hamstring injury
Thigh muscle tear
A hamstring injury is damage to the muscles at the back of the thigh, typically from sudden acceleration or overstretching.
Common among sprinters, soccer players, and other athletes, these injuries range from minor strains to complete tears: He's out for six weeks with a hamstring injury.
The hamstring is notoriously slow to heal and prone to reinjury.
- pulledDrew with force
- pulled muscleOverstretched muscle fibers
- tornPulled into pieces
- muscleContractile body tissue
- soft tissueNon-rigid body structures
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- exercise injuriesmuscle strain, pulled muscle, sprain, sprains, muscle tear
- Sports Injuriesmuscle strain, tendonitis, ligament sprain, stress fracture, groin pull
- bone disordersosteoporosis, rickets, bone fracture, broken bone, bone loss
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hamstring injurybone fracture
Cracked or broken skeleton
broken bone · compound fracture · stress fracture · ligament tear · ACL tear
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