1 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311121, China 2 The Children’s Hospital, School of ...

A lot of us spend the majority of our lives in forward flexion. We’re constantly hunched over our desks, slouching forward while driving or craning to scroll our phone screens. Our spines are designed ...

Since his 2018 Test debut, Jasprit Bumrah’s career has been plagued by recurring back injuries, beginning with a stress fracture in 2019. The problem resurfaced in 2022, forcing multiple long layoffs, ...

Slip-induced falls are a major contributor to hip fractures and injury, particularly during sideways falls where lateral trunk flexion drives impact to the hip. While past studies have focused on ...

A frequent source of lower-back pain comes from two muscles you might not have heard of—and that makes sense since you rarely see them on those medical posters of human anatomy in doctor's offices.

Flexion or extension of a certain body part typically refers to joints. Flexing a joint usually means closing it, and decreasing the angle between the body parts, while extending a joint means opening ...

Mobility and strength, while complementary, are different physical qualities. Mobility is your joint's ability to move through a range of motion and strength is the force your muscles can generate ...

Wellness instructor performing neck stretching exercise with lateral flexion, targeting muscle tension relief and improving upper body mobility and flexibility Royalty-free licenses let you pay once ...

Many people drop to the floor and start doing crunches as soon as they hear about ab exercises. Others take it a step further and perform hundreds of crunches in small sets throughout the day in hopes ...

Introduction: Cervical radiculopathy (CR) is one of the diseases that most affect the cervical spine, causing radicular symptoms in the ipsilateral limb. Conservative treatment aim recover of both ...

Background: Lateral trunk flexion (LTF) is a common symptom of Parkinson’s disease (PD). The sensory re-weighting system and sensory-motor function are poor in patients with PD and LTF, and this may ...

Want to stay strong, steady, and mobile for life? It’s time to stop thinking only about forward and backward movements and start training side to side. Lateral exercises boost your ability to move and ...