Lesson
Joints - continued
Joint Flexibility = ROM of the joint
STATIC when body segment moved passively, DYNAMIC when achieved by voluntary muscle contraction
Joint Flexibility Depends on:
-Shape of bony structures and intervening muscle/fat
-Laxity and/or Extensibility of collagenous tissue & muscle crossing the joint
-Slightly with temperature elevation
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Increase Joint Flexibility:
-Sensory receptors which inhibit or provoke reflex contraction
(Golgi tendon organs (GTO) promote relaxation, muscle spindles promote tension, minimize spindle effect, maximize GTO effect.
-Active and Passive stretching
-Ballistic and Static stretching
-Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation