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A licensed massage therapist for 12 years, Rachel Hartley, LMT, BCTMB, runs a sports massage practice in West Lafayette, Indiana, working primarily with distance runners and weightlifters. She writes for Biology Insights on musculoskeletal anatomy and soft-tissue recovery.

Where Is the Tibialis Posterior Located?
What Is a Finger Pad? Anatomy, Function, and Conditions
What Is Ankle Eversion? Definition, Muscles, and Movement
Where Is Hoffa’s Fat Pad and What Does It Do?
Does Your Rib Cage Expand With Weight Gain?
What Happens When You Lock Your Knees When Standing?
Why Can I Balance Better on One Leg Than the Other?
What Is the Action of the Sartorius Muscle?
How Does Dehydration Affect Muscles?
Can Your Ring Size Change?
What Is the VMO Muscle and Why Is It Important?
Why Does Your Body Shake When You Stretch in the Morning?
What Is the Insertion of the Brachialis Muscle?
What Is White Fiber and Its Function in the Body?
Why Do My Thighs Curve Forward?
Why Are My Shoulders Bony?
What Is the Tibialis Anterior and What Does It Do?
Where Is Your Flexor Tendon and How Does It Work?
What Is Your Loin? Anatomy, Muscles, and Common Pain
Why Do Some People’s Knees Bend Backwards?
How to Build and Optimize Smooth Muscle Function
Can Tendons Be Stretched? The Science Explained
Where Is the CMC Joint and What Does It Do?
What Nerve Innervates the Semimembranosus?
Are Legs Supposed to Be Straight?
What Is Active Insufficiency in Muscle?
What Is the Teres Major? Location, Function, and Care
How to Tell If You Have a Wide Rib Cage
What Is the Function of the Teres Major Muscle?
What Is the Semitendinosus Muscle and What Does It Do?