Significance of Musculoskeletal Health

Musculoskeletal System
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The musculoskeletal system is composed of muscles connected to the bones that function via the movement from the origin to insertion and vice-versa. This is an essential system because it functions to move the body in any direction to do work. To improve musculoskeletal health, the individual needs to do daily physical activities. This paper shall describe the significance of musculoskeletal health in the writer’s life.
The components of the musculoskeletal system are the bones and muscles. The bones function as the framework of the body. These also protect the internal organs from blunt and penetrating injuries, formulate the red blood cells that function to distribute the oxygen throughout the body, and store calcium. On the other hand, the muscles allow the individuals to move, shield the abdominal organs from injury or trauma, help maintain posture, assist the blood that was distributed throughout the body back to the heart and lungs for oxygenation, regulate temperature and burn calories via the production of adenosine triphosphate (Morris & Johnson, 2012).
To ensure that the musculoskeletal system is well-trained to function, the individual should engage in exercise or daily physical activity and eat a healthy diet. Both of these maintain the mineral bone density. Physical activity provides the pull for the bones for weight-bearing via the help of the muscles, while a sufficient diet is essential to nourish the bones. Thus, both of these are factors that can reduce the possibility of early-onset osteoporosis and other bone diseases (Morris & Johnson, 2012).