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Following a hamstring injury athletes should follow a rehabilitation program of rest, compression, elevation, ice and gentle strengthening and stretching exercises. Running after the hamstring injury can recommence as soon as the leg is completely healed. How long will that healing take?

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Hamstring injuries occur when the runner is not warmed up enough before starting out, when he stretches too energetically or as a result of constant physical stress. When the knee bends and the thigh moves backwards in relation to the trunk of the body the runner will most surely feel pain.

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