Movements occurring at synovial joints during sports activities

                    In this image we can see that Roger Federer’s ball and socket joint is in full action because we can see how his shoulders have rotated to a certain degree of angle to suit the situation he is in.

The next synovial joint that will move in Tennis is the hinge.  Hinge joints offer ease in movement, but only provide for movement in one plane (no twisting, no sliding side-to-side). A good example of a hinge joint is at your elbow, there are two bones in your forearm that interact at the elbow joint.  Only one of them, the ulna, makes a hinge joint.  When you are in the anatomical position and you bend your elbow as if bringing your palm to your shoulder, which is the movement of the hinge joint. The movement at this joint will be flexion and extension.   

 Team Sport: Football

Football is a widely played sport in which a lot of people enjoy participating in. In football a lot of movement is required and this involves movement of synovial joints, I am going to describe two.

The first is the Pivot joint. This where one bone spins around on another bone in any direction. This type of joint is in between our first two cervical vertebrae and this is what allows you to spin your head.  

The second synovial joint which moves is the ball and socket joint. This joint allows freedom of rotation as well as back-and-forth movement in all planes. The movement will be flexibility; this is the bending of limbs at a joint.