Because your knees are hinge joints not designed to handle lateral forces, it’s important to build strength and control in side-to-side movement through exercises such as lateral lunges. How to ...

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Unlike the hip and shoulder which are ball and socket joints, the knee is a modified hinge joint and predominantly moves in two directions: flexion and extension (forwards and backwards, with just ...

All hinge joints also contain muscles, ligaments, and other tissues that stabilize the joint. Hinge joints are more stable than ball-and-socket joints, which include the shoulder and hip joints.