hamstrings
Back leg muscles
Hamstrings are the three muscles at the back of the thigh that bend the knee and extend the hip.
Athletes frequently strain or tear them: She pulled a hamstring in the second quarter.
To hamstring someone or something is to cripple or severely limit effectiveness—originally by cutting the tendons behind the knee: Budget cuts hamstrung the department's efforts.
To obstruct movement
- obstructBlock or hinder passage
- hinderObstruct or delay
- thwartPrevent success of
- undermineWeaken by stealth
sabotage · cripple · handicap · restrict · limit · constrain · hobble · incapacitate
Excessive stretching force
- pullForce toward oneself
- tearTo pull apart
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
- tendinopathyTendon damage from strain
avulsion · cramping · spasm · tightness · soreness · rehabilitation · recovery · ice
Ground-to-hip barbell raise
- Romanian deadliftHip-hinge lift targeting hamstrings
- leg curlExercise flexing knee backward
- kettlebell swingWeighted hip thrust movement
- good morningDaytime greeting phrase
Extending muscles or material
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
- forward foldStanding hip hinge
- splitsDivides into parts
- pikeLong battlefield spear
straddle · suppleness · limberness · shortened · lengthening · range of motion · seated stretch · standing stretch
Maximum-speed locomotion on foot
- runningSwift foot travel
- soccerField sport with goals
- footballField sport with goals
- rugbyTeam sport with scrums
basketball · track · jumping · kicking · acceleration · deceleration · cutting · pivoting
impede
To obstruct movement
undermine · sabotage · cripple · handicap · restrict · limit · constrain · hobble · incapacitate · weaken
sciatic nerve
Major leg neural pathway
- ischial tuberosityPelvic bone bearing seated weight
strain
Excessive stretching force
tendinopathy · avulsion · cramping · spasm · tightness · soreness · rehabilitation · recovery · ice · compression
deadlift
Ground-to-hip barbell raise
- Romanian deadliftHip-hinge lift targeting hamstrings
- leg curlExercise flexing knee backward
- kettlebell swingWeighted hip thrust movement
good morning · hip thrust · lunges · hyperextension · resistance band
stretching
Extending muscles or material
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
- forward foldStanding hip hinge
- splitsDivides into parts
pike · straddle · suppleness · limberness · shortened · lengthening · range of motion · seated stretch · standing stretch · dynamic stretch
sprinting
Maximum-speed locomotion on foot
rugby · basketball · track · jumping · kicking · acceleration · deceleration · cutting · pivoting · athletic performance
hamstringsempowers
Grants ability or authority
enables · facilitates · benefits · assists · strengthens
- pulled hamstringTorn rear thigh muscle
- hamstring injuryTorn posterior thigh muscle
- hamstring stretchRear thigh flexibility exercise
- hamstring tearRipped posterior thigh muscle
- hamstring strainTorn posterior thigh muscle
- hamstring pullTorn posterior thigh muscle