Our patients often ask us what cardio they can do while recovering from high hamstring tendinopathy.

Sports physio Maryke discusses the pros and cons of activities like cycling, swimming, walking, and getting onto various cardio machines in the gym.

She also explains her Three-Step Test for figuring out whether an activity is doable while you have high hamstring tendinopathy.

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📰 Here's our article with detailed advice on running with hamstring tendinopathy.

📽️ And here's our Playlist with all our videos about various aspects of high (proximal) hamstring tendinopathy.

📚 Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:00 How to test whether an activity is good or bad for you

00:05:56 Walking

00:08:51 Elliptical trainer

00:10:06 Swimming

00:11:59 Stair climbing machines

00:12:52 Cycling

00:14:22 Rowing machine

00:14:52 How we can help

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