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Paschimottanasana is entered from Dandasana (seated Staff pose) by bending forward from the hips without straining and grasping the feet or lower legs. A strap may be placed around the feet and grasped in the hands if the back is stiff. The head may be rested on a folded blanket or bolster, which may be raised on a small stool if necessary.
Hypermobility, also known as double-jointedness, describes joints that stretch farther than normal. [2] For example, some hypermobile people can bend their thumbs backwards to their wrists and bend their knee joints backwards, put their leg behind the head or perform other contortionist "tricks". It can affect one or more joints throughout the ...
The Baduanjin qigong (八段錦) is one of the most common forms of Chinese qigong used as exercise. [1] Variously translated as Eight Pieces of Brocade, Eight-Section Brocade, Eight Silken Movements or Eight Silk Weaving, the name of the form generally refers to how the eight individual movements of the form characterize and impart a silken quality (like that of a piece of brocade) to the ...
Te-waza (手技): hand throwing techniques. Ippon seoinage (一本背負投): Single-handed shoulder throw. Kata guruma (肩車): Shoulder wheel. Kibisu gaeshi (踵返): One-hand reversal. Morote gari (双手刈): Two-hand reap. Obi otoshi (帯落): Belt drop. Seoi nage (背負投): Shoulder throw. Seoi otoshi (背負落): Shoulder drop. Sukui ...
Step your right foot 1-2 feet forward; straighten the leg and flex your foot. Then bend your left knee as you hinge at the waist and lean forward over the straight right leg. Feel a stretch down ...
A marathon participant running backwards. Backward running, also known as backwards running, running backwards, reverse running, retro running, or retro locomotion is the act of running in reverse, so that one travels in the direction one's back is facing rather than one's front. It is classed as a retro movement, the reverse of a normal movement.
Dupuytren's contracture (also called Dupuytren's disease, Morbus Dupuytren, Viking disease, palmar fibromatosis and Celtic hand) is a condition in which one or more fingers become permanently bent in a flexed position. [2] It is named after Guillaume Dupuytren, who first described the underlying mechanism of action, followed by the first ...
Cracking finger joints makes a distinct cracking or popping sound. Joint cracking is the manipulation of joints to produce a sound and related "popping" sensation. It is sometimes performed by physical therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths [1] pursuing a variety of outcomes. The cracking of joints, especially knuckles, was long believed to lead ...