# @p.t.pete on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2021-03-26T10:28:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Peter O Reilly FRCms P.T. 🇮🇪 (@p.t.pete) — https://gondola.cc/p.t.pete

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𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐕𝐬 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆?
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Everybody knows the words mobility and flexibility.  They are buzzwords that float around the fitness world that everyone, health professional or not, is familiar with.
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I want you to take a moment to think about these two words and define them before you continue reading.  Seriously, stop and think… 
Many people mistakenly use the terms flexibility and mobility interchangeably.  And although flexibility is a component of mobility; mobility and flexibility aredifferent.
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Let’s define them!
Flexibility is the ability of a muscle(s) to lengthen.
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Mobility on the other hand is the ability of a joint to move actively through a range of motion.
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A common occurrence I see in my practice is people who claim to have tight hamstrings. This person attempts to touch their toes and is unable to do so. They feel this big pull in their hamstrings and blame those muscles for limiting their mobility.
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This same person then lays on their back and has their leg passivelystretched into hip flexion with the knee extended (a typical hamstring stretch). Here they continue to feel the same stretch in the hamstrings, but instead of being limited, their leg has normal range (about 70 degrees).
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This is a classic example of how someone that demonstrates normal, or even good flexibility may not have the necessary mobility to get their body into certain positions.
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In a case like this, stretching your hamstrings would not help improve your toe touch.  You would need to learn how to improve your active mobility, stability, and strength of your spine and hips in order to get into this position.
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