Dunfermline midfielder Nick Phinn hopes to make his SPL bow in “weeks rather than months” after being put on an intensive fitness programme to finally solve his hamstring problem.
The 22-year-old recently visited a specialist at Hampden to seek a second opinion on the injury after he broke down in his comeback game.
Phinn was relishing the club”s top-flight return only to pick up the injury on tour in Austria in pre-season and then suffer pain again in the Fife Cup defeat to Raith Rovers.
The youngster has now been put on a programme focusing on leg weights and core stability exercises to ensure he is fighting fit for a return soon.
Phinn said: “I saw a guy at Hampden to get a different idea on the injury, but he pretty much said what I thought.
“It”s just going to take time. I”ve got to spend more time on strengthening than coming straight back into things.
“The physio and the sports scientist have put me on a programme and I”ve been working hard on that day-in, day-out.”
