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Hamstring injury
A condition in which a person suffers from a muscle strain or other injury in the hamstring, the muscle in the back of the thigh.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 41-year old asked:
Why are hamstring injuries common in baseball?
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A 38-year old asked:
What should I do if my hamstring injury wont heal!?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can you recommend good ways to help a hamstring injury?
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A 47-year old asked:
What is the quickest way to heal a moderate hamstring injury?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is there something i can do to recover from a hamstring injury quickly?
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A 33-year old asked:
Please suggest what foods help heal hamstring injuries?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can you tell me if there are ways to avoid hamstring injuries?
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A 22-year old male asked about a male:
Do back to back hamstring injuries ever heal completely? Will I ever be as fast and strong as before?
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A 38-year old asked:
Could you tell me what's the best way to rehab a hamstring injury?
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A member asked:
How do I heal a hamstring injury faster if I have no time to rest?
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A 34-year old asked:
What is the best method for recovery from groin and hamstring injuries?
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A 19-year old male asked:
What's the most common hamstring injuries the happen in soccer with causes ?
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A 54-year old female asked:
How long. Should i wait before returning to work after a torn hamstring injury?
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A male asked:
Hamstring injury, it's been a week and I now don't have any pain when I'm seated but I still can't walk. do I have long way to recover?
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A 49-year old asked:
Can you tell me how long to wait to go back to sports after hamstring injury?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Could severe hip pain locking sensation be caused by old hamstring injury?
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A 22-year old male asked about a male:
Is it possible for scar tissue to become as strong as surrounding tissue 4 months after a partial tendon hamstring injury?
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A 22-year old male asked about a male:
Why is for example a hamstring injury more likely to happen if you injured the muscle once or twice already? And how to avoid re-injury ?
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A 22-year old male asked about a male:
I still have pain from a grade 2 tendon hamstring injury from 4 months ago, is this due to the buildup of scar tissue and how to get back to 100%?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Can i fix my hamstring injury without physical therapy ? So i can return to my favourite sport again ?
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A member asked:
Yesterday, I was doing some sprints at the end of a workout and I felt a pop in my right hamstring and now my leg is very sore and difficult to walk in the area of the "pop". I can't get an appointment with a doctor to have it checked out. I was hoping someone here could help me. Hamstring Injury?
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A 21-year old male asked:
What tendons are involved or ligaments in a pulled muscle-hamstring strain injury (just names of the tendons or ligaments involved in the injury?
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A 53-year old female asked:
What are the symptoms of having a hamstring tendon injury? Also what kind of treatment is used to treat this condition? Will therapy help?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Create a therapeutic Exercise plan for full motion recovery for pulled muscle-hamstring strain injury 5 exercises?
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A 18-year old asked:
Would I need crutches if I have a bad hamstring and quad injury?
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A 34-year old asked:
What to do if I cannot recover from hamstring and quad injuries! how can I help my muscles recover?
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A 41-year old asked:
What to do about tight hamstring after knee injury?
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A 35-year old asked:
Injury prone (hamstrings): could food intolerance cause my muscular injuries and overall tightness in that area?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I have a herniated disc and torn hamstring from a workout injury. I needs to lose weight for my back too. What exercises can I do?
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A 22-year old male asked about a male:
Is it possible to reverse the likelihood of re-injury after a (2nd) grade 2 hamstring tear back to as it was before the injury?
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