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When we are seated for long periods of time, our body begins to adapt to that position, tightening the hip flexors.
—Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
To make matters worse, their best player, Luis Robert Jr., is out with a strained hip flexor and will miss another month, while Yoán Moncada has a strained adductor and is expected to be out until August.
—Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 25 Apr. 2024
What Exactly Is Your Core? Often, core work focuses on building the vanity muscles of the six-pack (also known as the rectus abdominis) through crunches, which can overwork the hip flexors and lead to neck and lower back discomfort.
—Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 25 Oct. 2024
Hip check Gavin Lux tweaked his right-hip flexor breaking out of the box on his fourth-inning bunt Sunday night and was pulled from the game in the seventh inning.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Latin flectere "to cause to go in a different direction, bend, curve" (of uncertain origin) + -tor, agent suffix
First Known Use
1615, in the meaning defined above
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“Flexor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flexor. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
flexor
noun
flex·or
ˈflek-sər
-ˌsȯ(ə)r
: a muscle that produces flexion
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