Muscle Injuries
A 24-year-old sprinter presents with acute posterior thigh pain that occurred during a race start. He felt a sudden "pop" and was unable to continue. On examination, there is tenderness at the ischial tuberosity with palpable defect, significant bruising extending to the popliteal fossa, and weakness of knee flexion. MRI shows complete avulsion of all three hamstring tendons from the ischial tuberosity with 3cm retraction. Regarding hamstring injuries:
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The hamstring muscles include biceps femoris (long and short heads), semimembranosus, and semitendin...
Injury mechanism is typically eccentric loading during high-speed running (late swing phase when ham...
The short head of biceps originates from the ischial tuberosity; semimembranosus is most medial; the...
Proximal hamstring avulsion indications for surgery include complete rupture of all three tendons, t...
Most hamstring strains (intramuscular) are treated non-operatively with a phased rehabilitation prog...
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