Background Hamstring muscle strain injuries (HMSI) are the greatest injury problem in kicking sports such as Australian Rules Football. Reduced hamstring muscle strength is commonly perceived to be a ...

Rationale Hamstring injuries are common in elite sports. Muscle injury classification systems aim to provide a framework for diagnosis. The British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification (BAMIC) ...

But researchers have unravelled for the first time the mechanism of why the hamstring muscle is so prone to this painful injury, with the aim now to develop a targeted stretch and strengthening ...

Lungi Ngidi has effectively been ruled out of the Boxing Day Test against England because of a "significant Grade 1 hamstring muscle tear", it was confirmed on Sunday (December 15). The pacer is ...

Injecting platelets from the blood into a damaged hamstring muscle does nothing to speed healing, according to a new study of a technique that is becoming increasingly popular with doctors despite ...

England Test captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out for the remainder of the summer with a torn hamstring. The 33-year-old suffered the injury while batting for Northern Superchargers in The ...

One of them wrote: "Neil Wagner sprinted 20 metres and dived full length with a torn hamstring and bulging disc in his back, aged 37. He won that test for NZ. Should never buy a beer again." ...