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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word hamstring. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: hamstring, hamstring tendon(verb) one of the tendons at the back of the knee. hamstring(verb) make ineffective or powerless. The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules. hamstring(verb) cripple by cutting the hamstring.
Hamstring tendinitis is a disorder involving tissue inflammation and damage to one or more of the hamstring tendons. Hamstring tendinosis is a degenerative condition of the tissue involving little if any inflammation. The three hamstring muscles on the back part of the thigh have tendinosis insertions on the ishial tuberosity (sit bones) and the back of the lower knee (tibia and fibula).