hamstrings

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plural of hamstring
Refers to the three major muscles which are located on the posterior side of the thigh These muscles function as flexors of the knee
Any one of three muscles at the back of the thigh; semimembranosus, semitendinosus, biceps femoris
muscles located in the posterior compartment of the thigh
The group of 3 muscles on the back of your thighs that runs from the lower part of the pelvis to just below the knees They allow you to bend your knees and straighten your legs at the hips Climbing, hiking uphill, running and cycling all work the hamstrings
Muscles located in the posterior compartment of the thigh Made up of the semitendinosus, semimembranosus and biceps femoris muscles Some anatomists will also include the "hamstring" head of adductor magnus
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To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable

So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. - John Milton.

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The biceps femoris muscle

Developing muscle around both sides of a joint (think biceps and triceps, abs and low back, quads and hamstrings) should be one of your primary training considerations because strength on each side leads to lower injury rates.

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{i} knee tendon (Anatomy)
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If you hamstring someone, you make it very difficult for them to take any action. If he becomes the major opposition leader, he could hamstring a conservative-led coalition. a tendon behind your knee, which sometimes gets injured when you do sport. hamstrung to make someone unable to take the action they want or need to take, especially by restricting them
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cripple by cutting the hamstring
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one of the tendons at the back of the knee
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{f} cut the hamstring or hamstrings; cripple, disable
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one of the tendons at the back of the knee cripple by cutting the hamstring make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules
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One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh
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To disable by severing the tendons of the ham
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The hamstring is any of the tendons at the back of the thigh; they attach the five hamstring muscles to their insertions on the bones of the lower leg
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make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"
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A hamstring is a length of tissue or tendon behind your knee which joins the muscles of your thigh to the bones of your lower leg. Webster has not played since suffering a hamstring injury in the opening game
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Category of muscle that runs from the buttocks to the knee along the back of the thigh It functions to flex the knee, and is oft times injured as a result of improper conditioning or lack of muscle flexibility
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