TRAINING EFFECTIVELY MEANS training smart. There are plenty of gym-centric terms floating around the fitness zeitgeist that won’t necessarily help you become stronger or build more muscle, especially ...
SPEND ENOUGH TIME in the gym (or consume enough fitness-related content online), and you’re sure to encounter plenty of physiology terms. If you’re not a trainer yourself or you never took any type of ...
The shift from crunches to functional movements is the most important change you can make for your long-term fitness. By ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with a fixed flexion contracture should be carefully evaluated and educated on stretching exercises and ...
The success of a total knee replacement largely depends on accurate balancing of flexion and extension gaps in the sagittal plane. The general technique to achieve this is to resect the same amount of ...
Plantar flexion is the movement that allows you to press the gas pedal of your car. It also allows ballet dancers to stand on their toes. The term plantar flexion refers to the movement of the foot in ...
A normal radiographic study of the cervical spine does not exclude the possibility of unstable ligamentous injury. This is a particularly difficult problem in patients with severe traumatic brain ...
DR. COUES' proposition is, that flexion of the forearm upon the rmmerus produces flexion (adduction) of the hand upon the forearm, by osseous mechanism alone, and conversely: extension of the forearm ...