Hi, I’m Dr. med. Luise ‘Loopi’ Weinrich,

an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, former elite ‘B‑Girl’ (Breaking), and founder of Athlete Transition Lab, specializing in proximal hamstring avulsions and complex return‑to‑sport decisions. She combines surgical experience, manual medicine, and 20+ years as a professional athlete to help others navigate high‑stakes injuries with clear plans instead of guesswork.

See her approach and CV below,

for more detailed background, visit: www.docloopi.com.

My Support Program for Athletes with Hamstring Rupture or Avulsion

Most serious athletes with a proximal hamstring rupture or avulsion struggle with the surgery‑versus‑rehab decision and what recovery will actually look like.

The reason is because the current system gives you fragments – an MRI report here, a rushed consult there, a random physio sheet – but no one joins it all together into one clear, athlete‑level decision and recovery map.

When this happens, you end up bouncing between “operate now,” “try rehab,” and “wait and see” without really understanding what each path means for your sport, your body, and your next 2–5 years.

Until all of a sudden, you either rush into a choice you don’t fully understand or stall for months in fear, and you’re left wondering, “Did I just bet my career on guesswork?”

What I do is I specialise in structured decision‑support and long‑horizon hamstring recovery systems for serious athletes with proximal hamstring ruptures/avulsions, so you can make a high‑quality decision and then run a clear, phase‑based comeback with your own team.

The reason why I recommend starting with the Hamstring Surgery Clarity Audit (HSCA) – supported by the free UPHAG guide and the PHAP pathway - is because it’s the single most effective way to take all the scattered pieces (MRI, symptoms, sport demands, timing, fears) and turn them into one calm, written surgery‑versus‑rehab decision you can discuss with your surgeon and physio.

And the benefit of solving that decision problem properly is that your recovery stops feeling like a coin flip: you understand where you sit on the spectrum, you know what “good progress” usually looks like, and you have a realistic structure (like Own Your Hamstring Recovery) to follow instead of improvising from week to week.

All of which allow you to move from “overwhelmed, alone, and second‑guessing everything” to “an athlete with a rare, high‑stakes injury who has a clear decision, a real plan, and a team around them – not just a scary MRI and a knot in their stomach.”

Curriculum Vitae

Clinical Education

08.07.25                  

Specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology, Focus: Sports and Recovery

 

07/24 – 07/25

Malteser Waldkrankenhaus, Erlangen, Sports Orthopedics

02/23 – 07/24

Sportklinik Stuttgart, Sports Orthopedics

09/19 – 12/23

Charité, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery

10/18 – 08/19

Medical Park Humboldtmühle Berlin, Rehabilitational Orthopedic Clinic

 

Further Education

Since 2024 Manual Medicine Assistant Instructor

2023 Certificate Manual Medizin (ÄMM)

Since 2019 Sonography (DEGUM)

Since 2020 Myofascial Triggerpointtherapy, Dry Needling (IMTT)

Practical Year in University

2017 – 2018

Human Genetics at Leipzig University, Orthopedics and Traumatology at Helios-Clinic, Leipzig, Geriatrics and Cardiology at Sana Clinic Lichtenberg, Neurology at Evangelical Hospital „Königin Elisabeth Herzberge“

University

2013-2018 Medicine at University of Leipzig

2012-2013 Medicine Course at AMC, Amsterdam (ERASMUS)

2010-2012 Medicine at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena

School

2010 Secondary school Thomasschule zu Leipzig, Gymnasium, A-Level-Degree: 1,0

2008 Point Pleasant High School in the USA (West Virginia), High school Diploma: A

 

Scientific Work

Publications

Weinrich L, Tischer T, Schlesiger L, Pachowsky M, Hoos L. Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Bone, Muscle, Cartilage, Tendon and Ligaments in Animal Studies: A Systematic Review. (under review)

 

Weinrich L, Tischer T, Schlesiger L, Pachowsky M, Hoos L. Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Human Musculoskeletal Pathologies in Clinical Studies: A Systematic Review. (under review)

 

Brborović H, Lindner SM, Brborović O, Weinrich L. Injuries in Breaking: An Overview and Synthesis of Case Reports and Letters to the Editor. Journal of Dance Medicine & Science. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/1089313X251380406

 

Weinrich L, Niemann M, Braun KF, Ahmad SS, Stöckle U, Meller S. Increased asphericity of the femoral head-neck junction in professional breakers compared to hobby athletes - a retrospective case-control study. Phys Sportsmed. 2023 Sep 13:1-10. doi: 10.1080/00913847.2023.2256210. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37684261.

 

Förster L, Gummert M, Weinrich L, Wolfarth B. Verletzungsmuster und Präventionsansätze im Breaking Injury patterns and prevention approaches in breaking on February 10, 2022 in Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Elsevier.

 

Weinrich L*, Paraskevaidis M*, Schleip R, Agres AN, Tsitsilonis S. Does the Calcaneus Serve as Hypomochlion within the Lower Limb by a Myofascial Connection?-A Systematic Review. Life (Basel). 2021;11(8):745. 2021. doi:10.3390/life11080745

 

Weinrich L, Dahne M, Lindner T, Stöckle U, Tsitsilonis, Serafeim. Femoral Neck Stress Fracture of a Male, Healthy Marathon Runner – Case Report and Literature Review. Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie. 2021. doi: 10.1055/a-1401-0375.

 

Ahmad SS*, Weinrich L*, Giebel GM, Beyer MR, Stöckle U, Konrads C. Frontal knee alignment influences the vertical orientation of the femoral neck in standing position. Bone Jt Open. 2021;2(12):1057-1061. doi:10.1302/2633-1462.212.BJO-2021-0100.R1

 

Weinrich L*, Sonntag M*, Arendt T, Morawski M, Neuroanatomical characterization of perineuronal net components in the human cochlear nucleus and superior olivary complex, Hearing Research, Volume 367, 2018, Pages 32-47, ISSN 0378-5955, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.07.005.

 

Wolff J, Schindler, S, Lucas C, Binninger AS, Weinrich L, Schreiber J, Hegerl U, Möller HE, Leitzke M, Geyer S, Schönknecht P, A semi-automated algorithm for hypothalamus volumetry in 3 Tesla magnetic resonance images, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, Volume 277, 2018, Pages 45-51, ISSN 0925-4927, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.04.007.

 

Book Articles

Breaking Verletzungen in “Sportverletzungen, Thieme Neuauflage”, 2022

 

Lectures & Presentations

Medizinische Aspekte im Breaking

- Zeulenodaer Congress for Orthopedics and Sports Orthopedics, May 2023

- „Verbandsärzte“ meeting Leipzig, August 2023

- GOTS 2024, Nürnberg

 

Posterpresentation GOTS 2025, Krems:

1. Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Bone, Muscle, Cartilage, Tendon and Ligaments in Animal Studies: A Systematic Review

2. Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Human Musculoskeletal Pathologies in Clinical Studies: A Systematic Review

Dissertation

2016 – 2019            

Paul Flechsig Institute for Brain Research, under Prof. Dr. Arendt „Neuroanatomical characterization of perineuronal net components in the human cochlear nucleus and superior olivary complex”, Summa cum laude

Student Assistant

2014 – 2016

AG Subcortical dysfunction in mental disorders, Leitung Prof. Dr. Schönknecht

 

Miscellaneous

  • Memberships

-GOTS (German Orthopedic-Traumatogical Sports Association)

-DGMSM (German Association for Musculoskeletal Medicine)

-ÄMM (Ärztevereinigung für Manuelle Medizin)

-Marburger Bund

  • Professional Dancer, Breaking

  • German Olympic Team 2023 - 2025

  • Self-employed dancer since 2013 (Shows, Workshops, Judge, Competitions)

  • German Champion 2019 (Redbull BC One)

  • Member of the Crews Flexible Flav, Flowjob, Lipsia Break Connection

  • Organizer Queen 16 Festival, International Breaking-Championship for women 2015-2023

  • Teammember Project Breakalign

  •   Softball State Champion, West Virginia, High School Team Pt. Pleasant 2008

  •   Medical Care:

- Breaking Team Saxony

- German Gymnast Tournament, Stuttgart 2023 and 2024

 

Languages

German                   mother tongue

English                     fluent

Dutch                       fluent

Latin                         good knowledge

French                      basic knowledge

Russian                    rudimentary knowledge