Several years ago, I was into aerial dance, which is the beautiful--and challenging--act of lifting, twirling, and hanging from colorful silks while posing like you're a Cirque du Soleil dancer. One ...

Hamstring strains are one of the most common—and frustrating—soft-tissue injuries suffered by athletes. There are two main types: an acute strain and a proximal hamstring tendinopathy, a ...

Seattle Mariners first baseman Richie Sexson, who has missed nine of the last 11 games, has been diagnosed with tendinitis in his left hamstring and will likely be out for another 10 days. Sexson had ...

Tendinopathy is an umbrella term for an injury to the tendon due to overuse. Tendons are fibrous connective tissues throughout the body that connect the bones to the muscles. Tendons are more prone to ...

Background Acute hamstring injury that includes intramuscular tendon injury has been suggested to be associated with increased reinjury risk. These observations were based on a relatively small number ...

Reds manager David Bell clarified Wednesday that Candelario is dealing with hamstring tendinitis and is considered day-to-day, Charlie Goldsmith of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Candelario has been ...

Background Increasingly, inflammatory mediators are considered crucial to the onset and perpetuation of tendinopathy. 1 We have previously reported increased expression of key cytokines in human and ...