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The most common way to get a hamstring strain is in a sprinter: Cold muscle, rapid acceleration. The classic example is a ball player running down the field and the hamstring tears. A sprinter trying to accelerate rapidly can easily tear a hamstring. Essentially, anything where there is a rapid acceleration.
