The shoulder and hip joints are both ball and socket joints. A ball and socket joint is a type of synovial joint that allows movement in almost every direction. A ball and socket joint is made up ...

This occurs when the angle of a joint increases, for example the elbow when throwing a shot put. The take-off knee extends when a high-jumper takes off (the other knee is flexed). Ball and socket ...

Ball joints act like hinges and connect the suspension control arms to the steering knuckles with a rotating, spherical stud and a socket, giving the wheels a wide range of movement -- from side ...

These include hinge, ball and socket, planar, pivot, saddle, and ellipsoid joints. A hinge joint is a synovial joint that allows movement in one plane of motion similar to how a door hinge moves ...

A joint is any place in the body where two bones meet. Hinge joints, which include the knee, bend and straighten. Ball-and-socket joints, such as the shoulder, move in multiple ways and rotate.

However, stretching and moving your joints can increase flexibility and better body control. The 90-90 rotates your hips—a ball-and-socket joint—side to side and stretches muscles like your ...

The congenital condition stops the ball and socket joints of the hip from developing properly. Without treatment, doctors say she would have grown up with worsening pain, limping and struggling ...

THINK Surgical, Inc., an innovator in the field of orthopedic surgical robots, today announced the successful first use of Medacta International's GMK Sphere® Medially Stabilized Knee utilizing the ...