Common Sports Injuries: The Hamstring Muscle
January 29, 2009
Sports – the word itself conjures up images of vigorous active physical activity.
To be successful in any sport that you take up, it is essential that you undergo training and practice. This not only helps you excel in the game, but it also helps to bring your body to its best physical form.
Running, jumping, stretching, twisting, throwing, hitting, kicking, falling are some of the actions you need to put your body through when you indulge in physical sports. When you put your body though this kind of activity every day, you are bound to cause some amount of muscle wear and tear that is natural. In the beginning you may experience some amount of discomfort, but the body just heals and adapts itself to the new levels of stress you are subjecting it to.
Many dream of being able to play cricket like their favorite idols on the field, but are loath to put in the time and effort for training. Many dream of an ideal body, the 6 pack abs and fantastic figure etc, they go to the gym sporadically, or take up exercise in spurts. When they do this they invariably end up causing come amount of damage to their muscles.
When you are taking up a new physical activity, it is very necessary for you to first make a commitment to continue that activity, then it is important for you to realize that you need to undergo some amount of physical training before you actually start playing the sport. This is because you will bring into play various muscles in your body that you don’t even know exist.
What most people do, is start out with great enthusiasm, and overdo things on the first day itself, that causes so much pain in the body, which results in them giving up the activity before they get going.
Many a time, despite all the training and practice you have put yourself through, and no matter how excellent you are at the game- some amount of injury is bound to happen. We see this with tennis players, with football players, cricketers etc. all it takes is a fall or over-reaching for a ball, or slipping and skidding while you are running and you end up with either a twisted ankle, torn ligament, or a pulled muscle or in the worst case, a fractured bone. You may even end up pulling a muscle while doing yoga without proper supervision.
The most common type of injury is the pulled muscle, and the most commonly pulled muscle is the hamstring.
The hamstring muscle:
The hamstring muscle is a long muscle that is in the back part of the thigh. It crosses over two joints. It helps in flexing the knee and extending the hip, so it has some kind of a dual function as a flexor and extensor, and it is a key component of any running or walking activity, both of which are important in sports.
Some of the factors that cause an injury to the hamstring are being out of shape, not enough training for the sport you wish to play, or when a game is played too vigorously only on weekends or holidays. Another important factor is that you may have one hamstring that is stronger than the other, and so you tend to overuse the one which is stronger and thus cause it more strain.
Treatment for a pulled hamstring muscle:
Resting the muscle is of utmost importance, many advocate balms, and cold compresses. You may even keep the leg elevated for some time. You must first treat the muscle to let the inflammation settle, and then gradually let it heal, before you can resume activity.
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