The difference between abduction and adduction comes down to direction: Abduction is movement away from your body’s midline. Adduction is movement toward that midline.

Nelson also recommends training abduction and adduction with another athletic warmup move—side shuffles. The Good Brigade//Getty Images “When you think about someone standing in an athletic ...

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 ...

are termed adduction and abduction, respectively. Editor's Note: An updated version of this information can be found here. In medicine and biomechanics, movements of limbs and other body parts ...

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 ...

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 ...