Re: Joint Health

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So the bottom line is - let your own knowledge of your body dictate an

optimal ROM.

How often is joint pain a factor of ROM problems or unbalanced force

about a joint? I wonder....

One real problem I have with yoga type workouts is I don't enjoy

static workouts. I like to feel myself moving. So in my own quest for

a good joint workout I tend to do more dynamic workouts although I

will use some of the yoga poses or stretches. As noted below - the

speed of the movement does change the ROM and the feel. But for

athletes I still feel there is some value to dynamic movement and

speed in a workout.

Hobman

Saskatoon, Canada

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> > As I age - and reading the comments in this thread from fellow list

> > members - I begin to think the area of training that receives little

> > attention is the most important for an aging population and perhaps

> > even for performance athletes.

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> > Joint health. What are the requirements for good joint health?

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> > Can we discuss what the requirements are and how it may be

> developed?

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> > What is a natural ROM for various joints? What is the requirement

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> > muscular strength about the joint?

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> Depends on which research you read. ROM is specific to a given group

> of sports, including a given joint, side and a given speed (Alter,

> 2004). Even within the same sport there are significant variations

> in athletes ROM. Depends on many factors such as ratios of limb

> lengths, individual ratios of muscle strengths, muscle fibre

> composition, height, bodymass, mass of the different limbs and their

> parts (Siff, 2002).

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> Optimal joint health can be developed by:

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> *Optimal selection or placement of training tasks

> *Periodization

> *Progression of workload

> *Sufficient recovery

> *Optimal nutrition

> *Optimal restoration techniques

> *Proper technical instruction

> *Appropriate competition / sport specific preparation / supplementary

> activities

> *Appropriate use of ergogenic devices

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> Furthermore, as Mel noted some joint problems could be caused by

> nonlinear or chaotic events which are inherent in one's physiology.

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> Carruthers

> Wakefield, UK

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