Sentences with phrase «leg hip flexion»

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CORE STRENGTH: This pertains specifically to the ability of the core to resist rotation, flexion and extension of the lower back so the hips and leg can efficiently produce power.

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Create deep flexion in your hips while you release the back of your legs.

So many abdominal exercises involve hip and trunk flexion — sit - ups, leg raises, crunches — all of them involve drawing the hips and rib cage closer together, potentially causing shortening of the hip flexors.

He's doing that by keeping his right hip down and instead of hiking his hip up, he is bringing his thigh up by allowing a deep crease where his leg and pelvis meet (for a better view of the hip flexion, see pilates knee folds), and bending his knee.

Examples of Beginner Pilates exercises that promote hip / leg differentiation — getting a nice flexion at the hip while keeping the pelvis stable include knee folds, single leg stretch, and leg kick front and back.

The doctor may also move the patient's legs to test for pain on flexion of the hip (called the psoas sign), pain on internal rotation of the hip (called obturator sign), or pain on the right side when pressing on the left (calling Rovsing's sign).

The hip muscles act on three mutually perpendicular main axes, all of which pass through the center of the femoral head, resulting in three degrees of freedom and three pair of principal directions: Flexion and extension around a transverse axis (left - right); lateral rotation and medial rotation around a longitudinal axis (along the thigh); and abduction and adduction around a sagittal axis (forward - backward); [29] and a combination of these movements (i.e. circumduction, a compound movement in which the leg describes the surface of an irregular cone).

Hip flexions, lateral leg raises, and repetitions of other exercises were done while standing upright behind the chair, holding the back of the chair for stability.

Lower - body exercises included leg extension and hip flexion.

As explained in the quadriceps section above, hip flexion is demonstrated by lifting your knee / leg towards your chest (or lowering chest towards legs).

There are several leg workouts such as hip flexions, hamstring stretches, and leg curls that can strengthen the core.

The hamstrings have two major functions... knee flexion (which is the better known «leg curl» type of movement) and hip extension (which is bringing the thigh backwards).

It appears that the involvement of hip flexion increases external oblique muscle activity during the sit up, when performed with either straight or bent legs.

In general, it seems that exercises from the knee flexion category (i.e. leg curls) almost always feature as one of the best exercises, while exercises from the hip extension and knee extension category (i.e. squats) never feature as one of the best exercises.

Additionally, Konrad et al. (2001) found no difference in rectus abdominis muscle activity between the curl up with the hips and knees at 90 degrees of flexion, feet resting on a bench, and the bent leg unanchored sit up.

Sit ups (hip flexion with or without trunk flexion) can be performed with either anchored or unanchored feet and with either bent legs or straight legs.

Hamstrings energy absorption can be enhanced by eccentric - only or accentuated eccentric training for knee flexion (flywheel leg curl or Nordic curl) or hip extension (single - leg back extension).

Comparing hamstring strain injury prevention and rehabilitation exercises, Orishimo & McHugh (2015) found that the supine sliding leg curl (Slider) produced greater gluteus maximus EMG amplitude during the eccentric phase than the standing elastic - band resisted hip extension, the standing trunk flexion (Glider) or the standing split (Diver).

Moreover, Jakobsen et al. (2013) reported that during lunges with both free weights and elastic resistance, EMG amplitude of most of the leg muscles is greatest at the point of peak hip and knee flexion, where ground reaction forces are exerted in order to start the lifting phase but that in the elastic resistance condition, there was a trend towards a more even level of EMG amplitude across joint angles.

The double leg kick exercise involves alternating hip flexion and extension.

May resist movements that require full extension or flexion of the rear legs (Hip dysplasia causes pain on hip extensioHip dysplasia causes pain on hip extensiohip extension).