Stand tall, step one foot forward with your heel on the ground and toes pointing up, and gently hinge forward at your hips while maintaining a straight back. Hold this position for 15 to 30 seconds ...

Medically reviewed by Katrina Carter, DPT Hamstring tightness occurs when the muscles on the back of the thighs become ...

the other during movements leading to extensive lengthening of the hamstrings (such as high kicking, sliding tackle, sagittal split) often involving the free proximal tendon of semimembranosus. These ...

The hamstrings are a group of muscles located at the back of your thighs. They consist of three main muscles: the semitendinosus, the semimembranosus, and the biceps femoris. These muscles are ...

This was a descriptive cohort study of healthy males from a single professional rugby union club. A CT scan of each participant's dominant knee was acquired. Participants then performed two step ...

Conclusions Hip extension (Single-leg Deadlift) exercise training may be useful for preventing and rehabilitating from hamstring strain injury by stimulating hypertrophy in biceps femoris long head ...

The step-up with deliberate co-activation resulted in greater activation of the hamstrings, greater co-activation indices for semimembranosus-vastus medialis and biceps femoris-vastus lateralis ...