Thenar Group – Stretching

Joe Muscolino

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    The thenar eminence group of muscles is stretched with extension and adduction of the thumb at the carpometacarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints.

     

    The thenar group is composed of the:

    • abductor pollicis brevis
    • flexor pollicis brevis
    • opponens pollicis

     

    The thenar eminence group of muscles is stretched with extension and adduction of the thumb at the carpometacarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints.

    The thenar eminence group of muscles is stretched with extension and adduction of the thumb at the carpometacarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints.