Tight hamstrings occur when one or all three of the muscles at the back of your thigh become shortened due to prolonged sitting, overtraining or sudden increase in workout workout intensity, certain ...

Seeing a player reach down to hold a muscle has become almost as common a sight in football as goal celebrations. The culprit here is the hamstring, the nightmare of all footballers and doctors ...

Whilst footballers are more likely to strain their hamstring than other sportspeople, runners and endurance athletes are more prone to hamstring tendinopathy which can develop overtime. Rather than ...

A NEW, systematic review into the research of hamstring injuries has revealed not enough is known about the effectiveness of current prevention methods for one of the most common sports injuries. The ...

Aim To investigate the association of daily clinical measures and the progression of rehabilitation and perceived running effort. Methods A cohort of 131 athletes with an MRI-confirmed acute hamstring ...