the only bonus out of these back related hammys is no real structural damage is done, no tears at all.what happens is the refered pain and tighting gives u the sensationing if ur hammy tightening and tearing . the risk is playing on while its tight then u can tear it.
the hammys are not the issue, the issue is the back. but the afl have endorsed medical sports "specialists" , what they do is inject muscle relaxants in his lower spine and pain killers, to attemp to fix this spine problem. injections cannot change structure, and the relaxants are short term. where the problems arise is that doctors will never ever refer a patient to a chiro, its like a muslim telling his brother to convert to christianity. it just wont happen, so these doctors tell bling and blokes like miller, " we are giving you the best possible treatment, nothing but what we are doing can help , so they believe it" isnt it about time they start asking questions