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Mobility & Flexibility
Dr. Jimenez Chiropractor and Physical Therapy Team. The mobility & flexibility of the human body retains a natural level to ensure all of its structures are functioning properly. The bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and other tissues work together to allow a range of movement and maintaining proper fitness and balanced nutrition can help keep the body functioning properly. Great mobility means executing functional movements with no restrictions in the range of motion (ROM).
A flexible person can have core strength, balance, or coordination but cannot perform the same functional movements as a person with great mobility. Remember that flexibility is a mobility component, but extreme flexibility really is not required to perform functional movements.
According to Dr. Alex Jimenez’s compilation of articles on mobility and flexibility, individuals who don’t stretch their body often can experience shortened or stiffened muscles which decrease their ability to move effectively.
Exercises for Sciatica and Lower Back Pain
As an initial step, when back pain suddenly strikes, try to relax both your back and your mind; stretching…
Strengthening Exercises to Recover from a Fractured Humerus
The humerus, or arm bone, extends from the shoulder to the elbow joint, helping position the hand during daily…
CrossFit’s Facebook Wall: “Our understanding is that the needs of…
"You're not going to do anything significant in this world without having people hating you for it," CrossFit…
Frozen Shoulder: Stiffness and Pain of the Shoulder Joint
Frozen Shoulder is a condition that causes pain and limited motion of the shoulder joint. Finding the cause can be…
A 10-Minute Yoga Sequence For Leos (Or Anyone Looking For Spine Flexibility)
According to astrology, Leo is a fixed fire sign and physically governs the heart and spine. Leos are the royalty…
Seven Amazing Five-Minute Exercises for a Healthy Spine
Back pains and aches are the most common problems. These short exercises will help you have a healthy spine.
Maintaining fitness — not resting — may be key to recovering from an injury
Experts no longer think rest, ice and over-the-counter painkillers are the answer.
In the past, injuries such as…
Yoga Poses For A Strong Spine And Better Posture
Although not a muscle, the spine can be strengthened in certain ways by giving it a healthy reinforcement in…
How to Stretch the Posterior Tibial Tendon
Your posterior tibial tendon is in your lower leg, underneath your shin muscles. The tendon runs from slightly…
Exercises for Posterior Tibial Tendonitis
The tibialis posterior muscle runs down the tibia bone at the front of your lower leg, wraps around your inner…
Yoga could help asthma sufferers get their breath back
Almost 5.5 million Britons have asthma - that is one in every 12 adults and one in every 11 children - and numbers…
Can You Exercise With a Torn Posterior Tibial?
Tendons in the body attach muscles to bones, stretching across joints to allow you to bend them. One of the most…
7 Poses to Soothe Sciatica
These 7 simple poses target the tight muscle that often causes sciatic pain: the piriformis.
Sciatica is a term…
Prenatal Yoga: 5 Psoas-Releasing Yoga Poses to Relieve Low Back Pain
This sequence helps to diminish many of the common discomforts and imbalances experienced in the low back, pelvis,…
Achilles Tendonitis Exercises
Achilles tendonitis, also known as Achilles tendinitis is a heel injury caused very often due to overuse of the…
Pulled Hamstring Muscle
The hamstring muscles are the large group of muscles found on the posterior side of the thigh, extending from the…
Radiculopathy in the Neck
Cervical radiculopathy is a medical term used to describe a series of symptoms resulting from various…
Facet Joint Arthritis
Arthritis through degeneration, also known as osteoarthritis, results in the breakdown of the bone and…
Treating the Sacroiliac Joint
The irritating pain that accompanies tight muscles along with limited mobility and the numbness that…
Spondylosis and Aging
Cervical spondylosis, also referred to as cervical osteoarthritis, is an age related condition where the cervical…
Tension On The Psoas Muscles
Tension: The psoas muscles are a part of the iliopsoas muscle group. This important set of muscles works together…