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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Oluseun Olufade, MDMedically reviewed by Oluseun Olufade, MD The shoulder—a ball-and-socket joint—is ...

When the muscles around this key joint aren’t firing on all cylinders, it can throw off your entire stride, leaving you stuck ...

Physiotherapist and director of Complete Pilates Helen O'Leary says: "Anatomically the shoulder is a shallow ball-and-socket joint, which makes it inherently unstable. This causes it to be at ...

Kohrs described the reverse shoulder replacement procedure, which involves cleaning up the arthritis and replacing the shoulder joint with a ball and socket. "It's called a reverse shoulder ...