Sentences with phrase «leg muscles as»

A slow to medium speed run, provided it is efficient, utilizes a large number of energy stores and can be taxing on the bones and joints, but is not nearly as traumatic to the leg muscles as cycling, or as taxing on the upper body muscles as swimming.

Push your hips up, rounding your back and squeezing your butt, abs, and leg muscles as you do so.

The Munchkin bounce about baby door bouncer is great fun for babies, watch your baby develop their leg muscles as they bounce around in the well - supported washable saddle for hours of entertaining activity.

Also walkers do not allow your baby to learn proper coordination between joint and leg muscles as a result; they learn to walk later than they normally would.

A jumperoo is a stationary jump platform for babies and is one of the best toys that a baby can use to strengthen their leg muscles as well as developing their fine motor coordination and sensory skills.

It will help your bubs to grow more confident with standing up, and develop its leg muscles as your bubba starts jumping up and down!

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>> Seated straight leg lifts: Sit on your butt, back against a wall, and lift your straight leg up as high as possible to strengthen the muscle range.

A skinny leg would weigh less than a larger, greater - circumference leg, and require less muscle contraction to move back and forth as we do when running.

The Croatian centre - back was forced off during Saturday's 3 - 0 win over Bournemouth after suffering what was described as muscle tightness in his leg.

Studies have found that static stretching weakened muscle strength by as much as 30 percent and that stretching the leg muscles in one leg reduced strength in the other leg for up to 30 minutes after stretching.

Give your infant enough space to stretch and move the arms and legs, as these movements can help strengthen and tone muscles.

In particular, the swings are a great way for a child to practice their coordination as well as hone the large muscles in their arms and legs ‐ not by being pushed, of course, but by learning how to pump themselves.

Gross motor skills involve the large muscles of the body, such as the arms and legs.

Large muscles (arms, legs, and trunk) develop first, so kids master gross motor skills such as walking first.

The reviewers found few studies evaluating the effectiveness in the ACL rehabilitation process of so - called «open chain» exercises (those which tend to isolate a single muscle group and a single joint, such as leg curls and leg extensions, with or without added weight) versus «closed chain» exercises (those which work multiple joints and multiple muscle groups at once, such as, for example, a squat involves the knee, hip and ankle joints, and multiple muscles groups, e.g. quads, hamstrings, hip flexors, calves and glutes, with body weight alone or with added weight).

Because the growth plates at the end of the major bones in a child's arms and legs are open, their muscles and bones are still developing, and because their hormone levels aren't the same as adults, an intense strength and conditioning program is inappropriate before skeletal maturity.

You may start to notice that babies try to roll over when they lying on their front or back and they will lift their head and start to look around when they are in this position; as they practice moving more, the strength in their leg and arm muscles will increase and they will start to move more easily and support themselves in certain positions.

You're also more likely to experience leg cramps during your second trimester and third trimester as the size and weight of your baby puts added strain on your muscles and your womb puts more pressure on the veins providing blood to your leg muscles.

Essentially, gross motor skills are actions that utilize the body's gross, or large, muscles, such as those in the arms, legs, and core.

They are ideal for those who suffer from diabetes and they can provide protection and relief for issues such as muscle soreness, swelling, ankle and leg pain, injuries, and lactic acid buildup.

These vibrations over time put a big strain on your legs, leading to injuries such as micro tears inside the muscle fibers, and the overuse of the joints.

RLS gives you an irresistible urge to move your legs as you feel a creeping and crawling sensation in your muscles.

These knee pads offer great protection for babies crawling on all fours and will ensure they are well protected from carpet burns, grazes and bruises as they enjoy their time exploring the world around them and building up their leg muscles in time for walking.

This exercise stretches the muscles along your spine and shoulders as well as the back of your legs.

But by the end of the first month, as her nervous system matures and her muscle control improves, these shakes and quivers will give way to much smoother arm and leg movements that look almost as if she's riding a bicycle.

Hands are less important for your little one to stand now as their leg and hip muscles are much stronger meaning kneeling and half kneeling are much easier now and involves a lot less falling over.

While your baby is still in that stage where their leg muscles are developing, your baby can enjoy a baby jumper as they try to jump as much as they want.

To get those muscles contracting, lay your baby down on his back and start to move his legs in a half - bent position, as though he is riding a bike.

At this stage, it is not unusual to notice your baby becoming leaner and less chubby as the muscles in their legs and torso develop and form.

As you move your top hand toward the left, move your bottom hand toward the right, gently and softly massaging her skin and muscles, thereby increasing leg circulation.

Bouncing will be a favorite activity over the next couple of months, as your baby's leg muscles continue to develop while he masters rolling over, sitting, and crawling.

As your child's muscles develop and they gain more strength, their legs will naturally straighten.

Stroking the flexor surfaces of the arms and legs, as well as various stretching and articular exercises are widely used in this massage complex for baby's muscles to relax.

Hepatitis A vaccine is administered via an injection in the arm and immune globulin is generally administered into a large muscle mass such as the upper leg or hip area.

It can help to work out all your sore muscles, as it can be used for a full body massage, you can use the massager on your legs, arms, back, or any other part of your body that's feeling fatigued from your week.

In eight days he lost 38 pounds as the invader released a toxin that ate away at the muscles in his legs and back.

The blades store energy as they bear the runner's weight and then release it as the runner pushes off the ground, much the way a leg's calf muscles and Achilles» tendons spring and recoil.

The study compared results from electromyography assessments of leg and arm muscles to basic physical performance tests such as gait speed, balance and hand - grip strength.

«My work has focused on developing technology that translates electrical signals in human muscle into signals that control powered prosthetic limbs — such as decoding muscle signals to tell a prosthetic leg that it needs to walk forward or step up onto a staircase,» says Dr. Helen Huang, senior author of a paper on the work and an associate professor in the joint biomedical engineering program at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Their muscle strength was measured utilising handgrip strength, three lower body exercises such as leg extension, leg flexion and leg press and two upper body exercises such as chest press and seated row.

Though he has nearly twice the muscle in his arms and legs as other children his age, the German boy is perfectly healthy.

Edgerton can't say for sure why those functions returned, although he hypothesizes that they may have come back once more blood was pumping into the legs as the muscles started to engage again.

Usually when people tear it they are striding, and as they go to stride their muscle fires as the leg is extending and it's that lengthening of the muscle while it's trying to tighten that tears it.

In this manner, the contractions of the leg muscles, repeated continuously during the competition to bear the pace of the race, cause progressive deterioration in the muscle fibres as a result of the very intense and prolonged effort.

As subjects ran on a treadmill wearing the exosuit, the actuation unit pulled on the wires, which acted as a second pair of hip extensor muscles applying force to the legs with each stridAs subjects ran on a treadmill wearing the exosuit, the actuation unit pulled on the wires, which acted as a second pair of hip extensor muscles applying force to the legs with each stridas a second pair of hip extensor muscles applying force to the legs with each stride.

The hamstring is attached to bone all along the muscle and that's why people hurt the hamstring in the middle of the leg as well.

«This study demonstrates how simple lifestyle interventions such as stair climbing can be effective in preventing or reducing the negative effects of menopause and age on the vascular system and leg muscles of postmenopausal women with hypertension,» says Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton, NAMS executive director.

They learn to tense their leg and abdominal muscles to push blood to the upper body, and to breathe in a special way, straining hard as if defecating when constipated, to raise blood pressure.

In the second study, «High - intensity versus Low - intensity Rehabilitation after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial,» researchers found that activating and exercising the quadriceps muscles as soon as possible after TKR may be the key to regaining optimal, post-surgical function in the knee and legs.

«Using statistical methods, we were able to identify a small number of basic patterns that underlie muscle activities in the legs and control periodic activation or deactivation of muscles to produce cyclical movements, such as those associated with walking.