When the client is lying on the table in a supine position you notice that both legs and feet are turned out in a lateral direction. Which group of muscles would you check for hypertonicity?
A)Adductors
B)Flexors
C)Lateral rotators
D)Extensors

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Tight or hypertonic lateral rotators of the hip and thigh would cause the legs and hips to fall into a lateral position when the client is supine on the massage table. Since lateral rotators originate on the sacrum and insert of the femur, tightness or contraction of this muscle group would cause the legs and hips to laterally rotate.

When the Client Is Lying on the Table in a Supine