In one of the few articles that investigates high hamstring tendinopathy in a runner, Michael Fredericson, M.D., sports medicine physiatrist at Standford Medicine, notes that the basic anatomy and ...

The muscles attached to those tendons are the hamstrings we’ll talk about today. Meanwhile, butchers usually hang hams from their hocks. Getting back to human anatomy, the hamstrings are a ...

Team sources confirmed that Prescott suffered a "partial avulsion of the hamstring tendon," per Ed Werder. The injury is a rare one. It occurs when the hamstring muscle tendon contracts so ...

We'll take the middle third of your patellar tendon with a little bit of bone on either end to replace your original ligament. Another common tissue that we now use more frequently is hamstring ...

It also allows for rotation and pivoting. Patella. Also called the kneecap, the patella serves as a point of attachment for different tendons and ligaments. It also helps protect them from damage.

The knee bursa is located on the inside of each knee, between the three hamstring muscle tendons and the shinbone. Thus, knee bursitis may be caused by being overweight, tight hamstring muscles ...