This week we are going to discuss a rather obscure/rare condition that occurs primarily in athletes and those who are involved in rigorously active activities. They can range from water skiing to ...

The proximal hamstring is a common location of athletic injuries. Athletes participating in sports that require sprinting, jumping, acceleration and deceleration are at increased risk. The strongest ...

LAST week we had an introduction to the role and function of the sports medicine physician. This week let’s dive right into the deep end and take a swing at the most common injury in all running ...

SAN DIEGO – A novel surgical technique to repair complete hamstring ruptures allowed patients to regain strength and function and showed promising subjective results, according to investigators.

Let us look at the anatomy and function of the hamstrings to understand the prevention of the injury better Shutterstock Hamstring (posterior thigh) strains are one of the most common non-contact ...

Correspondence to Dr Gustaaf Reurink, Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Room Hs-104, PO Box 2040, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands; g.reurink{at}erasmusmc.nl Background Previous ...

1 Department of Orthopaedics, Sports Injuries Unit, “Agios Pavlos” General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 2 Department of Radiology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece ...