Introduction: The semimembranosus muscle is the most medial of the 3 hamstring muscles in the thigh. It is so called because it has a flat tendon of origin. It is located at posteromedially in the thigh, deep to the semitendinosus muscle. It extends the hip joint & flexes the knee joint. The other three muscles…
What are Hamstring muscles? How are the hamstring muscles structured? The three hamstring muscles are: Biceps femoris, closest to the outside of body. The function of this hamstring is to flex the knee, extend the thigh at hip and rotate lower leg from side-to-side when knee is bent. Semimembranosus, closest to the middle of body….
What is abdominal muscles? The abdominal muscles form the anterior & lateral abdominal wall & consist of the external abdominal obliques, the internal abdominal obliques, the rectus abdominis & the transversus abdominis. Acting together these muscles form a firm wall that protects the viscera & they help to maintain erect posture. In addition the contraction…
When you feel pain in the upper back means around the scapula bone & also feel weakness in the affected arm, mostly when doing the overhead movements, it is indicated to be muscle pain in the shoulder blade. You also feel to snapping sound when you try to move your shoulder joint. This pain is…
Diastasis recti (rectus diastasis) or divarication of the recti is a stretching of the linea alba with abnormal widening of the gap between the 2 medial sides of the rectus abdominis muscle (increased inter-recti distance). “Diastasis recti” means belly sticks out because the space between your left & right belly muscles has widened. You might…
What is the cervical range of motion exercise? The cervical range of motion exercise refers to the activity aimed at improving the motion of the Neck (cervical). The movement is influenced by various structures, and configurations of the bone surfaces within the cervical joint, joint capsule, ligaments, tendons, as well as muscles acting on the…
What is segmental breathing exercise? Segmental breathing exercise is performed in particular area of chest it is usually perform for ventilation and movement around particular area of lung.it will usually performed condition like hypoxemia, fibrosis around chest, pain after surgery, scar around chest, pneumonia, post mastectomy. it will necessary to expansion to particular area such…
When you feel pain in the backside of your upper arm after a daily workout it is indicated as soreness in the triceps muscle.This soreness is occur mostly due to the overuse of the muscle. Sometimes this soreness is lead to some serious causes like as occur to micro-tears/larger tears in the muscle, muscle strain…
What is a deltoid muscle strain? Deltoid muscle strains are common injuries in people that do a lot of tough exercises or in athletes that use their shoulders and deltoid muscles constantly. The deltoid muscle can be overextended with some motion like throwing a baseball or lifting a heavyweight. Some people working on muscle strength…
What is the Knee range of motion exercise? A Knee range of motion exercise refers to an activity aimed to increase the movement of the knee joint. The motion is influenced by many structures, likely configuration of bone surfaces within the knee joint, joint capsule, ligaments, tendons, and muscles acting on the knee joint. A…
