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Many people talk about getting in shape or getting back into shape. What does that mean? There are five components to physical fitness: flexibility, muscular strength, muscular endurance, body fat ratio and cardiovascular. Over the next five issues, we will talk about each of the five components and what is required to become physically fit.
Flexibility refers to range of joint mobility or range of motion (ROM) for which the joint is designed. Mobility is specific to each joint or a series as in the spine. Flexibility also refers to the muscles, tendons and ligament tissue that pertain to particular joints. The importance of retaining as much ROM in our joints cannot be stressed enough.
As we age, we tend to lose ROM due to inactivity. There is a saying in yoga, “Young as your spine is flexible.” As we grow older, most of us tend to move less so we begin to lose ROM. That reminds me of another great saying, “Use it or lose it!”
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