Hamstring Injury Center - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Palm Beach Gardens Orthopedic Surgeon Doctors for Hamstring InjuryType of Physician: Orthopedic Surgeon What is a Orthopedic Surgeon ? A certification by the Board of Orthopaedic Surgery; practitioners focus on the investigation, preservation and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means. Birth defects, trauma, infections, tumors and metabolic disturbances of the musculoskeletal system are problems cared for by the orthopaedic surgeon. Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery Common Name: Orthopedist Orthopedic Surgeon Doctors in Palm Beach Gardens * Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute PA  George S Kantor MD  Scott S Katzman MD  Roni Sehayik & Sami Sehayik MDs  Roni Sehayik & Sami Sehayik MDs  Eric S Fishman MD  Orthopaedic Care Specialists  Orthopaedic Care Specialists  Orthopaedic Care Specialists  Orthopaedic Care Specialists  Orthopaedic Care Specialists  Orthopaedic Care Specialists  Atlantis Orthopaedics  Atlantis Orthopaedics  Atlantis Orthopaedics  Atlantis Orthopaedics  William J Gogan MD PA  Center for Orthopedic Surgery  Center for Orthopedic Surgery  Advanced Shoulder Orthopaedics  Palm Beach Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics  Palm Beach Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics  Richard A Gorman MD  Palm Beach Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics  David S Rondon MD  Palm Beach Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics  Michael Gleiber MD PA  Campbell Gleiber Musso Spine Surgery Assoc.  Frank F Cook MD  Gary M McClain MD PA  Campbell Gleiber Musso Spine Surgery Assoc.  Florida Bone Works  Florida Bone Works  D Barry Lotman MD  Newfield Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Center  Frank DeLucia MD  Robert L Diaz MD  Pierre Girard MD PA  Paul D Seltzer DO  Palm Beach Orthopaedic Associates  Gaetano J Scuderi MD  Palm Beach Orthopedic Hand Center  Spine Institute  The Institute for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery  Gerald T Stashak MD PA  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Palm Orthopaedic Institute  H Donald Lambe MD  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Center for Bone & Joint Surgery  Orthopaedic Spine & Fracture Clinic  Orthopedic Special Surgery  Orthopaedic Center of Palm Beach County  Lake Worth Medical Center  Orthopaedic Center of Palm Beach County  Orthopaedic Center of Palm Beach County  Orthopaedic Center of Palm Beach County  Orthopaedic Center of Palm Beach County  Advanced Orthopaedics Inc  Advanced Orthopaedics Inc  Ross Stone MD  Jeffrey L Kugler MD PA  Jeffrey L Kugler MD PA  Jeffrey L Kugler MD PA  Jeffrey L Kugler MD PA  South Palm OrthoSpine Institute  Charles A Fraraccio MD  Performance Orthopedics  Performance Orthopedics  Performance Orthopedics  Performance Orthopedics  Somnath N Nair MD PA  South Florida Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine  South Florida Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine  South Florida Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine  South Florida Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine  South Florida Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Palm Beach Gardens, FloridaUpcoming Local Events2012-05-28
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Hamstring InjuryRead the Hamstring Injury article » What are the hamstrings?The hamstrings are the tendons that attach the large muscles at the back of the thigh to bone. The hamstring muscles are the large muscles that pull on these tendons. It has become common in layman's terminology (and by some medical personnel) to refer to the long muscles at the back of the thigh as the "hamstrings" or "hamstring muscles." Academic anatomists refer to them as the posterior thigh muscles, and more specifically as the semimembranosis, the semitendinosis, and the biceps femoris muscles. These muscles span the thigh, crossing both the hip and the knee. They originate or begin at just below the buttocks, arising from the bone on which we sit (the ischium). They connect by means of their tendons onto the upper parts of the lower leg bones (the tibia and the fibula). The origin of the word hamstring comes from the old English hamm, meaning thigh. String refers to the characteristic appearance and feel of the tendons just above the back of the knee. Although the tendons are sometimes involved in injuries, this article will refer to the "hamstrings" as the large muscle group at the back of the thigh because the most frequent problems involve the muscle groups. The second Web site listed below has a diagram of the hamstrings attached to the lower leg. What is the function of the hamstrings?The hamstring muscles actively bend (flex) the knee. They also act to straighten or (extend) the hip (as in the motion of moving the thigh backward). Surprisingly, these large muscles are not very active with normal walking or standing. However, they are extremely important in power activities such as running, jumping, and climbing. Thus, sedentary individuals can get by with quite weak or deconditioned hamstrings, whereas athletes and very physically active individuals absolutely depend on healthy, well-conditioned hamstrings. ...Other Related Hamstring Injury ArticlesEmergency Contact for Palm Beach Gardens
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