Health blog Category: Hamstrings
Ever Noticed Bruising or Swelling in this Large, Lower Body Muscle…
I’m sure there have been numerous times you have watched a sporting event, or even participated in a sport yourself and heard the statement, “I’ve pulled my hamstring!” They often grab the back of their leg and have to hobble off of the field or court in pain. So it begs the questions, what is the hamstring and why is it injured so often?
The hamstring complex is made up of three muscles that originate from the ischial tuberosity (bone in the buttock region), proceeds down the back of our leg, and then crosses the knee on either side.
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By: Devin Wurman, DPT
In physical therapy we see a lot of hip injuries. These injuries range from bursitis to fractures to replacements. Some injuries happen to healthy joints, while others occur in the elderly due to osteoporosis or because of congenital deformities. Either way, physical therapy can be beneficial and help strengthen the muscles around the injury, improve balance, and help patients return to normal function whether it is walking around without an device or return to sport.
Preventing Muscle Strains and Tightness
A common cause of hip pain that we treat at Loudoun Sports Therapy Clinic is hamstring injury. The hamstring muscle group is located on the back side of the thigh and is made up of three muscles. These three muscles originate on the hip bone and attach at the knee joint. When these muscles contract, the knee bends into a flexed position, when they relax, the knee is able to straighten back out.
The hamstrings work together with the quadriceps muscles to control and stabilize the knee joint.
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Hamstring problems are not just something we see in athletes. While hamstring injuries can happen to an athlete during a practice or a game, it’s actually much more common for all of us to experience hamstring problems related to everyday activities. A hamstring injury will start to make us feel stiffness and soreness throughout our leg which will make things like walking, changing positions (getting in and out of the car or a chair, etc) and using stairs more difficult.
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By: Kate Zanoni, LPTA
If you’ve been in the clinic over the past few weeks, you’ve probably seen me around, except not in my usual capacity. I temporarily traded in my clinician hat for that of a patient’s following hip surgery. In September 2017, I was diagnosed with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), greater trochanteric bursitis and a labral tear in my left hip. Fortunately, I don’t have any crazy story explaining any mechanism of injury because there wasn’t one.
Hip Problems Can Happen to All Age Groups
In physical therapy we see a lot of hip problems. These injuries range from bursitis to fractures to replacements. Some hip problems happen to healthy joints, while others occur in the elderly due to osteoporosis or because of congenital deformities. Either way, physical therapy can be beneficial and help strengthen the muscles around the injury, improve balance, and help patients return to normal function whether it is walking around without a cane or a walker or returning to their sport.
Read full blogHamstring Problems are NOT Just an Athlete Problem
By Mike Bills, MSPT
Hamstring problems are not just something we see in athletes. While hamstring injuries can happen to an athlete during a practice or a game, it’s actually much more common for all of us to experience hamstring problems related to everyday activities.
How many times a week or even a day do you have to do any of these things? These are all examples of movements that require your hamstring muscles and all of, if done incorrectly, can lead to hamstring problems.
Hip Pain and Hamstring Strains
Hamstring strains and injuries can often lead to hip pain – a common condition we treat at Loudoun Sports Therapy Center. The hamstring muscle group is located on the back side of the thigh and is made up of three muscles. These three muscles originate on the hip bone and attach at the knee joint. When these muscles contract, the knee bends into a flexed position. When they relax, the knee is able to straighten back out.
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