Hamstring injuries can be a pain in the butt

By Healthshare
Updated July 20 2018 - 11:01am, first published July 17 2018 - 7:00am
There are not many other conditions that cause such strongly localised ‘Sitting Bone’ pain.
There are not many other conditions that cause such strongly localised ‘Sitting Bone’ pain.

When can barely sit at your desk or in the car due to buttock pain, signs likely point to proximal hamstring tendinopathy (PHT), “a condition involving often painful changes in the hamstring tendons where they attach to the pelvis,” according to Sports Physiotherapist Andrew Stephens of Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre.

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