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During a sprinting motion, the hamstrings can be affected and injured. There seem to be two types of hamstring injuries that can occur during a sprint, one of a sprinting-type injury that affects the bicep femoris, and one of a stretching-type injury that affects the semimembranosus (Danielsson et al., 2020). During the stance phase of a sprint, injury to the hamstring can occur due to an increased anterior trunk lean, which places the hamstring at an increased stretch. In ad

(Davis, 2019) The step back has been popularized in the recent decade by some of the best basketball players in the world, namely, Steph Curry, James Harden and Kemba Walker. The step back revolves around a sudden change in direction to clear space away from the defensive player for a shot. The kinematics of a change of direction maneuver shown in this particular picture involves a unilateral (Curry’s right leg) support with the ankle in either a neutral or slightly dorsifle

Much talk have been given to knee positioning and biomechanics during a squat, although there are studies that demonstrate increasing shear forces with excessive anterior translation of the knees (Myer et al., 2014), this could be a contribution to an increasing knee flexion angle as purported by Schoenfeld (2010), who showed that increasing knee flexion angle increases posterior, tibiofemoral, and patellofemoral compression forces. An anterior translation of the knee during

(Image taken from https://www.muscletherapyaustralia.com.au/single-post-c1w75/2016/10/30/7-reasons-to-strengthen-you-glutes-and-how-to-do-it ) The gluteal muscles in general are responsible for hip extension and rotary movements of the hip (Macadam et al., 2015). The gluteus maximus muscle has been coined as the biggest muscle group in the body, “accounting for about 16% of the total cross-sectional area” (Buckthorpe et al., 2019). One of the major problems with weakness in t