flexor
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Stay upright through your torso to feel a left hip flexor stretch, or instead, relax your torso forward over your right leg for a deeper right outer hip stretch.
This Après-Ski Sequence Is More Soothing than a Hot Toddy | cobrien | February 22, 2022 | Outside OnlineKeep your torso upright to increase the stretch in your right hip flexor, or lower your torso over your left leg for a deeper left outer hip stretch.
This Après-Ski Sequence Is More Soothing than a Hot Toddy | cobrien | February 22, 2022 | Outside OnlineYour hip flexors should feel a stretch, and your arm swing should help with the movement.
You can wrap the bands around your feet, wrists, and hands to dig a little deeper and get more from your hamstring, hip flexor, and shoulder stretches.
Resistance bands that will help you feel the burn | PopSci Commerce Team | March 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMy hip flexors were so tight and tired that they’d sometimes quiver when I stood.
Did Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail Ruin My Body? | Grayson Haver Currin | January 25, 2021 | Outside Online
The main flexor is the biceps, the large muscle which may be seen standing out in front of the arm when a weight is raised.
Dorsal flexion is checked by the flexor tendons and dorsal ligaments.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixIt is seen most frequently upon the extremities, especially the flexor surfaces.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonIn the recent state it is covered with fibro-cartilage for the passage of the flexor perforans.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton ReeksThis will reveal the median nerve itself situated upon the red fibres of the flexor metacarpi internus muscle.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton Reeks
British Dictionary definitions for flexor
/ (ˈflɛksə) /
any muscle whose contraction serves to bend a joint or limb: Compare extensor
Origin of flexor
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for flexor
[ flĕk′sər ]
A muscle that bends or flexes a joint. Compare extensor.
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