Chapter 17 - Functional Movement Assessments and Exercise Programming for Apparently Healthy Participants

Question 1

Proprioception

Answer 1

The sense of knowing where one’s body is in space.

Question 2

Stability

Answer 2

The state of remaining unchanged, even in the presence of forces that would normally change the state or condition.

Question 3

Mobility

Answer 3

The ability to move through a range of motion.

Question 4

Neutral Position

Answer 4

The posture of the spine in which the overall internal stresses in the spinal column and muscular effort to hold the posture are minimal.

Question 5

Postural Corrective Suggestion for forward head posture

Answer 5

Tuck the chin

Question 6

Postural Corrective Suggestion for increased thoracic curvature

Answer 6

While tucking your chin, try to stand/sit as tall as you can.

Question 7

Postural Corrective Suggestion for internal rotation of the shoulders

Answer 7

Create width between your shoulders.

Question 8

Postural Corrective Suggestion for posterior pelvic tilt

Answer 8

Align your rib cage over your pelvis.

Question 9

Postural Corrective Suggestion for hyperextension of the lumbar spine

Answer 9

Gently contract your glutes.

Question 10

Corrective stretch for thoracic spine mobility

Answer 10

Modified cobra stretch.

Question 11

Corrective stretch for gluteus maximus weakness

Answer 11

Bird dog

Question 12

Corrective stretch for gluteus medius weakness

Answer 12

Lateral band walks

Question 13

Corrective stretch for core endurance

Answer 13

Wall plank and roll.

Question 14

Corrective exercise suggestion for loss of cervical neutral

Answer 14

Chin tucks

Question 15

Corrective exercise suggestion for loss of thoracic neutral

Answer 15

Scapular retraction without weight.

Question 16

Corrective exercise suggestion for internal rotation of the shoulders

Answer 16

Band or dumbbell shoulder external rotation.

Question 17

Corrective exercise suggestion for posterior pelvic tilt

Answer 17

Glute bridges

Question 18

Corrective exercise suggestion for anterior pelvic tilt

Answer 18

Curl-ups

Question 19

Corrective exercise suggestion for knee valgus

Answer 19

Lateral Band walks, glutei bridges, or bird dog,

Question 20

Self myofascial relief

Answer 20

A form of manual therapy believed to alleviate the discomfort associated with tender spots within the myofascia, known as trigger points, and relax hypertonic areas within soft tissue.

Question 21

Instability training

Answer 21

A method of training that challenges a client’s ability to maintain balance while challenging the client’s center of gravity.