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flexor
[ flek-ser ]
flexor
/ flĕk′sər /
- A muscle that bends or flexes a joint.
- Compare extensor
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flexor1
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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.
Keep 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.
Your 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.
My hip flexors were so tight and tired that they’d sometimes quiver when I stood.
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.
It is seen most frequently upon the extremities, especially the flexor surfaces.
In the recent state it is covered with fibro-cartilage for the passage of the flexor perforans.
This will reveal the median nerve itself situated upon the red fibres of the flexor metacarpi internus muscle.
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