BUILDING FLEXIBILITY IS LIKE BUILDING MUSCLE

One of the more common reasons people go to a gym or start exercising is to build flexibility or Range of Motion (ROM). This is the total range of rotation that a joint like your hip or shoulder can move through both passively and actively. When this range is limited it can cause pain, discomfort, and even restrict actions you do in your everyday life. The reason why exercise can help this is because many exercises move a joint through a large ROM causing you to build strength and stability in previously untrained positions for that joint. Although, strength training isn’t the only way to build this ROM. You can use similar concepts that build muscle and use them to increase your ROM.