Explain why a practitioner would take use a client's joints through a passive range of motion
What will be an ideal response?
A practitioner uses passive joint movement with a client to increase range of motion, to stretch soft tissues around a joint, to relieve joint pain by reducing hypersensitivity to motion, to improve the circulation of synovial fluid in the joint, or to help a client develop an awareness of joint motion.
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