By golly, my shoulder is sore yet from carrying Brit Hunter," he remarked carelessly, flexing his muscles and grimacing a little.
Then, his fingers flexing delicately, swiftly, he sent the message that told how completely his big heart matched the big body: "Send doctor and trained nurse to Quirt ranch at once.
On slowly flexing the thigh of the affected limb, it will be found that the range of flexion at the hip is soon exhausted, and that any further movement in this direction takes place at the lumbo-sacral junction.
The treatment consists in flexing the joint to a right angle under an anæsthetic, and maintaining this attitude by means of plaster-of-Paris or splints until the growth of parts overcomes any tendency to relapse.
The flexion may be largely compensated for by increasing the forward curve of the lumbar spine (lordosis), and by flexing the leg at the knee.
By flexing the limb and making pressure from below upwards in the gluteal fold, the smooth, rounded prominence can usually be detected.
It is partly compensated for by resting the affected limb on the balls of the toes andflexing the knee on the sound side.
If fluid is poured out into the joint, the synovial layer and the capsule are put upon the stretch, causing discomfort or actual pain, which is partly relieved by slightly flexing the joint.
As the chief obstacle to reduction is the tension of the ilio-femoral ligament, the first indication is to relax this structure by flexing the hip to its fullest extent.
By flexing the knee the fragments may be brought into apposition and crepitus elicited.
Reduction is to be effected by flexing and abducting the metacarpal while the phalanx is hyper-extended and pushed down towards the joint and levered over the head of the metacarpal.
In the backward varieties (dorsal and sciatic) the [inverted Y]-ligament is relaxed by flexing the thigh upon the pelvis in the position of adduction.
If, as is usually the case, the deformity is due to obliquity of the femur, it disappears on flexing the joint (Fig.
This is usually easily done by flexing the elbow, making slight traction on the forearm, and alternately pronating and supinating it.
On flexing the joint, the tip of the olecranon gradually passes to the distal side of this line, and when the joint is fully flexed the tip of the olecranon is found to have passed through half a circle.
The two fragments can be detected, separated by an interval which admits of the finger being placed between them, and which is increased on flexing the knee.
He followed it as best he could in the half light, the flexing striped-brown body, hoping to find the source of its food.
He re-engaged the flexingwheel pods and headed back toward the dome.
At the left and right the knobbed arms, now fully fifty feet in length, writhed, twisted, straightened; flexing themselves in grotesque imitation of a boxer.
The utmost degree of relaxation which can be given to Poupart's ligament is effected by flexing the thigh towards the abdomen, at the same time that we support the body forwards.
Swing the hands to the shoulders by flexing the arms at the elbows (palms up).
Swing the hands to the arm pits by flexing the arms at the elbows (palms down).
If, as is commonly the case, it is fixed to the femur, the action of the muscle is impaired, and the patient complains of pain and difficulty in flexing the knee.
He may, however, regain some power of flexing the forearm when it is fully pronated, the extensors of the wrist becoming feeble flexors of the elbow.
This may be demonstrated by flexing the thigh on the abdomen, the knee being kept extended; there is no pain if the same manœuvre is repeated with the knee flexed.
Similarly, in wounds of the hand or forearm, or of the foot or leg, bleeding may be arrested by placing a pad in the flexure and acutely flexing the limb at the elbow or knee respectively.
On flexing the wrist, the hand is tilted to the radial side, but the paralysis of the flexor carpi ulnaris is often compensated for by the action of the palmaris longus.
The end platform moved in an arc, flexing the finger tip from straight to about seventy degrees.
It is prepared for by the flexing of the hind-limbs, which, by being suddenly extended, project the body, and thus enable it to pass over an obstacle.
These authors give to this muscle the name of palmaris longus, and attribute to it the action of flexing the hand.
For example, in a horse of mettle which leaps over an elevated obstacle, the animal forcibly raises his fore-limbs by flexing them.
He stepped out from the pillar, flexing his limbs, stoically enduring the agony of returning circulation.
She cautiously and daintily extended first one leg then the other under the wool robe, then eased the cramped muscles of her back, straightening her body and flexing her arms with a little sigh of relief.
She laughed, flexing the muscles of her benumbed leg: "Your expression intimidated me.
The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.
The limb is raised without flexing the joints, the front of the hoof being directed toward the ground, or, the spasms occurring intermittently, the foot is kicked violently against the ground several times in rapid succession.
The backing is sometimes typical, the animal when performing it, instead of flexing his shoulder, dragging the whole leg without motion in the upper segment of the extremity.
A qualified practitioner may have been for months judiciously treating an inflamed joint by rest, and then feels a hesitation with regard to suddenly flexing the stiffened limb.
But the surgeon by suddenly flexing and twisting the leg may manage to unhitch the cartilage and restore comfort and usefulness to the limb.
In bilateral affections animals drag the toes because of the pain incident to flexing the stifles.
The test consists in flexing the affected leg (elevating the foot from the ground twelve to twenty-four inches) and holding the member in this position for a minute, whereupon the animal is made to step away immediately at a trot.
Hour by hour he stands, shifting his weight at intervals from one to the other hind leg, and resting its fellow by flexing the hock and standing on the toe.
Instinctively, Honath shifted his weight to take up the flexing of the ground beneath him.
The surface under his feet remained stolidly where it was, flexing not a fraction of an inch in any direction.
As a variation, swing legs in a circle withoutflexing the knees.
Bend forward and downward, endeavoring to place the palms of the hands on the floor in front of the body withoutflexing the knees.
These assist in elevating, and, when necessary, in flexing and elevating it.
While she lies in bed she can, by flexing her thigh on her pelvis, crack her joints loud enough to be heard, and when she has been up a little while the same action is exhibited.
President Wilson uses hisflexing movements with a careful regard to system, and a great deal more regularly and frequently than any other of his varied physical exercises.
The effect of this flexing of the flange would be, of course, to increase the amount of compressive stress along one edge, though to what degree cannot now be stated.
This, both as to flexingof the top flange and the working of a joint, was noticed in the case of a bridge twenty-three years old, very similar to that illustrated in Figs.
In the issue it is justifiable to apprehend that the flexing and stressing of the cross-girders will be considerable.
Although he could walk, he felt pain in the knee on flexing the right leg on the thigh.
The patient could pick up an object from the ground only by flexing his knees to the maximum, as the trunk could not be flexed.
Now and then he was negativistic, flexing the hands upon request to extend them, refusing food and drink.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "flexing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
