The human anatomy is such a wonderful thing. It took millions and millions of years to evolve to what it is today. We have a range of movement that is unmatched by any living creature. Our bodies can do amazing things, with different angles, pressures, swings, lengths, torsions and bends. Truly, we have the most accurate body of all time. Why do you think it takes engineers so long to invent something that is remotely able to do even half of the things we take for granted? There are thousands upon thousands of tiny things that allow us to smile, move our fingers, squat down and spring back up. So many things are moving in cohesion at the same time and none of them getting in each other’s way. But what happens when for some reason, be it an injury or condition, when we lose our normal movement capabilities?

Wrist flexions and grip

Perhaps the most complicated body part we have when it comes to bones, muscles and ligaments working together is our hand. So many things are occuring at the same time for us to have the ability to grip a pencil or a soda can. For this to happen we need strength in our wrists. The wrist is kind of like a gateway for all our ligaments and nerves to pass through into the hand from our arms. When you lose the ability to flex your wrist, you cannot create the angles you need to allow your fingers and hand to bend and wrap around things. This may be down to carpal tunnel, it could be down to bone and cartilage erosion or perhaps even tissue structure damage. You can do certain weighted and stretch exercises to improve your wrists at home to help you.

The best workhorse

Many human biologists believe that the shoulder joint is by far the most impressive. It has a staggering range of movement considering that it is a ball joint that is naturally hindered by the shoulder blade. What can happen when you play rough sports such as rugby, football or even if you’re a racing driver is that you can develop bone abnormalities. This results trapped nerves and pressure points accumulating in and around the shoulder. The pain can in fact go all the way down to your elbows and lower spine because of this. Speak to an orthopedic surgeon that has a long history with dealing with these kinds of problems and they can help you gain back your range of movement. The first goal is to avoid surgery altogether but they do offer specialists services that do need to happen on the operating table

A numbing dull pain

A reduction in your range of movement is not happenstance. It's due to something going wrong with your bones, muscles, ligaments or nerves. Left unchecked it can result in chronic pain development. You stand a chance of permanently damaging your quality of life if you don’t try to find answers for what the issue could be.

Never take for granted how brilliant your body is. The range of movement we all enjoy can be taken away from us if we don’t take care of our joints and bone structure.