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Ever heard the words abduction and adduction in relation to your workouts? These two similar-sounding terms describe opposite movements that are key to improving strength, mobility, and injury ...

Background Groin injuries are frequent injury commonly seen in any sport contain sudden changes in direction, rapid acceleration and deceleration, and kicking which are all available in soccer. The ...

To support your hip joints, you need to strengthen the muscles that support them. This can help prevent or relieve hip pain and guard against injury. Appropriate exercises target muscles of the thighs ...

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Ever heard the words abduction and adduction in relation to your workouts? These two similar-sounding terms describe opposite movements that are key to improving strength, mobility, and injury ...

If you want to build real strength and improve your positioning under the bar, abductor training is not optional. Strong abductors can be the difference between a rock-solid squat and a lift that ...

Weak adductors can lead to lower back pain, hip discomfort or knee problems. Dana Santas’ third in a five-part series explains why not to overlook your inner thighs.

Objective: To determine if the combined isometric contractions of knee extension/hip adduction and knee extension/hip abduction will elicit a different quadriceps and gluteus medius electromyographic ...

The chest is a powerful muscle group, but it’s not a complicated one. It’s composed primarily of two muscles (the pectoralis major and minor), and its main job is to perform a very specific action: ...