Flexibility is our ability to put ourselves passively into an extended range of motion. Imagine standing and using your arm to lift one leg up into flexion as high as possible. Mobility is your ability to control your ranges of motion, so now imagine letting go of your leg and trying to hold it in that same position with control. If you cannot hold it there without outside assistance then you have little to no strength in that range. While most people understand that passive range is mandatory before adding weight, it’s lesser known that problems and injuries can arise just as easily when an athlete has the passive mobility to get into a position but has no active control or strength in that same range. In any given range of motion our tissues only have so much capacity to support a load effectively. Once we achieve a new...
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