The hamstrings: what, exactly, do they do?
The hamstrings are an interesting muscle group. The origin of the word comes from the old English word hamm, which means the “hollow or bend of the knee” and the word string, which refers to the ligaments or tendons at the back of the knee.
(Anatomy is awesome because anatomists were very literal with their word choices. Hamstring = bend of knee tendons…
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