Not all of us can move our joints through a full range of motion, or do so without provoking discomfort or even pain. On this subject, I am slowly becoming an expert. As I age, I’ve begun to discover a variety of stiffnesses and “don’t go there” signals from my body, especially in the mornings, and have developed warm-up routines to help work them out.
Joints that are maintained by motion and exercise generally fare much better than joints that sit too much, and where limiting pathologies don’t stand in the way of any kind of exercise, it’s good to be consistent with activity.
