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Hamstrings Of Steel – Preventing the Pull : Part 1

One the most common injuries in sports is a pulled hamstring. Various mechanismscan cause hamstring pulls, including strength imbalances between the quadriceps andhamstrings, weak hamstrings, tight hamstrings, and asynchronous firing by the nervesthat innervate the hamstrings. Out of all of these proposed mechanisms, weakness in thehamstrings gets the most attention.
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