Sentences with phrase «flex knees»

According to the Master Complaint filed in this Multi-District Litigation case, plaintiffs have alleged that NexGen Flex Knees «failed to provide additional or meaningful flexion beyond 120 degrees.»

Flex the knees if the hamstrings are tight.

«If you try to flex your knees or arch your back after years of underuse, you'll discover that your joints have been «shrink - wrapped» by shortened connective tissue,» she says.

If you try to flex your knees or arch your back after years of underuse, you'll discover that your joints have been «shrink - wrapped» by shortened connective tissue.

Flex knees and hips to slide feet toward glutes until feet are directly under knees.

Squeeze your glutes and flex the knees.

Strong, firm buttocks are attention worthy not just for aesthetic reasons but for balancing out the hip flexors, a group of four muscles that move the thighs toward the abdomen and flex the knees.

Be sure to keep your back straight and don't over flex your knees past your toes.

STARTING POSITION (SETUP): Flex your knees slightly and bend over so that your back is almost parallel to the floor, with your feet hip - width (shoulder - width) apart.

You must also be able to deeply flex your knees while activating your ankles and feet to stabilize them.

Brace your core, flex your knees and squeeze your glutes to stabilize your body.

First flex your knees and hips, then start sitting back with the hips while maintaining the back neutral.

Inhale again as you flex your knees or hips and lower the barbell to the floor or until your thighs are in a horizontal position.

To begin with the exercise, exhale and flex your knees by engaging just your hamstrings, this will pull the machine lever inwards.

Proper conditioning (especially building up hamstrings and inner quadriceps muscles) and teaching girls to pivot, jump, and land with flexed knees and employ a three - step with the knee flexed instead of a one - step stop with the knee extended have been shown to prevent some of these injuries.

To do this, try laying your baby on her back either on the floor or in your lap and flexing her knees up to her chest.

This is important as it will give him the chance to flex his knee, hip and trunk muscles.

Pull your knee toward your chest to flex your knee, hip and hamstring.

Another benefit of quads contraction is that they help you to resist flexing your knees under the force of gravity that tends to pull them down.

Keeping your core tight and torso as upright as possible, descend down by flexing the knees, making sure that your knees stay aligned with the feet.

Step forward with one leg and flex the knee so your hips can go down.

Initiate the movement with a squat, flexing the knees and hips to lower your body.

A lot of people initiate the squat movement by flexing their knees and sitting down, as opposed to back.

Therefore, it appears that during dynamic plantarflexion with an extended knee position preferentially targets the gastrocnemius, while performing plantar flexion with a flexed knee preferentially targets the soleus muscle.

Stand in front of it and make like the name says: place the first foot on the bench and step up onto it, making sure to flex your knee and quadriceps.

The main function of the Hamstrings is to flex the knee, as well as extending the hip.

In addition, sharper COD maneuvers involve less flexed knee angles at initial ground contact, but ultimately greater peak knee flexion (Havens & Sigward, 2015c).

There are three main muscles called the hamstrings that flex the knee.

I'm driving into the dome as hard as I can and I flex this knee up, and I'm trying to drive my knee as high up «this» way, and as high up «this» way as I possibly can as I compress full force into that dome.

Nemeth et al. (1984) compared four types of deadlift with a 12.8 kg load, including lifts with straight knees and lifts with flexed knees.

The bicep femoris, semimembranosus, and the semitendinosus are all used for flexing the knee as well as hip extension.

Part of the difficulty was that most individuals can flex their knee until their heel touches the buttocks.

Similarly, Arokoski et al. (1999) found that the quadruped hip extension with contra - lateral arm lift produced the greatest gluteus maximus EMG amplitude, followed by the prone hip extension with flexed knee, followed by the horizontal back extension.

The majority of these comparisons demonstrate that exercises with minimal knee extension movement and with the peak muscle force exerted with a fully - extended hip are superior (quadruped hip extension, prone hip extension with flexed knee, and front plank with hip extension).

The beagle in the photo is about to have more than 2000 N of force applied to her flexed knee.

The NexGen CR - Flex Knee Implant is a total knee replacement device that unlike other knee replacement devices is not cemented to the bone.

Not exact matches

In the hollow of Liston's powerful arms, Whitehurst fought from what appeared to be a squat — with his body erect and his knees flexed, his head snug against Liston's chest.

He landed very awkwardly on his knee, but he flexed it a few times, walked it off and was able to remain in the game.

Hips should be back, shoulders forward (eyes and chest up) and knees flexed (positive shin angles)

When holding or feeding your baby, cradle her so that her shoulders are forward with her arms tucked into her chest and with her legs flexed (bent) at the hips and knees.

Within the womb, a baby spends a long time tucked in the fetal position, in which both hips and knees are bent or flexed.

Ensure baby's hips and knees are in a flexed froglike position inside the swaddle.

Help her to flex the free (upper / non-weight bearing) leg up toward her tummy so that hip and knee are bent and her upper thigh is close to or almost touching her tummy.

Experts recommend swaddling baby in a natural position with elbows, knees and hips flexed for proper joint development, and with baby's hands within reach of mouth so baby can suck on his or her fingers to self - console.

Although there are myriad psychological, emotional and physiological benefits from the swaddling style of the Navajos, there is clear evidence that swaddling the legs so that they were bound together and not allowed to flex at the knee or at the hip, has lead to hip abnormalities (Crisholm, 1983).

The device, worn over the legs with a harness over the back and around the shoulders, has motorized joints at the hips and the knees and passive joints for sidestepping, turning and pointing, and foot flexing.

This effectively locks the leg joints in place, preventing the knee from flexing while allowing the joint to remain fully extended.

The participants, each of whom had been paralyzed for more than two years, were able to voluntarily flex their toes, ankles, and knees while the stimulator was active, and the movements were enhanced over time when combined with physical rehabilitation.

The research team also measured the strength and ability of the knees and ankles to flex as well as changes in the calf muscles during the walking tests.

Bend legs so your hips and knees are flexed to 90 degrees.