Chapter 6 Flashcards
If a client’s health is of high risk do NOT
Counsel Clients
Diagnose Injuries or Conditions
Physical therapy or rehabilitation
Give detailed diets / meal plans
If a client’s health is of high risk you should
Coach Clients
Identify past injuries and limit your exercises for the injury
Recommend client to speak and get medical advice from physician
General Nutrition Knowledge and refer them to a dietitian or nutritionist for detailed diets
examples of subjective information
General Medical History
Occupation
Lifestyle (Hobbies, Diet, etc.)
Personal Information
examples of objective information
Body Analysis Blood Pressure Performance Assessments Postural Assessments Cardiorespiratory Assessments
ParQ test
The physical activity readiness questionnaire designed to get clients to answer specific health history questions, and gives you info to determine possible risk of exercising with the client. If a client answers yes to any of the 7 questions on this form, they must acquire a doctors written permission to begin exercising with you.
why are occupational questions asked?
to determine the amount of influence someones job has on their posture.
ex: Sitting causes tightness in the hip flexors and rounding of the upper back.
High heels cause tightness in the calf musculature.
Repetitive movements refers to the shoulder impingement caused by doing physical work over head. (Construction, electrician, volleyball player)
Stress may cause shortening of the scalenes and upper trapezius creating upper crossed syndrome.
overactive muscles
Overactive muscles receive too much signaling from the CNS, overactive muscles can pull a joint in the wrong direction
during movement if they are firing more than others,
underactive muscles
underactive muscles do not receive enough signaling from the CNS, underactive ones will not correctly balance the forces
from the overactive muscles
when a joint moves incorrectly it is called
compensation
The primary movement
assessments to identify movement compensations are the
overhead squat, pushing, and pulling assessments
Muscles identified as short or overactive should be ____
stretched
muscles that are long or underactive will need to be
strengthened
relative flexibility
the body will always find a way to accomplish the tasksthat are required of it
Overactive muscles for feet turn out in the OHSA
soleus LATERAL gastrocnemius, biceps femoris shorthead
Davies test
test upper body, assess agility, for people with shoulder stability, in plank tapping out to sides
