The Hamstring is one of the bigger muscles in the human body, and is one of the stronger groups of muscle throughout the human body. The hamstring is also one of the most commonly injuries that most athletes will or have run into throughout his or her athletic career. The hamstring is strung cross and acts upon two separate joints in the lower body. The hamstring is attached to the knee and hip joints which allows the hamstrings to preform hip extension, knee flexion. The most common injury that happens to the hamstring is the straining of the hamstring which is also graded on a scale of levels ranging from grade one to grade three strains. The hamstring can also be torn or pulled.
The hamstring is one of the most commonly injured muscle
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groups in sports. Jean-Louis Croisier from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, at the University of Liege, in Belgium talks about in his research that most injuries that happen too the hamstring can be sourced back to many different factors that he listed off in Factors Associated with Recurrent Hamstring Injuries. The different factors that he listed off to reasons why the hamstring is very commonly injured are; warm-up, fatigue, fitness level and training modalities which are all extrinsic factors and then the intrinsic factors are eccentric deficits, flexibility, age, joint dysfunction, and hormonal status. The way to fix the extrinsic factors that Croisier talks about is very easily fixed by taking more time to make sure your fully warmed up. Make sure that your body isn’t fatigued by making sure that you supply your body with the correct amount of food and the right amount of sleep for your body to repair itself. Lastly to make sure that your doing the right amount of weight or right amount or reps to make sure you stay within your fitness level and training modalities. Ways to help fix the intrinsic factors such as flexibility is to make sure you streets correctly and enough to make sure that your getting a full stretch and not cheating yourself. Some exercises that have been traditionally used to work on your hamstrings is workouts such as the basic back squats, deadlifts, hamstring curls are the main workouts associated with working out your hamstrings.
These are the main workout when your first starting to workout is used as the basics to get you started on working out your hamstrings. Other workouts that pinpoint your hamstrings are workouts such as Russian leans where you and a partner work together . When your partner holds your feet while you lean forward while controlling on the way down and when you pull back up. Another workout that you could do to workout your hamstrings is the Bulgarian split squat which is a lift were you can hold dumbbells or have a barbell, and you place one foot on a bench and then lung down and back up. These are just two of many other exercises that you can do that hit your hamstrings just as much as the back squat or deadlift does but doesn’t put as much stress on your back and hit the hamstring better. These are also better for a more dynamic type of training. Another good exercise that you could do is the kettlebell swing or even pull on a machine. These also engage a lot of hamstring, but also hits other areas such as gluten and some core. These are also good exercise for a more dynamic exercise for the
hamstring. The hamstring is a very powerful and strong muscle group but if not treated correctly is very easily injured in sports. This is why the hamstring is injured so commonly because people don’t take the time to make sure they are fully warmed up and stretched before attempting either heavy lifts or explosive moments which results in many different hamstring injuries. So to help protect and save your hamstrings fro being injured and to get them stronger so that in you sport you can preform at your highest level make sure to stretch and when lifting to do the right things to make your hamstrings stronger.
Flexion is the bending of a joint so that the angle between the two bones decreases. The primary muscles that flex the knee are a group collectively known as “hamstrings.” The hamstrings consist of the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus. The muscles that assist in flexion are the sartorius, gracilis,...
The most common knee injury in sports is damage to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) through tears or sprains. “They occur in high demand sports that involve planting and cutting, jumping with a poor landing, and stopping immediately or changing directions” (University of Colorado Hospital). The ACL is a ligament that runs diagonally in the middle of the knee and found at the front of the patellar bone. Its function involves controlling the back and forth motion of the knee, preventing the tibia from sliding out in front of the femur, and providing rational stability to the knee. Interestingly, women are more prone to ACL injuries than men. The occurrence is four to six times greater in female athletes.
ACL Injuries in Athletes The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) attaches the femur, which is the thighbone, and the tibia, which is the shin, together (northstar). A torn ACL is one of the most excruciating experiences in an athlete’s life. It is the first thing that comes to mind when they hurt their knee on the field; for many it is their greatest fear. A torn ACL can sometimes mean the end of an athlete’s career.
What researchers and experts must do is not only discover the cause, but also design a special preventive program for female ACL injuries. Many researchers have found that different anatomical structures and neuromuscular imbalances make females more susceptible to ACL injuries. A special training program emphasizing hamstring strengthening could be effective in reducing the risks of acquiring ACL injuries for female athletes.
Kinesiology can be defined as the study of mechanics of body movements, so I think that is very important to know the meaning of movement when studying kinesiology. Everything in kinesiology has to do with the movement. Every action the body takes is a movement which is what kinesiology is. You cannot be successful in the field of kinesiology no matter what you are doing if you do not understand what movement is. It is the study of human movement, performance, and function by applying the sciences of biomechanics, anatomy, physiology, and neuroscience. It looks at movement and which muscles are involved to create movement relating to strength exercising and sports technique. Movement is an act of changing physical location or position or of
There are many injuries in general, but sports injuries? Sprains and Strains are the most common injuries in sports. “Sprains are injuries to ligaments, the tough bands connecting in a joint. Suddenly stretching ligaments past their limits deforms or tears them” (Hoffman 1). Ligaments are like springs in a sense that when you stretch a spring, it will return to it’s normal state unless they are
...amstrings are on the back of a person’s leg and knee. Just like quadriceps, they are extremely painful to injure and it takes a long time to heal. Also they can get very strong while squatting and it doesn’t take long before it helps you with your upcoming sport because it is so easy to strengthen. The secondary muscles worked while squatting are abdominals, gastrocnemius(calves), muscles in your arms and back as they hold the bar.
The musculoskeletal system is made up of bones, muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, joints and other connective tissue that supports and binds tissue and other organs together. Each muscle is a discreet organ constructed of skeletal muscle tissue, blood vessels, and nerves. Did you know there are roughly 600 organs that make up the muscular system? They include the cardiac muscles, smooth muscles, and skeletal muscles to name a few. The heart is the cardiac muscle. Smooth muscle are the tissues that line blood vessels and organs, such as the stomach and intestines. The skeletal muscles, which are the most well known and familiar of the muscle organ system, helps hold the skeletal frame work together. They make up bout 40 percent of the
I have been doing resistance training since past four years and it has always been a bodybuilding type training i.e. training for muscle mass. Stretching exercises both before and after resistance training has been an important factor in improving my flexibility and increasing my joints’ range of motion. When you can flex, extend or circumduct your joints through full range of motion without any pain that is called flexibility. Many individuals often overemphasize flexibility training and not focus on improving the strength of the surrounding muscles which can lead to an injury. I have always ensured that I warm-up properly before any type of stretching. I always do an active warm-up like 10 minutes treadmill walk/elliptical/arc trainer, etc. As research has proved and I have also experienced that static stretching can temporarily lower the strength levels, I do dynamic stretching before beginning my resistance training. Dynamic stretching helps improve strength, flexibility and endurance, speed, neuromuscular activation and coordination. It is especially important if you use higher repetitions, sets and/or heavier weights.
As the soccer ball was rolling out of bounds, I felt my opponent right on my back. In that moment, I would not have guessed that the next year would drastically change seconds later. My leg gave out as I heard a heart breaking pop and fell to the ground. Over 250,000 Americans tear their Anterior Cruciate Ligaments (ACL) each year, myself included. Female athletes are eight times more susceptible to tear their ACL as a result of physiological and anatomic differences. Building up specific muscles around the knee can diminish the amount of strain on the knee. Therefore, female athletes should participate in strength programs to target reducing the risk of a life changing injury.
The song "Waves" by Bahamas, written by Afie Jurvanen (the lead singer), conveys a message about Jurvanen and his past lovers. Jurvanen uses metaphors to describe his relationships. Suggesting that each women he has been with is a single rolling wave in the oceans of his love life "And I saw myself as one of many waves" (2). Jurvanen continues to illustrate his relationships when he expresses "And when I knew I'd become the oceans slave / I just stayed" (3,4). This being another metaphor to express that, even when Jurvanen knew he was in trouble, he didn't have the courage or whatever it may have been for him to leave the relationship. Thus dreading the relationship and treating it like a job.
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The muscular system is the set of all the muscles that make up the human body. It is an extensive system of muscles and nervous tissue, which is distributed all through the body. In total, the human body consists of approximately 650 muscles (Shier, Butler, Lewis, 2009). The muscular system is divided into three types of muscle: cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and skeletal muscle (p.212).
The muscular system is a very important part of the human body. It has many components and functions, and is the source of the body’s movement. There are roughly 650 muscles in the human body and are different types of muscles. Muscles can either be voluntary or involuntary which means controlled or uncontrolled movement. Muscles have many reasons and in this paper you will widen your knowledge of muscles and their functions as well their diseases and how they help maintain the body.
There are many different classes available at gyms and various types of home exercise equipment to use. Although there are many at home techniques to try as well. ...