Joint Mobility

For all the movements of the body God limited the types of joints to six main categories.

1. Ball and Socket
location example: shoulder (swing arm in circular motion:behind, above, forward, down)
everyday use: passing things back and forth in the van (think about it...)
2. Hinge
location example: Elbow
everyday use: picking up little 3-year-olds, moving the fork from the plate to the mouth (need I say more?)
3.Saddle
location example: Joint of thumb
everyday use: pressing the space-bar
4. Plane (Gliding)
location example: Clavicle-to-Scapula joint ( shrug)
everyday use: um...shrugging. I suppose you use it when putting on a shirt or jacket
5. Pivot
location example:Neck (look from side to side)
everyday use: scoping out our surroundings, checking rear-view mirrors
6. Ellipsoid
location example: Wrist
everyday use: turning door-knobs*


*note: this joint allows for less rotation than the Ball and Socket though they are quite similar otherwise.

Praise God!!

Tonight as I was making some peppermint lip balm I knew God wanted me to stop and pray. So I did. Among my prayer requests I added a request for my neck to heal. All day it has remained stiff and painful. This evening the pain had increased even more. After I prayed I kept on making my lip balm, but twenty minutes or so later I realized that the pain in my neck had vanished! God knows and loves even His little sparrows.