Frequency of Hamstring Muscle Pain in Males and Females

Hamstring muscle is posterior thigh muscle between the hip and the knee and chances of injuries in this muscle are very high. The hamstring strain are divided into three types depending upon the nature and severity of pain. These classes named as Grade I tear, Grade II tear, Grade III tear. The career of many athletes have been destroyed due to hamstring injuries. Objective: The study was conducted to determine the prevalence of hamstring strains regarding to gender, age. Furthermore, the association of hamstring problems with pain in different postures was also found in this study. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted to find the prevalence of pain and its association with postures. The data was collected of almost 150 patients with hamstring injuries. The analysis was done to determine the effects of different variables in injuries of hamstring muscles. Results: The results showed that the prevalence of injures of hamstring muscles is higher in male as compare to female. 80 males out of 150 patients were dealing with this disease and rates of disease was much higher in urban areas as compared to rural areas. Mostly, patients feel pain all the time due to injuries as 61 out of 150 claimed that they feel pain due to injury. Conclusion: Hamstring injuries are most common cause of pain in young people and occur due to many reasons. People dealing with this disease feel pain all the time and the pain due to this injury is unbearable. The patients feel pain during all activities such walking, jumping and running.