00:00Tyrone Tracy Jr. He suffered a hamstring injury during the Giants win over the Texans last Sunday.
00:05For fans who hear the term hamstring strain, what exactly happens to the muscle and why are running
00:11backs particularly vulnerable to this type of injury? So hamstring are a group of muscles on
00:15the back of the thigh. The hamstrings help stabilize and move the knee as well as the hip
00:20joints. And it is particularly injured in high-level sport activities. Running backs get it,
00:27wide receivers get it. The injury happens from an eccentric contraction. So it's basically a
00:32negative. It's when the muscle is lengthening while it's contracting. And those high-impact,
00:36high-energy sports, they just happen to get a high rate of injury of this muscle group.
00:41Giant's general manager, Joe Shane, said Tracy's injury isn't seizing endings and that he'll first
00:46be eligible to return in week 13. From a medical standpoint, how encouraging is that timeline?
00:51And what specific tests or milestones would he need to clear before you as a doctor would
00:57feel comfortable putting him back on the field?
00:59That's overall really reassuring because when we're saying on a closer to four weeks timeline
01:03recovery, it means it's likely a more minor injury. Of course, things change depending on how it goes
01:09during the recovery. And yeah, the milestones are getting full motion, full strength, being able to
01:15run, jog, sprint. Then it involves non-contact drills, full contact drills, and then it's a full
01:22stepwise return to full sports.
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