Motion
When muscles on the volar aspect of the upper arm contract, this motion occurs.
This muscle has three heads, and is responsible for elbow flexion.
What is Triceps Brachii?
When you use your hand to grip something heavy, this is the primary nerve responsible for the flexion of your fingers.
What is median nerve?
Stretching the wrist into extension is a great way to address the muscles in this part of the upper extremity.
What is volar forearm?
When muscles on the dorsal aspect of the upper arm contract this motion occurs.
What is elbow extension?
This muscle has has two heads and is responsible for supination and elbow flexion.
What is Biceps Brachii?
When giving your team mate a high five, this nerve is responsible for extending your fivers.
What is radial nerve?
The door stretch is a common stretch to address impingement in this portion of the upper extremity.
What is shoulder complex?
If a tendon is attached to the ulnar aspect of the proximal hand, the purpose is this.
What is ulnar deviation?
When this muscle contracts, the wrist flexes and ulnar deviates.
What is flexor carpi ulnaris?
The motion of the shoulder for flexion, abduction, and extension is initiated by the deltoid muscle which is innervated by this nerve.
The axillary nerve
The hand splay technique is a stretch used to primarily address which muscle that travels over the median nerve.
What is opponens pollicis?
This muscle is responsible for adduction of the thumb, also innervated by the ulnar nerve.
What is Adductor Pollicis?
This nerve is responsible for the adduction of digits 2-5.
What is ulnar nerve?
Stretching the fingers into this position addresses tightness in the intrinsic muscles of the hand.
What is intrinsic minus?
The distal radial aspect of the forearm is tender to palpation and thumb flexion. These symptoms are associated with which repetitive movement of the hand.
What is radial deviation?
When the fingers spread into abduction, this intrinsic muscle group is responsible for this action.
What is Dorsal Interossei?
This nerve branches at the wrist, and takes an unusual path towards the radial aspect of the hand. Often confused with being innervated by the median nerve, the adductor pollicis is innervated by which nerve?
Ulnar nerve
A common stretch involving a chair utilized to address tightness in the shoulder complex and neck.
What is chair stretch?