Total Orthocare Blogs

  Hamstring strains are both common and painful. They strike athletes of all sorts -- including runners, skaters, and football, soccer, and basketball players. But what is a hamstring? It isn't actually a single ''string.'' It's a group of three muscles that run along the back of your thigh. They allow you to bend your leg at the knee. During a hamstring strain, one or more of these muscles gets overloaded. The muscles might even start to tear. You're likely to get a hamstring strain during activities that involve a lot of running and jumping or sudden stopping and starting. Getting a hamstring strain is also more likely if: You don't warm up before exercising. The muscles in the front of your thigh (the quadriceps) are tight as they pull your pelvis forward and tighten the hamstrings. Weak glutes. Glutes and hamstrings work together. If the glutes are weak, hamstrings can be overloaded and become strained What Does a Hamstring Strain Feel Like? Mild ham...

  Back pain can creep up on you once you least expect it. One minute you're sitting comfortably ahead of the TV, and the next you are trying to stand up, and -- ouch! -- a pointy pain radiates through your lower back. Could you've got a slipped or herniated disc? you would possibly. The adult spine is formed from 24 bones called vertebrae. a number of the vertebrae are cushioned by soft discs made from a jelly-like substance. These discs allow you to maneuver your spine around and bend over. But if a disc between two vertebrae starts slipping out of place, it can irritate the encompassing nerves and cause extreme pain. The condition is named a slipped, ruptured, or herniated disc. A ruptured intervertebral disc can continue the nerves in your spine and cause pain, weakness, and numbness in your neck, back, arms, and legs. Sometimes these symptoms are often severe enough to disrupt your life. Most of the time, though, the issues from your ruptured intervertebral disc should star...