How to Use extensor in a Sentence

extensor

noun
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  • Movement in the hip flexors (on the front of the body) and the hip extensors (on the back of the body) should initiate from the the femur bones in the upper thighs rather than the pelvis.
    — Anthea Levi, Health.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Seabold left Friday’s game in the top of the third inning with what the team termed right forearm extensor tightness.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022
  • My extensor carpi ulnaris tendons—the ones that run from underneath the pinky down the back of the forearm—were inflamed.
    — Time, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Key evidence lay in the knee extensor muscles, which seemed to have the leverage required to straighten the knee.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2023
  • Generally, pain on the top of the foot is an inflammation of the tendons that straighten the toes, which run along the top of the foot and are called extensor tendons.
    — Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Why: Strengthens shoulder-blade extensor muscles, the core, and legs.
    — Jenny McCoy, Outside Online, 31 Aug. 2022
  • My left index finger would scoop a small chunk of Tiger Balm and slowly spread it over my right arm extensor muscle down to my wrist and then to my palm and finger tips, all five of them.
    — Longreads, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The Angels announced that tightness was in Shoemaker’s extensor muscle, which is on top of the forearm.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 14 June 2017
  • Extension of the wrist, meanwhile, hits up the extensor carpi radialis.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 30 July 2022
  • Nathan Karns: Placed on the disabled list because of right extensor strain/nerve irritation.
    — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 31 July 2017
  • Seabold left injured as well, just after the Gallo fly, with right forearm extensor tightness.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022
  • The wrist is also bent, causing structures like the wrist and finger extensor and flexor tendons to have to work harder under excess strain.
    — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Thus, the clinical name for this injury is extensor tendonitis.
    — Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online, 12 Oct. 2021
  • These same volunteers’ wrist extensor muscles, which had not been exercised in their right wrists, were atrophied on the left.
    — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • There are 20 muscles in the forearm, so trying to pinpoint each flexor and extensor in our program isn’t very efficient.
    — David Otey, Men's Health, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In between each descending set of curls, Teo drops to a kneeling position for an active rest period in the form of wrist extensor stretches.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The problem is, this creates tightness in your extensor muscles (think triceps, quads, and back extensors), which can impact your form and increase your risk of injury.
    — Pam Moore, SELF, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Sometimes, a neighboring tendon (the extensor hallucis longus) is used to strengthen the repair.
    — Verywell Health, 22 Feb. 2023
  • One's lower back muscles are comprised of extensor muscles, flexor muscles and oblique muscles, and include the muscle mass known as the erector spinae − the muscle group that helps hold up one's spine and glute muscles.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • The straight leg raise test can reveal disruption of the extensor mechanism, which includes the quadriceps tendon, patella, and patellar tendon.
    — Jonathan Cluett, Md, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Using ultrasound and CT scans, the scientists determined the precise dimensions of two separate sets of muscles in that joint: the extensors, which move the wrist back and away from the body; and the flexors, which pull it in, toward the forearm.
    — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • Karns, who missed most of last season after straining an extensor muscle in his right arm and undergoing surgery to relieve thoracic outlet syndrome, fought through the spring to earn a spot in the Royals' starting lineup.
    — Maria Torres, kansascity, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The strength of our knee extensors also contributes to the stability of the joint, which is vital for plyometric training and lateral agility.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The Angels later announced that Shoemaker experienced tightness in the extensor muscle of his right forearm.
    — Pedro Moura, latimes.com, 14 June 2017
  • Without proper coaching cues, however, many runners do not extend the hips properly and incorporate mostly the helper hip extensor muscles, like the hamstrings, whilst not activating the Gluteus Maximus at all.
    — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2020
  • This unusual hairiness was symmetrically distributed on the extensor surfaces of both proximal forearms and distal arms.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2014

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