The second serious tournament injury involves the hamstring, the thick muscle at the back of the thigh that bends your knee and lifts your leg backwards and upwards. The hamstring lengthens and acts ...

GEELONG midfielders Scott Selwood and Nakia Cockatoo have escaped with minor hamstring injuries, but both look set to miss at least a fortnight following the results of scans. However, following ...

Objectives The mechanisms of hamstring strain injuries (HSIs) in professional Rugby Union are not well understood. The aim of this study was to describe the mechanisms of HSIs in male professional ...

The 20-year-old, who battled form and injury problems last year, came off in the second quarter of the 28-point loss after feeling tightness in his hamstring. An MRI scan has since revealed the muscle ...