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Bookmark or Share- Hamstring Muscles: Location, Anatomy & Function - Cleveland ClinicYour hamstring muscles are skeletal muscles at the back of your thigh. You use them to walk, climb stairs, do squats and perform many other leg movements. Hamstring injuries are the most common sports injury.
- Hamstring Injury: Treatment, Prevention & Recovery - Cleveland ClinicThe hamstring connects the largest thigh muscle to your bone. The main job of your hamstring is to allow your leg to flex (bend) and extend (stretch). You use your hamstring the most when you: Lunge. Run. Climb. Sprint. Jump. Stretch too far. What are the grades of a hamstring injury? The grade describes the severity of your hamstring injury:
- Hamstrings - PhysiopediaFunction of the hamstring muscle complex [edit | edit source] The hamstrings are muscles which extend the hip and flex the knee. The hamstrings play an important part in the complex gait cycle during walking, which includes absorption of kinetic energy and protection of the knee and hip joints.
- Hamstring injury - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo ClinicMost hamstring injuries that involve partial tearing of the muscles heal over time and with physical therapy. If the muscle has pulled free from the pelvis or shinbone, orthopedic surgeons can reattach it. Severe muscle tears also can be repaired.
- Hamstring injury - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicA hamstring injury involves straining or pulling one of the hamstring muscles — the group of three muscles that run along the back of the thigh. Hamstring injuries often occur in people who play sports that involves sprinting with sudden stops and starts.
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