If you associate yourself with sports or similar physical activities, hamstring injuries will likely accompany you more often. Hamstring muscles help you stretch your leg and bend your knee; they go from the back of your thigh through your hip and below your knee. A Hamstring injury one of the most prevalent and painful situation that can occur when you accidentally overextend one of those muscles.

CAUSES

Soccer, Basketball, Football, Tennis, or any other sports that require running with abrupt movements, put stress on the thigh muscles, increasing your risk of hamstring injuries. Pulling one of the muscles at the back of the thigh can result in a hamstring injury, which is characterized by significant pain, bruising or discolouration of the affected area, tenderness, and swelling. In addition, the muscles get weaker due to the injury, making them unable to bear weight.

PRECAUTIONS

When your day-to-day life includes participating in extreme physical activities that demand severe stretching, the chances of you being injured or recurring an injury increase by a significant number. You can always injure your hamstring, but the following tips will decrease the risk of that happening.

• -Give your body a minimum of 10 minutes of warming up before you start working out.
• -Prefer to jog rather than run.
• -Spend three to five minutes stretching and flexing before and after an athletic event.
• -Continue to follow a sound strength and conditioning regime.
• -Consume a balanced diet.

TREATMENT

The occurrence of hamstring muscle injuries has remained the same despite greater awareness but they can be managed at home with the right treatment measures, including rest, ice, and medication to reduce discomfort and swelling. Visit the doctor immediately if you are in excruciating pain and cannot move.