Leo Messi received yesterday his third Golden Shoe, which rewards him as the top European scorer last season. Despite this, the azulgrana striker is still in low hours due to his femoral biceps injury, a torment that has been haunting him this 2013. Dr. Bigas explains how to prevent and care for this type of muscle injury.
Muscle injuries are a common problem among athletes in general. Soccer players must take careful care of their thigh and leg muscles. The hamstring muscles, and the biceps femoris in particular, tend to suffer excessively, especially in players who run explosively.
Precisely the latter is one of the latest cases of muscle rupture in one of the most famous soccer players. Leo Messi, for the fifth time in a year, left the pitch in the middle of a Barcelona match due to a muscle tear in the biceps femoris of his left leg.
It is not the first time that the player has suffered such an injury. Between 2007-08 and the current year, between elongations and fibrillar ruptures, he has suffered five in his left leg and four in his right. What causes these injuries? Dr. Bigas gives you the keys.
Prevention and treatment of biceps femoris injuries.
“In addition to general fitness, muscle stretching exercises in the thighs should be emphasized before and after each workout. Hip dysmetrias, which cause malfunction of the muscle chains in the thighs, should be ruled out. They can be corrected with orthopedic insoles.
In addition, there are other factors to take into account for a good muscle metabolism: proper nutrition – any nutrient deficit weakens the muscle – and good oral-dental hygiene – any dental caries can intoxicate the blood – are key to prevent them, since in both cases, if the muscle is not well nourished, through the blood, this can cause relapses and chronification of a muscle rupture.
A good treatment for chronic muscle ruptures, in hamstrings, are physiotherapy sessions with diathermy.”