Jarrad Branthwaite says Everton sent him to MYOS Sport & Health in Munich for a three or four-week block after he picked up injuries three or four times. He says the club wanted a wider look at the problem, and that the rehab went beyond the latest issue into movement patterns and the brain.

Branthwaite's Munich rehab

"I sat down with the club after the three or four times where I was picking up the injuries. It was to look at the wider picture, look at the holistic approach of the body essentially, I went over there for three or four weeks working with a team alongside the club, just to assess different things and hopefully that has helped," Branthwaite told the Liverpool Echo.

He added: "There were a lot of different things looked at like movement patterns and the brain. It was quite complex, but fingers crossed it has worked."

The detail matters because Everton did not just send him away for standard treatment. The club spent three or four weeks with him in Munich, working alongside a team there while he was assessed.

Branthwaite has made five Premier League appearances this season and logged 450 minutes, which is hardly a settled run. His 6.95 average rating suggests he has still been effective when available, but the interruptions have been obvious.

The fitness question still hangs over it

Branthwaite also said repeated injuries have taken a mental toll. "It is probably the worst thing as a footballer not to be on the pitch and I think when it keeps happening it is mentally tough because you are sort of doubting your body and going on the pitch wary of what is going to happen," he said.

He now says pre-season was managed more carefully and that he hopes to stay on the pitch this season. That is the real test of whether the Munich work has helped, because Everton will want him available for more than a handful of league games.

The defender's own account is all that can be said with confidence here, and it points to a club trying to tackle a recurring problem from several angles rather than only treating the latest hamstring setback.

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