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.

Upavistha Konasana (also known as Seated Angle Pose or Wide-Angled Seated Forward Bend) is one of the most dramatic and ...

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 ...

Reclining Big Toe Pose can be a warm-up leg stretch or a cool-down pose—either way, it will stretch your hamstrings.

Background Hamstring muscle strain injuries are a prevalent non-contact injury incurred by field sport athletes. A low level of hamstring muscle strength has been reported to be a risk factor for ...

A pulled hamstring is a muscle injury resulting from a strain or tear in one or more of the muscles at the back of the thigh. When it happens, there may be a sudden, severe pain and a popping or ...

Your hamstring is a group of three muscles along the back of your thigh. These muscles help you bend your knee and straighten and rotate your leg. If the muscle fibers or tendons that connect your ...

Exercise pros reveal the best ways to walk to build muscle, plus the other perks you can get from incorporating walking into ...