Unfortunately, hamstring strains are both common and painful. They strike athletes of all sorts – including runners, skaters, and football, soccer, and basketball players. But what is a hamstring? It ...

Cristiano Ronaldo may have suffered a huge setback in his race to be fit for the Champions League semifinals. The Real Madrid star did not feature for the club in Tuesday's 0-0 draw at Manchester City ...

The hamstring muscles are responsible for your hip and knee movements in walking, squatting, bending your knees, and tilting your pelvis. Hamstring muscle injuries are the most common sports injury.

A pulled hamstring is a muscle injury resulting from a strain or tear in one or more of the muscles at the back of the thigh. When it happens, there may be a sudden, severe pain and a popping or ...

A hamstring tear injury is a rip in the hamstring muscles. It happens when the hamstrings are overstretched or overloaded with too much weight. Depending on the injury, the hamstring can tear ...

Jayden Daniels #5, quarterback of the Washington Commanders scrambles against the Dallas Cowboys during the first half of Sunday's NFL football game. Daniels would get injured during the quarter of ...

Your hamstring is a group of three muscles along the back of your thigh. These muscles help you bend your knee and straighten and rotate your leg. If the muscle fibers or tendons that connect your ...

Despite increased knowledge of hamstring muscle injuries, the incidence has not diminished. We now know that not all hamstring injuries are the same and that certain types of injuries require ...

Dan Giordano, P.T., D.P.T., C.S.C.S., is a member of the Men's Health Advisory Board. Ahh, the hamstring strain. It’s happened to plenty of athletes—and loads of ...

Each week, Sean Adams take a look at topics around Texas and college football. 1st Down: Can a program hinge on a hamstring? Short of using the term broken and the dreaded three letters of ACL, the ...