Another possible cause of hip pain is inflammation of the muscles and tendons that surround the hip joint. The hip flexors, ...

Taking a break from push-ups, tweaking your form, and performing exercises to improve shoulder strength and mobility can help ...

Hip health is often overlooked until movement becomes a daily challenge. For many individuals, a noticeable limp can signal ...

This occurs when the angle of a joint increases, for example the elbow when throwing a shot put. The take-off knee extends when a high-jumper takes off (the other knee is flexed). Ball and socket ...

The shoulder is one of the most complex joints in the body. It’s one of only two sets of ball and socket joints (the other ...

Ball joints act like hinges and connect the suspension control arms to the steering knuckles with a rotating, spherical stud and a socket, giving the wheels a wide range of movement -- from side ...

Flexibility is passive, she said, measuring how far your tissues can stretch. Mobility measures how well you can move a joint ...

After a fall, and with the onset of your symptoms, it’s a good idea to have your shoulder evaluated by your health care provider. Treatment can improve a rotator cuff injury.

The shoulder and hip joints are both ball and socket joints. A ball and socket joint is a type of synovial joint that allows movement in almost every direction. A ball and socket joint is made up ...

As a ball-and-socket joint with a relatively wide range of motion, the shoulder can be susceptible to instability. That’s why ...

The congenital condition stops the ball and socket joints of the hip from developing properly. Without treatment, doctors say she would have grown up with worsening pain, limping and struggling ...