A Guide To The Forearm Flexor Muscles
An in-depth guide to the Forearm Flexor muscles brought to you by VideoJug and massagenerd.com, this film gives you an insight into the workings of the Forearm Flexor Muscles, with tips on how to treat it.
Step 1: A Guide to Forearm Flexor Muscles:
Let’s get in to flexor carpi radialis. For the flexor carpi radialis, is the medial epicondal. Do you remember, the medial epicondal, right here, is where the origin is and then the base of the second, third, metacarpals. It kind of explains where it is at. Flexors, again, starts in this region, then it goes down to the base of the second and third metacarpals, but it goes over the radius bone; so, it kind of goes at an angle, right here. So, the major action is flexion and abduction of the wrist.
Step 2: Abduction:
A B duction, ab=duction, actually goes out like this, also radial deviation some people call it. This is considered the ulnai deviation but since this flexor carpi radialis, it performs abduction. So it goes out like that. So, flexor carpi radialis, we are going to find here. Make sure you never push on the median nerve, its right directly in the center. Do not push on there because for carpal tunnel problems it is actually going to go down to the first three fingers and a little bit of the ring finger - the typical referral for nerve impingements for carpal tunnel.
Step 3: The medial epicondyle:
You are actually just going to go off of that muscle, okay. So you’re going to find the medial epicondyle, right here, go a couple of inches down. Inch in or so and not right on the median nerve, but, that is where you are actually going to have to locate it. So that’s the area for the and for the flexor carpi radialis and the flexor carpi radialis for the referral, it should go right around the radial pulse region.
Step 4: Flexor carpi ulnaris:
Next muscle - we’re going to go to the flexor carpi ulnaris, so again, the medial epicondyle humerus proximal; two-thirds posterior ulnar peridium. It’s a little bit more posterior so it kind of explains where it’s at again. Flexor- so it’s a flexor or flat side, carpi - actually goes down the carpal region, ulneris - so it goes more down the on the bone. This is the one that is mostly lateral so, we went over the palmaris longus. It goes the flexor carpi ulnaris, and then the palmaris loges is a little bit more in and then goes the flexor carpi radialis so it goes a little bit more in but again, not directly on the median nerve.
Step 5: The insertion:
The insertion for the flexor carpi ulnaris is the fifth form in the hammet in the base of the fifth metacarpal , right in this region, so that is where the typical insertion is. Again, the insertion is a more movable part. The action is the flexion and abduction of the wrist so it will actually go like this then. Abduction will bring it like this. This is abduction its also radial deviation and ulna deviation, goes like this.
Step 6: Thanks for watching:
You actually want to go the most outside here. So, the most outside one over here is brachia radialis where you have abduction in the pinch. But, the flexor carpi ulnaris, about three inches down or so, should actually go to the right – in this region here, okay. That is where the typical referral is for the flexor carpi.
