Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Supination & Pronation, Plantar and Dorsiflexion

SUPination of forearm means to hold your palms so as to recieve  the SoUP. (Opposite movement is Pronation)

PLANTar flexion of foot means the movement to squish a PLANT with your foot. (The opposite movement is Dorsiflexion)

1 comment :

chaathu said...

pronation- remember POPE blessing us..with palms facing down

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