Painful joints? Here's what your joint pain may be telling you about your health, according to rheumatologist Dr. Natalie Azar.

All you need is some comfortable, sweat-wicking activewear and a light pair of dumbbells. The Pilates-inspired strength and ...

Abduction is movement away from your body’s midline. Adduction is movement toward that midline. Think of your midline as an invisible line running from the top of your head down between your feet, ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Joint Campus Council (JCC), Osun Axis, has condemned the abduction and assault of its National President, Comrade Atiku Isah. The Osun ...

Objective To evaluate the immediate effects of pragmatic posterior capsular stretch (PPCS) on shoulder joint range of motion (ROM).Method A quasi-experimental design was used to recruit healthy ...

Measurement type was defined as muscle type (rectus femoris, semitendinosus, tibialis anterior, and soleus muscles) for EMG activity, joint direction (hip flexion-extension, abduction-adduction, ...

Hip precautions include movements that should be avoided after hip surgery in order to prevent further injury or pain at the surgery site and the surrounding muscles, joints, cartilage, and ligaments.

Abduction. In addition to enabling lateral and rotational movement, strengthening the muscles surrounding the hip can help protect the hip joint.

The test measures the range of motion in seven sets of joints - the ankle, knee, hip, torso, wrist, elbow and shoulder. Women were found to be 35 percent more flexible than men. Most read in Health ...