{"id":273,"date":"2011-10-09T09:10:38","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T09:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derbyshiresportsmassage.co.uk\/?page_id=273"},"modified":"2025-07-21T17:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:34:15","slug":"thigh-injuries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/derbyshiresportsmassage.co.uk\/?page_id=273","title":{"rendered":"Thigh & Hamstring"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Taped<\/a>Prevention is key<\/span> <\/strong><\/span>Sports massage\u00a0can play an important\u00a0role in the life of anyone,\u00a0whether they are injured or not. Sports Massage\u00a0is for everyone. For injury. For pampering. For deep relaxation.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thigh injuries<\/strong><\/p>\n

A hamstring strain<\/span> <\/strong>or a pulled hamstring<\/strong> <\/span>as it is sometimes called is a tear in one or more of the hamstring muscles. Strictly speaking there are three hamstring muscles (Semitendinosus,\u00a0Semimembranosus\u00a0<\/strong>and<\/span> Biceps femoris<\/strong><\/span>) which are known as the hamstring muscle group<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Many people suffer with tight hamstrings. Most of the time they will not cause a problem but can be more prone to bad tears, may contribute towards injuries such as lower back pain.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Quadriceps muscle strain<\/strong> <\/span>The quadriceps muscles are the muscles on the front of the thigh. They consist of the Vastus lateralis,\u00a0Vastus medialis, Vastus intermedius\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>and the Rectus femoris<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 A strain is a tear in the muscle. These can range in severity, from a very small tear to a complete rupture.<\/p>\n

Myositis Ossification<\/strong> <\/span>If you have a bad muscle strain\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>or contusion<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 (dead leg<\/strong>!<\/span>)\u00a0and it is neglected then you could be unlucky enough to get Myositis Ossificans. It is usually as a result of impact which causes damage to the sheath that surrounds a bone (periostium<\/span><\/strong>) as well as to the muscle. Bone will grow within the muscle (called calcification<\/span><\/strong>) which is painful. The bone\u00a0 will grow 2 to 4 weeks after the injury and be mature bone within 3 to 6 months.<\/p>\n

Rectus femoris strain<\/strong> <\/span>The rectus femoris muscle is one of quadriceps muscles. It goes from the hip to the knee and can be used to straighten the knee or lift the knee up. This muscle can rupture or become inflamed at the upper part. The main cause of this is overuse through kicking or explosive movements as in sprint starts.<\/p>\n

Groin strain<\/strong> <\/span>is a tear or rupture to any one of the adductor muscles. There are 5 adductor muscles<\/strong>:<\/span> the pectineus, adductor brevis<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>and adductor longus\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(called short adductors which go<\/span> from the pelvis to the thigh bone) and the gracilis<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and adductor magnus\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(long adductors <\/span>which go from the pelvis to the knee).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prevention is key Sports massage\u00a0can play an important\u00a0role in the life of anyone,\u00a0whether they are injured or not. Sports Massage\u00a0is for everyone. For injury. For pampering. For deep relaxation. Thigh injuries A hamstring strain or a pulled hamstring as it … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-273","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/derbyshiresportsmassage.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/derbyshiresportsmassage.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/derbyshiresportsmassage.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/derbyshiresportsmassage.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/derbyshiresportsmassage.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/derbyshiresportsmassage.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"http:\/\/derbyshiresportsmassage.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273\/revisions\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/derbyshiresportsmassage.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}