MUSCLES:
WRIST FLEXORS: flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, palmaris longus
WRIST EXTENSORS: extensor carpi radialis longus & brevis, extensor carpi ulnaris

FINGER FLEXORS: flexor digitorum superficialis and profundus
FINGER EXTENSORS: extensor digitorum

THUMB FLEXORS: flexor pollicis longus & brevis
THUMB EXTENSORS: extensor pollicis longus & brevis,

FOREARM SUPINATOR: supinator
FOREARM PRONATOR: pronator teres & quadratus

WRIST INJURIES:
carpal tunnel syndrome

COMMENTS:

All the muscles in the forearm operate the hand. The easiest way to grasp these muscles is to divide them into function, as we have done here. Think of the hand as 3 major joints- the wrist, fingers and thumb. The muscles can easily be divided into these groups and then it makes evaluation and treatment really easy. For detailed evaluation on yourself, our DVD Heal Your Wrist Pain is great! If you want to learn to evaluate all these muscles on a client, our DVD Deep Tissue and NMT, the Extremities is what you want.