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 ...

A number of Premier League players – including Arsenal’s Kai Havertz and Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson (above) – have suffered hamstring injuries in recent weeks. With the help of Matt Konopinski, ...

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 ...

Acute hamstring injuries are the most prevalent muscle injuries reported in sport. Despite a thorough and concentrated effort to prevent and rehabilitate hamstring injuries, injury occurrence and ...

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 ...

An athlete would almost be better off breaking a bone than yanking a hamstring, the trifecta of tissues in the back of the thigh that has felled so many fine performers. Chris Paul seems made of yacht ...

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 ...

Symptoms of tight hamstrings can include stiffness and limited mobility. People may also notice cramping, pain, swelling, and bruising. They are usually the result of exercise or other intense forms ...

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 ...