1.0HipHospitals – Your Gateway to Hip Surgery Carehttps://www.hiphospitals.com/blogdrhiphttps://www.hiphospitals.com/blog/author/drhip/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="SXwhTbFFKS"><a href="https://www.hiphospitals.com/blog/hamstrings-definition-uses-and-clinical-overview/">Hamstrings: Definition, Uses, and Clinical Overview</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.hiphospitals.com/blog/hamstrings-definition-uses-and-clinical-overview/embed/#?secret=SXwhTbFFKS" width="600" height="338" title="“Hamstrings: Definition, Uses, and Clinical Overview” — HipHospitals – Your Gateway to Hip Surgery Care" data-secret="SXwhTbFFKS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.hiphospitals.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Hamstrings are a group of muscles and tendons along the back of the thigh. They help bend the knee and extend the hip, which is essential for walking, running, and climbing. Clinicians discuss Hamstrings in sports injuries, hip and pelvis pain, and gait (walking) problems. They are also relevant in certain surgeries where tendons may be used as a graft.