hamstring injury

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• injury — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ appalling (esp. BrE), bad, catastrophic, devastating, horrendous, major, nasty, serious, severe, terrible …   Collocations dictionary

• hamstring — [[t]hæ̱mstrɪŋ[/t]] hamstrings, hamstringing, hamstrung 1) N COUNT A hamstring is a length of tissue or tendon behind your knee which joins the muscles of your thigh to the bones of your lower leg. Webster has not played since suffering a… …   English dictionary

• hamstring — ham|string1 [ˈhæmˌstrıŋ] n a ↑tendon behind your knee, which sometimes gets injured when you do sport ▪ He pulled a hamstring in training. hamstring injury/problem/strain etc hamstring 2 hamstring2 past tense and past participle hamstrung [… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Injury, knee meniscus — Injury to one of the two crescent shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh bone) and the tibia (the shin bone). Each meniscus acts as a smooth surface for the joint to move on. The two menisci are easily injured …   Medical dictionary

• Hamstring — The prominent tendons at the back of the knee. They are the sidewalls of the hollow behind the knee. (This hollow is called the popliteal space). Both hamstrings connect to muscles that flex the knee. A pulled hamstring is a common athletic… …   Medical dictionary

• hamstring — 1. noun a) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh. Developing muscle around both sides of a joint (think biceps and triceps, abs and low back,… …   Wiktionary

• Pulled hamstring — Straining of the hamstring, also known as a pulled hamstring, is defined as an excessive stretch or tear of muscle fibers and related tissues.GradesGrade 1Sensation of cramp or tightness and a slight feeling of pain when the muscles are stretched …   Wikipedia

• Anterior cruciate ligament injury — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Diagram of the right knee Width = 300 DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|S|83|5|s|80 ICD9 = ICD9|844.2 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = pmr eMedicineTopic = 3 MeshID = An injury to the anterior… …   Wikipedia

• Strain (injury) — This article is about the injury. For other uses, see Strain. Strain (injury) Classification and external resources ICD 10 M62.6, T14.3 ICD …   Wikipedia

• Meniscus injury — Injuries to the crescent shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh bone) and the tibia (the shin bone). The meniscus acts as a smooth surface for the joint to move on. The two menisci are easily injured by the… …   Medical dictionary

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