Can You Pull a Muscle Behind Your Knee?

These muscles allow you to bend your knee. Injuring one of these muscles is called a pulled hamstring or a hamstring strain. A hamstring strain happens when the muscle is stretched too far. The muscle can completely tear, which can take months to heal.

What does a pulled muscle feel like behind the knee?

General symptoms of a knee strain or sprain include: Swelling, pain and tenderness in and around the knee. Buckling of the knee. Trouble bending the leg.

What does it mean when the back of your leg hurts behind the knee?

Two common conditions that cause pain behind the knee are a posterior cruciate ligament injury and a popliteal cyst (Baker's cyst).