You’ve heard that movement is crucial for healing joints, but why? Firstly, synovial joints require movement to slosh that fluid around to heal connective tissues that have a limited blood supply. Secondly, as scar tissue forms, type III collagen is quickest to form but less resilient than type I collagen, and the remodeling of type III to type I requires movement (think: kneading dough). #movementismedicine #anatomy | YOGABODY

TYPES OF SYNOVIAL JOINTS: CONDYLOID... - Muscle and Motion