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.

For Arsenal it was a gruelling yet sadly familiar sight. A key player in obvious pain, his hand clutching the back of his leg. The hamstring muscles of the Arsenal first-team have presented problem ...

Effects of eccentric-only resistance training on hamstring muscle stiffness, size, and strength (IMAGE) Doshisha University Caption Eccentric-only resistance training at long muscle lengths and with a ...

Aches and pains on the back of your legs may be a sign of a hamstring injury. Your hamstring is a group of muscles located on the back of your thighs. Strain in these muscles is relatively common, ...

The squat is the gold standard leg exercise either done with weights, no weights, tubing, and/or weighted balls. The benefits are many—from sports skills improvements to maximize caloric expenditure.

Ever reached down to grab something off the floor, only to wince in pain or get stuck halfway down? If so, tight hamstrings are one of the possible culprits — and you might benefit from learning how ...

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 ...

Working in one place all day not only changes the posture but also causes cramps in the back and hamstring muscles. The pain that increases day by day in the body becomes a cause of trouble. Most ...

Background There is little information about the effect of hamstrings training on hip and knee joint function, morphology of each hamstring muscle, and the rate of injury incidence. Objective To ...

Background There has been significant interest in exploring the patterns of muscle activity in hamstring exercises, however, there is no research examining the architectural and morphological ...

The hamstrings tend to get a lot of love during a stretch routine (who doesn’t have tight hammies?). When it comes to strength training, though, the quads and calves steal most of the spotlight — ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Nordic curls are a bit of a gymgoer’s party trick. As you lower the backside of your body backwards ...