flexor
IPA: fɫˈɛksɝ
noun
- A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
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Examples of "flexor" in Sentences
- Williams said then that she had hurt her "psoas" or hip flexor muscle.
- Reliever Joba Chamberlain is headed to the disabled list with a strained flexor tendon in his arm.
- Houston's Daryle Ward says his hip flexor is improved, so if you haven't cut him yet, go ahead and play him.
- Strasburg left Saturday's game against the Phillies with what the team has described as a flexor tendon strain in his right forearm.
- As for the back end of the staff, Lidge and J.C. Romero, who had elbow surgery in October to repair a torn flexor tendon, could miss the start of the season.
- I first began practicing yoga some 10 years ago on the recommendation of a physician as a way to rehabilitate a hip flexor I injured running in post-war Bosnia.
- Though he slumped during the final month as back and hip-flexor injuries draggged him down, Crawford ended the year with two double-doubles and finished with 10.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
- On top of that, the week before I had sustained a bad hip flexor injury, which required a cortisone shot three inches from my naughty bits that left me without much feeling in my hip while I skated.
- -- Sloan, who said he's been dealing with a little nagging hip flexor injury for a few weeks, made it through the duration of practice and Boudreau sounded optimistic that he could suit up against the Maple Leafs Wednesday.
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