What Is A Hamstring Pull/Strain/Sprain/Tear ?
A Hamstring injury usually involves damage to Muscle fibers or occassionally tendons. These muscle fibers are either torn partially or sometimes completely. A very rough three point grading system is used to indicate how bad the injury is. Ranging from microtears and partial tears to a complete tear of the muscle. The grading can be described as: Grade 1 Tear: Athlete can walk and possibly slow run with very little or no pain. Fast running may cause pain. Grade 2 Tear: Athlete feels pain when walking. Any running causes definite pain. Grade 3 Tear: Athlete can’t walk without aid or with definite pain. What you feel is a sudden pain in the hamstrings, which may be no more than a small twinge, up to a severe pain. You may see immediate bruising or bruising may appear some time after the injury has happened. The bruising, and perhaps swelling, will tend to track downwards towards the knee. If there is a severe tear, you may see a knot of tissue forming a bump on the thigh, especially if y
