Developing Flexibility

Our flexibility is in our joints

A joint is where two ore more bones connect. We have joints in our head, in our neck, shoulders, spinal column, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles and in our toes and fingers.

We have three kinds of joints in our body:

- Fixed joints, which do not permit any kind of movement. Our skull bones are connected by a fixed joint.

- Semi-mobile joints, which permit some movements. Our vertebrae are connected by semi-mobile joints.

- Mobile joints, which permit a large variety of movements. The elbow, knee, hip and ankles are mobile joints.

When we exercise and warm up to make our body more flexible we prepare our joints for the activities we are going to do. Some of the movements we can make are, for example, bending, stretching, separating, approaching and rotating.