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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.
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…