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.

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 ...

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 ...

Most runners have probably had an achy, tight hamstring at one time or another. The repetitive motion of running can cause the muscles located at the back of the upper thigh to feel sore, especially ...

Among their many functions, the hamstrings are responsible for propelling your body forward with every step. Three separate muscles actually make up the hamstrings, and they share the same origin at ...

Your hamstrings might not be the most visible muscles, but they’re among the most important for overall fitness and injury prevention. These powerful muscles at the back of your thighs play a critical ...

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 ...

James Jones, there's a difference between being hurt and being injured. Dak Prescott is injured. NFL Network reporter Jane Slater broke the news today about Prescott's hamstring injury – and it's more ...

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 ...