Tips On Looking After Your Hamstrings

I’m sure in your lifetime you’ve pulled your hamstring before, right ?
 
So this is all about how to look after your hamstrings & lessen your chance of pulling it, as not doing anything, is not the answer, either.

First of all I should tell you how Hamstring injuries can occur, which is in many ways.
 
The first one would be overstretching!
 
 
Other than that, though, the most common are below…
 
Failed to warm up properly.
 
Fatigue from physical activity, gone way past your limit.
 
You’ve taken a knock to your thigh, for example a kick to your thigh, or you crashed into something hard.
 
You’ve had a hamstring injury before.
 
 
Just to make sure you understand, if you have ever had a hamstring injury before you are more likely to have another one in this lifetime, if you do not take the prevention steps I will list later on, there is a three grade system too, so this is really for grade two or grade three, which is a lot worse, of course.
 
 
Have a look below!
 
 
Grade one = Strain
 
Grade two = Partial Tear
 
Grade three = Severe Tear

Now let’s look into ways to look after your hamstring.
 
I would just like to note that if you are a runner, jumper or a climber, there is always the chance that you can injure your hamstring, you are pushing your hamstrings the most you see, however if you don’t do anything it’s even worse!
 
This is why I’m saying that the answer is not to do anything, because when you do have to activate one of those task like running, jumping climbing, or a smaller task that has a little of one of those in them in your daily life you will have a higher chance to pull up and be really hurt by it, as you don’t work your hamstrings at all!
 
 
So to lessen your chance, you can do the following below…
 
Warm up, this should be done 10 minutes before you exercise.
 
 
If you plan on running, you should really be jogging first to warm up your body, then run.
 
 
Take your time when doing your body weight exercises like callisthenics.
 
 
Warm down after you’ve done a sporting event. Work on/maintain your strength & conditioning
 
Have a clean eating lifestyle.
 
Get a great night’s sleep more often than not.

THAT’S IT! 

I’ve enjoyed sharing that with you, let me know what you think.

Until next time, ciao 🙂

We Look Up 大

 

Karim 

The Healthy One 

 

 

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Deacon Thomson
Deacon Thomson
1 year ago

Thank you so much!

Thomas Brockhouse
Thomas Brockhouse
1 year ago

I’ll start warming up from now on, thank you.

Parker Fraser
Parker Fraser
1 year ago

Thanks for the share.

Ellis Marks
Ellis Marks
1 year ago

Thanks for the tips 🙂

Austin Kelly
Austin Kelly
1 year ago

Thank you Karim

Noah Gosling
Noah Gosling
1 year ago

I’m learning about the tears, thank you so much for breaking it down for me.

Kaden Grant
Kaden Grant
1 year ago

This is great 🙂

Micah David
Micah David
1 year ago

Love the tips!

Jasper Jackson
Jasper Jackson
1 year ago

I need to work on mine, they feel weak!

Elliott Reynolds
Elliott Reynolds
1 year ago

Thanks Karimmm!

Melody Sims
Melody Sims
1 year ago

I’m happy for the share 🙂

Annabelle Brockhouse
Annabelle Brockhouse
1 year ago

Thank you!

Jasmine Fuller
Jasmine Fuller
1 year ago

This is good content, thank you for teaching about my body 🙂

Lila Molson
Lila Molson
1 year ago

This is great, thank you for the tips.

Bethany Mainse
Bethany Mainse
1 year ago

I feel so good knowing this 🙂

Athena Staples
Athena Staples
1 year ago

Great job Karim

Ley Aceron
Ley Aceron
1 year ago

Lee sent me here

Anna Symons
Anna Symons
1 year ago

Just shared this with my P.E class 🙂

Madeline Hoffman
Madeline Hoffman
1 year ago

Ben sent me here.

Haley Jackson
Haley Jackson
1 year ago

This is sooo good.

Narpreet Soni
Narpreet Soni
1 year ago

Thanks for the help.

Manvir Kharb
Manvir Kharb
1 year ago

Thanks for the share bro.

Prem Thenua
Prem Thenua
1 year ago

Cheers bud!

Bhav Nijjar
Bhav Nijjar
1 year ago

Thank you!!!

Yash Deo
Yash Deo
1 year ago

Thanks!

Nain Dhir
Nain Dhir
1 year ago

This is really good, keep it up 🙂

Karanmeet Tokas
Karanmeet Tokas
1 year ago

Ryan sent me here, I’m glad to have been shown this!

Amir Dhawan
Amir Dhawan
1 year ago

Great tips, thank you.

Dil Multani
Dil Multani
1 year ago

Good info.

Uchi Lassi
Uchi Lassi
1 year ago

Thanks for educating me on this