1 Department of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2 Department of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ...

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.

Background The re-injury rate of the hamstring muscle group is reported as high as 12%. This emphasises the need for better testing procedures when considering increasing the workload or allowing a ...

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, ...

Hamstring injuries mostly occur during activities like sprinting and soccer. People aged 16-25 are more likely to injure their hamstrings due to varying growth rates of muscles and bones. Applying ice ...

I was tripped at the start of a 5K and pulled my hamstring, and now I can’t run without pain. Friends tell me to try to run taking small steps. I want to return to running as soon as possible, as I’m ...