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#45 How I Rehab: EMG in Rehabilitation. Talking to the brain.

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In this episode of the How I Rehab podcast by Sports MAP we chat with Einar Einarsson, Director of Physical Rehabilitation at Saudi Pro League.

Einar has been working as a Physical Therapist in Sports for over 30 years. He has also worked as a SC & fitness coach in Soccer, specialist in Physical Therapy & CEO of a movement analysis company. In Einar’s work for Aspetar he has worked with many high profile elite athletes from different Sports disciplines & done consultancy for numerous elite Sports Organizations (Premier league & NBA)

In this podcast we cover a number of topics including;

• Einar’s professional career with Irish Rugby, Aspetar & now as the Director of Physical Rehab at the Saudi Pro League
• What is EMG? 
• How is EMG used in a rehabilitation setting? 
• How using EMG can guide optimal hamstring loading for recurrent issues. 
• Getting the balance between medial soleus and gastroc using EMG. 
• How to utilise EMG post surgery for ACL rehabilitation. 
• Medial (VMO) and lateral (VL) quad balance. 
• The difference between electrical stimulation and EMG and how they can work together. 
• The difference between BFR and EMG and how they can work together.