggest rehab misconceptions? With @harries_simon, @chrisbramah, @coachrgrubbs, @lee_nobes, @ben_dixon23 and @Kerinperform This is part of our monthly email series where we ask six leading experts one high-impact question, and send their answers straight to

We have an amazing opportunity for an industry funded PhD studentship with @DMS_DefRehab & @SalfordUni supervised by @LadlowPete @chrisbramah @NickJRipley and I https://t.co/ZHlEgPmMyU

Can sprint mechanics help us predict injuries? Not exactly. However, they can still reveal a great deal In this clip from his Sportsmith Premium presentation, @chrisbramah makes it clear: injury prediction based on a single variable, like sprint technique or Nordic strength, is

Now open access 👇🏻👇🏻

Florence 🇮🇹 ➡️ Southampton ⚽️ ➡️ Loughborough 🇬🇧 Busy few weeks discussing biomechanics, hamstrings and rehab.

The deadline for applying to 1 of our x2 PhD positions embeded within UK Defence Rehab is 2 days away (21st May). A unique opportunity working alongside our clinicians in Defence primary care. @PaulComfort1975 @NickJRipley @chrisbramah @UoS_MSc_SandC @UoS_Physio @DMS_DefRehab

⭐️ PhD 2: Assessment of force production characteristics using portable force assessment technologies in military personnel following lower-limb (ANKLE) injuries. Located: PCRF Catterick Supervisors: @PaulComfort1975 @chrisbramah @NickJRipley & myself https://t.co/SnNZc9CVT9

⭐️ PhD 1: Assessment of force production characteristics using portable force assessment technologies in military personnel following KNEE injuries. Located: PCRF Tidworth Supervisors: @PaulComfort1975 @chrisbramah @NickJRipley & myself https://t.co/qdzb98vGhA