Understanding the musculoskeletal system and how exercise can benefit you can help you live healthier, longer, and happier.
Many people fail to see how exercise can benefit the musculoskeletal system, which can help them live healthier, longer, and happier. The musculoskeletal system is the body’s anatomy ad physiological aspects of the body. The 191
skeleton is part of this system, which comprises of 206 long, flat, short, and irregular bones. The skeleton stores calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and the bone marrow is what produce the red blood cells.
The muscles work to prove support, as well as locomotion, and all while protecting the internal organs. The skeletal muscles provide us posture and movement, which tightens and shortens as the muscles attach to the bones through tendons. The muscles start to contract as stimulus of the muscles fiber reaches the motor neurons.
The production leads to energy, which produces muscle contraction, which stems from the hydrolysis which comes from ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) and spreads to the ADP
(Adenosine Diphosphate) and then moves to the phosphate.
The muscles also retain contractions, which maintain the tone of muscle. The muscles relax, which breakdowns of acetylcholine through cholinesterase occurs. The ligaments attach to the muscles, which are tough bands of collagen fibers, which attaches to the bones. The system encircles the joints that add stability and strength.
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The tendons attach, which tendons are non-elastic cords of collagen. The tendons attach to the muscles and the bones.
The joints attach to the tendons, which the articulate surfaces joints two bones. The joints provide stability, and allow us to move. Joints offer a degree of movement, which is known as ROM (Range of Motion)
The joints also attach to synovium, which are the membranes where the joints line the inner surface of the muscles. Synovium secretes synovial fluids, which include antibodies.
(Pain Fighters) Synovium reduces the friction within the joints, which are in conjunction of the cartilages. The cartilages serve as smooth surfaces that articulate the bones and absorb joint shock, which atrophies alongside limited ROM, will affect the weight bearing joints that often lead to problems.
Bursa is a fluid-filled sac, which serves to pad and reduce friction. Bursa facilitates motion of the body’s structure, which rubs against the other. What we discussed is the musculoskeletal system, alongside reasons that the systems are damaged. For the most part exercise plays a large part, i.e. lack of movement of the muscles. When the body does not get exercise, pain, stiffness, numbness, fatigue, fevers, 193
swelling, and immobility occur. This leads to serious complications, especially if something isn’t done soon.
Often when a person does not exercise the skin breaks down, ROM is limited, edema sets in, inflammatory occurs, muscle spasms happen, and the list goes on.
To prevent problems you need to learn to relax and flex the muscles to promote healthier joints. What happens is when you exercise you start to feel better, since stress is released; disease is limited, and so forth.
If you fail to do exercise you will suffer serious health problems later, and in time you will die younger than you were expected. One thing you want to learn about exercise is that you want to avoid placing high volumes of stress on the joints. The muscles are what you want to build or strengthen.
When you maintain proper weight on the muscles and reduce stress on the joints, you can live happier, healthier, and longer. Taking care of the musculoskeletal system will lead you to a happier road in life. Now think positive energy!
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