To help give a better idea of what Brown might be dealing with, and what his return timetable could look like, Dr. Dinesh Dhanaraj, an orthopedic surgeon at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, offered his insight.
A note before getting started…
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and guest authors and do not reflect any official policy or position of any NFL team or a team’s athletic physicians.
The hamstring consists of a large muscle group that runs down the back of the thigh, and in sports, plays a major role in an athlete’s ability to shift direction.
“One of its main jobs is explosiveness, sprinting, changes in direction and acceleration,” Dr. Dhanaraj said. “So it’s particularly problematic for wide receivers who probably have the most common rate of hamstring injury in the NFL. It’s their sport, you know? Running that route, accelerating, turning, that’s why they’re so at risk for hamstring injuries.”
It’s also a muscle group that’s hardly ever not in use, Dr. Dhanaraj continued. The muscles are required to walk, “so it’s hard to rest,” he said.
Furthermore, hamstring injuries can take different forms. “Tightness” has been the word used to describe Brown’s injury, but “tightness is a vague term,” Dr. Dhanaraj said. “We call these injuries hamstring strains, pulled hamstrings, but there are usually basically three grades: Grade 1 is like a stretch of the [muscle fibers], Grade 2 is a partial tear, and Grade 3 is a full rupture.”
J. Brown sat out the Eagles’ past two games and is likely to miss at least one more approaching the bye – Week 4 this Sunday at Ahead of the Week 2 loss to the Atlanta Falcons at home, the star wide receiver appeared on the injury report with a hamstring issue and was ruled out entirely for the game soon after. Then, during the Monday Night Football broadcast on ESPN, Brown told sideline reporter Lisa Salters that he expected to miss a couple more weeks with the injury.
“Just got a little tight in practice yesterday,” head coach Nick Sirianni said after Brown appeared on the injury report, noting that the team was trying to exercise caution. “We’ll see how that goes.”
To help give a better idea of what Brown might be dealing with, and what his return timetable could look like, Dr. Dinesh Dhanaraj, an orthopedic surgeon at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, offered his insight.
A note before getting started…
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and guest authors and do not reflect any official policy or position of any NFL team or a team’s athletic physicians.
The hamstring consists of a large muscle group that runs down the back of the thigh, and in sports, plays a major role in an athlete’s ability to shift direction.
“One of its main jobs is explosiveness, sprinting, changes in direction and acceleration,” Dr. Dhanaraj said. “So it’s particularly problematic for wide receivers who probably have the most common rate of hamstring injury in the NFL. It’s their sport, you know? Running that route, accelerating, turning, that’s why they’re so at risk for hamstring injuries.”
It’s also a muscle group that’s hardly ever not in use, Dr. Dhanaraj continued. The muscles are required to walk, “so it’s hard to rest,” he said.
Furthermore, hamstring injuries can take different forms. “Tightness” has been the word used to describe Brown’s injury, but “tightness is a vague term,” Dr. Dhanaraj said. “We call these injuries hamstring strains, pulled hamstrings, but there are usually basically three grades: Grade 1 is like a stretch of the [muscle fibers], Grade 2 is a partial tear, and Grade 3 is a full rupture.”
They’re exercising even more caution now, staying patient, and trying to get by without their top pass-catching threat in the meantime – on top of the likelihood of no DeVonta Smith this week either due to a concussion.
Hamstring injuries are common for NFL receivers, but they can be nagging and tricky to recover from, too. To help give a better idea of what Brown might be dealing with, and what his return timetable could look like, Dr. Dinesh Dhanaraj, an orthopedic surgeon at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, offered his insight.
To help give a better idea of what Brown might be dealing with, and what his return timetable could look like, Dr. Dinesh Dhanaraj, an orthopedic surgeon at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, offered his insight.
A note before getting started…
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and guest authors and do not reflect any official policy or position of any NFL team or a team’s athletic physicians.
The hamstring consists of a large muscle group that runs down the back of the thigh, and in sports, plays a major role in an athlete’s ability to shift direction.
“One of its main jobs is explosiveness, sprinting, changes in direction and acceleration,” Dr. Dhanaraj said. “So it’s particularly problematic for wide receivers who probably have the most common rate of hamstring injury in the NFL. It’s their sport, you know? Running that route, accelerating, turning, that’s why they’re so at risk for hamstring injuries.”
It’s also a muscle group that’s hardly ever not in use, Dr. Dhanaraj continued. The muscles are required to walk, “so it’s hard to rest,” he said.
Furthermore, hamstring injuries can take different forms. “Tightness” has been the word used to describe Brown’s injury, but “tightness is a vague term,” Dr. Dhanaraj said. “We call these injuries hamstring strains, pulled hamstrings, but there are usually basically three grades: Grade 1 is like a stretch of the [muscle fibers], Grade 2 is a partial tear, and Grade 3 is a full rupture.”
A note before getting started…
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and guest authors and do not reflect any official policy or position of any NFL team or a team’s athletic physicians.
The hamstring consists of a large muscle group that runs down the back of the thigh, and in sports, plays a major role in an athlete’s ability to shift direction.
“One of its main jobs is explosiveness, sprinting, changes in direction and acceleration,” Dr. Dhanaraj said. “So it’s particularly problematic for wide receivers who probably have the most common rate of hamstring injury in the NFL. It’s their sport, you know? Running that route, accelerating, turning, that’s why they’re so at risk for hamstring injuries.”
It’s also a muscle group that’s hardly ever not in use, Dr. Dhanaraj continued. The muscles are required to walk, “so it’s hard to rest,” he said.
Furthermore, hamstring injuries can take different forms. “Tightness” has been the word used to describe Brown’s injury, but “tightness is a vague term,” Dr. Dhanaraj said. “We call these injuries hamstring strains, pulled hamstrings, but there are usually basically three grades: Grade 1 is like a stretch of the [muscle fibers], Grade 2 is a partial tear, and Grade 3 is a fu ll rupture.”
