Health

A Grade 1 Tendon Sprain Explained

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Bahamians around the world were devastated to hear about Steven Gardiner’s injury Tuesday at the World Championships in Budapest. We spoke to Physiotherapist Jenna Gibson of Finesse Motion Therapy about the injury.

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8 months ago

August 24, 2023

Sasha Lightbourne

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Bahamians around the world were devastated to hear about Steven Gardiner’s injury Tuesday at the World Championships in Budapest.

It caused “Speedy Stevie” to pull up at the 300m mark during the semi-finals of the 400-meter race.

He later posted to his social media pages that the injury is a season-ending grade one sprain of the tendon extending into the knee of the right posterior thigh.

We spoke to Physiotherapist Jenna Gibson of Finesse Motion Therapy about the injury.

Many athletes competing at the world championships have tweeted on their respective pages about the heat in Budapest.

Gardiner was actually seen pouring water over himself prior to the race.

So we asked Gibson, who has travelled with numerous national sports teams over various disciplines, whether heat could’ve been a factor with this injury.