Overview | Symptoms | Severity | Treatment | Prevention Efforts to fully and properly recover from a pulled hamstring pays dividends - few things are more frustrating than setting yourself back with a reinjury. Learning how to recover, maintain and prevent a hamstring injury is time well spent. Some key principles for hamstring strain or pull recovery include: If you consider your hamstring...

Overview | Symptoms | Severity | Treatment | Prevention If you have a pulled hamstring, you can take certain steps to recovery quickly. Certain topical remedies, such as ice or herbal sprays, can be effective at limiting initial swelling. When applying ice to a hamstring pull, it is usually easiest to lay a cloth covered bag of ice on a chair and rest your leg on top of it. Don't apply ice for...

Overview | Symptoms | Severity | Treatment | Prevention Because the hamstring is so essential to lower body motion, hamstring pulls are both common and often quite painful. Depending on the severity, you will experience various symptoms, many of which are outlined below. Common symptoms of a strained hamstring include: sudden, sharp pain at the back of the upper leg during exercise...