Extensor Digitorum Muscle: Location, Actions, and Trigger Points – Ground Up Strength

 

The extensor digitorum,  also called the extensor digitorum communis, located in the extensor compartment of the dorsal forearm,  extends the middle three fingers and weakly extends the wrist. Trigger point in this muscle can send pain to the back of the hand, fingers, elbow, and the volar wrist (inside part of the wrist) depending on the specific extrensor fibers the TrP is located in.  Read more about the location, actions, origin, instertion, and trigger point syndromes of this extrinsic grip muscle:

 

Extensor Digitorum Muscle: Location, Actions, and Trigger Points – Ground Up Strength.

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