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# Healthy Joints, Healthy You: How To Make The Most of Your Movement
Joints play an important role in your mobility and overall health. Learn all about their role in the body during movement and how to avoid injury with tips from our Kinesiologist.
Reviewed by:
Noëlle Rossi, Kinesiologist
Last Updated: March 26, 2026
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Last Updated: March 26, 2026
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The other day, a client came in complaining of deep pain in his right knee, an old sports injury that had flared up, seemingly unexpectedly. The pain was making a simple walk down the street challenging.
Old injuries don’t just flare up for no apparent reason, though. There must have been something in the client’s recent routine that caused it. After some prodding, the client said he had been enjoying summer walks for miles on end through the downtown core of Toronto. His footwear? Sandals.
“Footwear is super important,” says [Noelle Rossi, Orthotics & Bracing Specialist, HealthOne](https://healthone.ca/our-team/#rehab). “You need to make sure shoes are dispersing all the pressure throughout your feet, appropriately.”
If it isn’t, that can lead to hip, knee, and back problems. Everything is connected, from the bottom up, Noelle adds.
If you are going to remain active, you need healthy joint movement. You need to listen to your body. You need to avoid putting too much stress on your joints (like wearing the right footwear, lessening the impact on the ankles, in turn avoiding knee injury flare-up!).
## Role of Joints In the Body
As Noelle says, joints are areas of the body where two bones are connected to facilitate movement. There are hundreds of joints in the human skeletal system, connected by tendons, ligaments and cartilage.
Joints called synarthroses are two or more bones that are in close contact but are nearly immovable, like the bones in the skull, to protect the brain, or in the body of the sternum, to protect the heart.
Amphiarthroses, like in the vertebrae of the spine or in the pelvis, are two or more bones that are held together tightly, fostering limited movement. The more common body joints are the more freely moving diarthrosis, where all components of the joint move freely against one another, like in the hands, ankles, elbows, knees, or shoulders. These joints provide the majority of body movements.
## How Do I Optimize Movement?
Movement and stretching, especially after exercise, are key in optimizing movement in the joints while avoiding pain and injury, Noelle says. It leads to better flexibility.
Exercise strengthens the muscles, tendons, and ligaments that surround the joints in your body. That lessens the impact and pressure on the joints.
Ease into physical activity, she adds, especially if you have been inactive for a while. Go with slower, easier movements. Keep the exercises low-impact to start. Apply heat to the joints and muscles after the workout. Overall, give the body time to respond to the type of activity you are doing.
Joint health isn’t just a priority for athletes. It is important for everyone. If your joints are not healthy, you will be limited in what you can do.
“Joint health is important because physical activity is important,” she says. “That can be athletic, or going for a walk, or just doing daily activities around the house.”
What about braces? Don’t wear a brace to avoid potential injury, Noelle says. If movement is the ultimate objective, braces come into play when you feel instability in a joint or signs of degeneration. Joint degeneration is common as we age.
## Braces Can Support Instability In a Joint
The sheer variety of high-quality Bauerfeind orthopaedic bracing to support feet and ankles, knees, hips and thighs, back, hands and wrists, elbows, and shoulders makes it easier to maintain the activity you have been doing while avoiding injury.
“We want people to be as active for as long as they can and a brace will help with that,” she says.
Not all braces are created equal, however. What sets Bauerfeind braces apart is their innovative design and functional materials. Their braces provide unmatched quality and support. So much so that professional athletes like Canadian National Volleyball Team member, Sam Pedlow, count on Bauerfeind braces to make the most of their movement.
That same quality and support is what Bauerfeind braces can provide in your everyday life. For instance, if the client needed support for his knee injury flare-up, he could use Bauerfeind’s [GenuTrain®](https://www.bauerfeind.ca/en_ca/products/orthopedic-bracing/knee-hip-thigh/details/product/genutrain/) orthopedic brace.
It would help by providing a secure hold for the knee joint and targeted pain relief. Along with a swap for more posture-friendly footwear, the brace would allow him to support his joints while continuing to move in ways he enjoys. To learn more about Bauerfeind’s advanced bracing options, click [here](https://www.bauerfeind.ca/).
When it comes to supporting movement, orthotics also come into play. These are insoles for your shoes, for people who have ankle, knee, hip, or back problems. If the joints in those areas of the body are hurting, orthotics help adjust any mechanical discrepancies (or the person’s pattern of walking, also called gait) that are causing the pain in the feet.
HealthOne’s Rehab and Orthotics team will get you on the road to optimizing your body’s movement.
A functional movement assessment helps the rehab practitioner as a first step. This is for people who are experiencing a bit of pain, but are not sure what it is or where it is.
“It’s about zoning in on an approach, finding out what’s going on, then referring them to the appropriate practitioner,” Noelle says. “If necessary, it’s just giving advice, so they can get back to what they were doing.”
When it comes to a specific injury, HealthOne has a team of chiropractors and physiotherapists to address it and help you recover.
Activity is what we all want. A sedentary lifestyle restricted in part by joint pain, even injury, leads to a host of negative health issues, like obesity and heart disease. Not moving can lead to mental health issues like depression.
Movement is part of a healthy, happy life.
[Book a consultation with a member of our Rehab and Orthotics team here.](https://healthone.ca/toronto/rehab-to/)
### Frequently Asked Questions
1\. How can I determine what my insurance coverage is?
You can determine your insurance coverage by reaching out to our Patient Care Coordinator. We offer free coverage checks for the majority of health and dental insurance plans so you can learn how much of your treatment may be covered. Please contact us at 416-613-5633 or email rehab@healthone.ca
2\. Do you provide direct billing?
Yes, we’re pleased to provide direct billing for many insurance plans. We invite you to contact our Patient Care Coordinator who can help you learn more about your options. You can reach us at 416-613-5633 or rehab@healthone.ca
3\. How often do I need to come for treatment?
The length of Rehab treatment will be unique depending on your situation and needs. Our treatment process focuses on managing and reducing symptoms including pain, swelling, and inflammation and helping you get back to living a life free of hindrances. It can take anywhere from 4-6 weeks to overcome acute symptoms and a minimum of 8-12 weeks for chronic symptoms; however, this can vary from person to person. The minimum requirement you can expect is one session per week for the first 4-6 weeks, followed by an evaluation of your progress and modification of your treatment plan, if necessary.
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Noëlle Rossi is a Kinesiologist and Wilfrid Laurier University kinesiology graduate passionate about health, movement, and community. Using a client‑centred, holistic approach, she applies applied kinesiology principles to support injury recovery, movement quality, and improved quality of life—helping clients move better and live well.
HealthOne is a Toronto-based health and wellness centre bringing medical, dental, skin, rehab, mental health and more together under one roof. With three GTA locations and over 200,000 patients served, HealthOne is redefining how Canadians access modern, connected care.
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