Seven of the 15 rectus femoris injuries involved the central (intramuscular) tendon. They described a typical MRI appearance (figure 2D) showing a feather-like pattern of injury in the coronal T2 view ...

The exercise strengthens the vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius, and rectus femoris while improving hip flexor flexibility.

It's excellent for targeting the obliques and rectus abdominis (the “six-pack” muscles). It helps build core strength and contributes to belly fat reduction through calorie burn. While lying ...

Apophysitis (inflammation of the junction between muscle/tendon and bone) often affects the knee in young people doing jumping sports (typically basketball, volleyball and netball). “With ...

Tight hip flexors can lead to sore muscles and injury. Here are 9 hip flexor stretches with trainer tips to improve flexibility and strength and avoid injury.

Subsequent medical assessments, including an MRI scan, have revealed a Grade 1 strain of the rectus femoris muscle on his right side. Following the two-match Test series both the teams will lock ...

Hamstring strains accounted for 12% of the total injuries over the two seasons with nearly half (53%) involving the biceps femoris. An average of five hamstring strains per club per season was ...

So building the rectus abdominis—the “six-pack muscle”—is important. But that doesn’t mean you should do thousands of crunches, Ellis says. “I’m not against crunches at all.

That means what you usually think of as your abs (abdominis rectus), the transverse abdominis, and obliques, but also your low back muscles and glutes, which are key to keeping yourself in the ...

Osgood-Schlatter disease is a traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle. It presents at about the age of 13 years in boys and 12 years in girls as a focal tenderness or prominence of the tibial ...