Monday, March 7, 2011

Follow Through


General Terminology

  • Right arm is now coming around the body so the racquet is over the left shoulder
  • The right elbow is out in front of your body somewhere between the chin and nose
  • Hips and shoulders have rotated to the left so that your body is now going towards your intended target
  • Knees are still slightly bent

Shoulder Girdle
  • Right shoulder girdle is in abduction with the pectoralis minor and serratus anterior contracting eccentrically
  • Left shoulder is in adduction with the middle and lower trapezius and rhomboid contracting concentrically 
Shoulder Joint
  • The right shoulder joint is horizontally adducting with the pectoralis major, anterior deltoid, and coracobrachialis contracting concentrically
  • The right shoulder joint is also internally rotating with the latissimus dorsi, teres major, pectoralis major, and subscapularis major contracting concentrically
  • The left shoulder joint is externally rotating with the infraspinatus and teres minor contracting eccentrically
Elbow Joint
  • The right elbow joint is flexing with the biceps brachii, brachialis, and brachioradialis contracting concentrically
  • The left elbow joint is flexed with the biceps brachii, brachialis, and brachioradialis contracting concentrically 
Radioulnar joint
  • The right radioulnar joint is pronating with the pronator teres and pronator quadratus contracting concentrically
  • The left radioulnar joint is pronating with the pronator teres and pronator quadratus contracting concentrically 
Wrist and Hand Joint Movements
  • The right hand has flexion of the fingers and thumb with the flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor digitorum profundus, and flexor pollicis longus contracting concentrically
  • The right wrist has now slight flexed back to neutral position with the flexor carpi radialis, palmaris longus, flexor carpi ulnaris, flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor digitorum profundus, and flexor pollicis longus contracting concentrically
  • The left hand has flexion of the fingers and thumb with the flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor digitorum profundus, and flexor pollicis longus contracting concentrically
  • The left wrist is in neutral position contracting isometrically 


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