Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ultrasound scan results had no bearing on professional soccer players’ time missed due to hamstring injuries ...

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, ...

Researchers in London say they have found an effective two-part treatment for microtears in the hamstring: injections of the patient's own blood and a steroid along with "dry-needling," in which ...

December 3, 2010 (Chicago, Illinois) — Autologous blood injections, in combination with a steroid, into the site of the damaged tendon promotes the healing of hamstring microtears more effectively ...

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 ...

Lakers guard Jordan Farmar is expected to have another ultrasound on his hamstring after the team's seven-game Grammy road trip, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. The Lakers will be back home after ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with conservative treatment, hematoma aspiration combined with platelet-rich plasma injection may ...

Background Hamstring strain injuries (HSI) are prevalent in elite sports. Monitoring for (re-)injury prevention often includes tests such as the straight-leg-raise, reflecting the stiffness of all the ...

2 Department of Sports and Regenerative Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan 3 Department of Orthopaedics, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan 4 Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, ...

Hamstring tendonitis occurs when the soft tissues that connect the muscles of the back thigh to the pelvis, knee, and lower legs become inflamed. Hamstring tendonitis is often brought on by overuse ...