extensors

By moving some of the wear from mousing to the extensors, the idea is to better spread out the wear and tear.

Measurements included motor unit number, size and activation and voluntary strength of the elbow flexors and knee extensors.

You can strengthen the hip extensors such as the glutes and hamstrings, but it still doesn't work.

Some other training ideas: your finger extensors are extremely important and making them stronger will improve your contact strength (somewhat paradoxically).

Having some balance between a joint's flexors and extensors is a good idea, fair enough.

My understanding is that the extensors don't all go through a similar narrow area so are less likely to have this problem.

It kept talking about extensors and flexors, the gastrocnemius muscle, and so on.

I followed the last link in the article (on weak back extensors) and found a helpful exercise video to recommend to my backpack-slogging teenage son.

I believe there are some exercises listed that work extensors.

I believe the real benefit comes from being able to exercise the extensors instead of the flexors, which helps with remedying an imbalance in tendon strength that leads to tendonitis.

One thing to note - the exercises shown for the forearms only target the flexors, and none of them cover the extensors, which must be worked out if you are to have healthy forearms and hands.

The advantage they have is that the plate spring pops back up, reducing the amount you need to use the extensors (it’s faster to just contract and then relax the flexors than to deliberately lift the fingers).

Long term you want to find a way to strengthen and balance your Deep Neck Flexors and Deep Neck Extensors, however how to do that effectively is a very open question.