FLEXIBILITY 

                   

                    Flexibility refers to a joint range of movement it depends upon the tissues of the joints, tendons and muscles that surround it. Flexibility is not something that is lost only with age, as anyone who has had a knee in plaster will know! Unless a joint is stretched, the tissues soon loose their elasticity and become stiff. This stiffness can cause the joints to ache for example in backache they may be stretched beyond their normal limits.

                  Flexibility can be improved with either passive or active exercise. In passive exercises the joints are flexed so that the muscles are stretched as far as possible and then held in this position for about one minute. Active exercises are bobbing or you can say bouncing movements. Either type should be practiced four or five times a day for best effects but take care as some flexibility exercises are now being criticized as potentially damaging to the unfit. In most cases any exercise activity specially swimming will produce enough flexibility and some activities like weight training require extra work. Make your body into a shape and size. If you have longer legs you can find it to touch your toes and do not overdo things. In our next blog we will cover about flexibility check.