Pulled hamstrings usually improve within about a week — treatments like rest, ice, compression, and elevation can help ease pain as the injury heals.

The hamstrings are the large muscles located at the back of your legs, behind the thighs. They are recruited in almost all of our daily activities from walking to bending down to standing up from the ...

If your hamstrings feel tight, you may need to restore pelvic stability through glute strengthening, hip-flexor release and ...

Hamstring stretches can help prevent injury before running or lifting heavy weights. Massage therapy can also help loosen ...

Natalia Perez-Segnini is a NASM-certified personal trainer, a yoga instructor, a breathwork practitioner and a trauma-informed specialist. As a head coach at Tone House—a premier athletic-based ...

Your hamstrings might not be the most visible muscles, but they’re among the most important for overall fitness and injury prevention. These powerful muscles at the back of your thighs play a critical ...

Five exercises for building hamstring strength—even when you're low on equipment. THE LEG CURL is one of the best ...