How to Exercise With a Broken Hand

A broken hand doesn't have to lead to weeks on the couch waiting for your bones to set. Take steps to retain your lean muscle mass and cardiovascular health while waiting for your doctor's clearance to resume all activities. There are myriad forms of hand fractures, casts and treatments.

Juliet Wilkinson
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What Are Your Bicep & Tricep Muscles?

Your biceps and triceps are the two muscle groups of your upper arm. Don't confuse the biceps brachii, the formal name for the biceps muscles in the arm, with the biceps femoris, which is part of the hamstring muscle that runs up the back of the thigh. Biceps brachii in the arm has two muscles as part of its structure.

Carolyn Williams
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The Best Chest & Tricep Workout

Working out your chest and triceps muscles on the same day, or in the same exercise, can provide several benefits. In addition to shortening your workout time, you can increase the difficulty of exercises, and increase muscular strength and endurance in the triceps.

Rick Rockwell
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Exercises for Tingling Fingers and Hands

Tingling fingers, sometimes accompanied by numbness, can be a sign of many different things. In some cases it may be something serious that requires medical attention, especially if it happens often.

Tom Stewart
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The Best Exercise to Develop a Bicep Peak

Building big, defined biceps is extremely important if you wish to compete in bodybuilding or just want to look better on the beach. While the shape of your biceps is governed by genetics to a certain extent, you can build a bigger peak with the right exercises.

Mike Samuels
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Do Dips Help You to Get Big Arms?

Anytime triceps are integrated with rigorous resistance exercises, muscle mass is strengthened and amplified. Triceps dips represent such an exercise for those wanting to build bulky upper-arm muscles.

Rick Rockwell
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How to Exercise With Hand Grips

A stronger grip can benefit athletes of every skill level -- from weekend warrior to professional. Many strength and conditioning programs include wrist exercises, but exercises that specifically target the gripping muscles of the hand and forearm are often overlooked.

Matt Foster
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Hammer Curl vs. Preacher Curl

Biceps exercises tone and define the muscles of your upper arm. They come in a variety of styles, two of which are the hammer curl and the preacher curl. You perform both by raising your hand toward your shoulder, but each recruits different muscles.

Lisa M. Wolfe
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Sore Tendons After a Biceps Workout

Biceps training is an important part of any bodybuilding program, and it is essential if you want defined, sculpted arm muscles. However, after a biceps workout, you may occasionally feel soreness in the tendons around the muscle.

Mike Samuels
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Exercises for a Brachialis Injury

Located between the biceps muscle and the elbow, the brachialis muscle is important for bending the elbow joint isometrically. As the key muscle directing this action, the brachialis is frequently involved in sports- or exercise-related injuries in which arm flexibility is extensively used, such as tennis or pullups.

Rick Rockwell
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How to Exercise With a Broken Tibia & Fibula

Your tibia and fibula are the bones of your lower leg. They can become fractured due to contact sports, motor vehicle accidents, tripping or falling from heights. Treatment for a broken tibia and fibula may include surgery, a cast or crutches.

Michelle Zehr
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The Dos & Don'ts of Standing Dumbbell Front Raises

Standing dumbbell front raises work your deltoid, or shoulder, muscles. If you do this basic, single-joint exercise with improper form, you increase your risk of shoulder impingement, which is a painful condition of the shoulder joint.

Jolie Johnson
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