Support healthy joints with these tips
Support healthy joints with these tips Your joints are key to every move you make. Here’s how to support your joint health for mobility and flexibility. How to support your joint health Our joints keep us moving. Whether we’re walking, running, dancing, climbing stairs or even sitting and typing, our joints are at work giving us the stability we need as we move smoothly through life. Over the years, our joints are constantly in use. That's why it's especially important to support joint health as you age. Understanding joints in motion A joint is where two or more bones in our bodies meet. They are made up of a network containing bones, cartilage, joint fluid, muscles, ligaments and tendons. All those pieces work together to give us the range of motion our bodies need to function properly. In healthy joints, the ends of bones are encased in smooth cartilage, which is protected by a lining that produces a fluid to protect the cartilage, muscle and connective tissues. Some joint...