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FLEXIBILITY

Introduction

Flexibility is the ability to move your joints through a full range of motion.
Range of motion refers to the degree of motion allowed around a joint.
Everyone needs a minimum amount of flexibility to maintain health and mobility.

Guiding Question

Your objective is to learn the different joints of the body and at least one exercise you can do to develop and maintain a full range of motion in each of your joints.

Questions

1. What factors can affect one's flexibility?
2. List the five different joints of the body.
3. Where are each of the different joints located on the body?
4. What daily activities depend on the mobility of these joints?
5. How can the lack of flexibility lead to injuries?
6. What is hyper mobility?
7. What is static stretching?
8. What is ballistic stretching?
9. Why should you warm up before stretching?
10. Why does an athlete like a gymnast require a high degree of flexibility?

Internet Resources

Flexibility
Principal Joints of the Body
The 5 Types of Joints
Articulating the Importance of Joints in Anatomy
Understanding and Gaining Flexibility
Hyper Mobility
The Static Stretches
Ballistic Stretching
IMPORTANCE of WARM-UP AND STRETCHING

Activities

  1. Make a poster of the major muscles of the body.
  2. Make a diagram of the 5 different joints of the body.
  3. Imagine that you are a cross country coach. During the first two weeks of practice 3 runners complain of pain and tightness in their legs and backs. What do you think has caused this and what advice would you give them to deal with this problem?
  4. Write a paragraph explaining the difference between static and ballistic stretching.
  5. Explain how a person's back and legs can be tested for flexibility.
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Joe Callan, Teacher, and Yezhou Shi, AP student, collaborated to develop this web hunt.

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