Sentences with phrase «thin muscle in the back»

The Plantaris muscle is a thin muscle in the back of the lower leg, which attaches just above the knee on the outside, passes down the back of the calf and inserts on to the heel bone.

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Mornings in Bodley, drowsing among the worn browns and tarnished gilding of Duke Humphrey, snuffing the faint, musty odor of slowly perishing leather...; long afternoons, taking an outrigger up the Cher, feeling the rough kiss of the sculls on unaccustomed palms, listening to the rhythmical and satisfying kerklunk of the rowlocks, watching the play of muscles on the Bursar's sturdy shoulders at stroke, as the sharp spring wind flattened the thin silk shirt against them; or, if the day were warmer, flicking swiftly in a canoe under Magdalen walls and so by the twisting race at King's Mill by Mesopotamia to Parson's Pleasure; then back, with mind relaxed and body stretched and vigorous, to make toast by the fire.

Brittle bones and muscle wastage enhances risk of rib, spine fracture, bone thinning and chronic back pain in high cortisol.This makes osteroporosis, rhuematoid arthiritis, low bone formation also common.

- stand up straight and tall - suck in your gut and flex your abdominals - keep your shoulders back - look happy and wear a big smile - stand slightly sideways (tilting your body at angle makes it look thinner)- wear flattering clothing and have your hair neat - flex all your muscles and keep everything tight