Chapter 7: Flexibility Training Concepts Flashcards
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The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allows the full range of motion of a joint
Flexibility
Capability to be elongated or stretched
Extensibility
The combination of flexibility and the nervous system’s ability to control this range of motion efficiently
Dynamic Range of Motion
The ability of the neuromuscular system to allow agonists, and stabilizers to work synergistically to produce, reduce, and dynamically, stabilize the entire kinetic chain in all three planes of motion.
Neuromuscular Efficiency
Muscle imbalances —> Poor posture —> Improper movement —-> Injury
Postural distortion patterns
The tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement patterns
Relative flexibility
Alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint
Muscle imbalance
The simultaneous relaxation of one muscle and the contraction of its antagonist to allow movement to take place
Reciprocal Inhibition
The concept of muscle inhibition, caused by a tight agonist, which inhibits its functional antagonist
Altered Reciprocal Inhibition
The neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when inappropriate muscles take over the function of a weak or inhibited prime mover
Synergistic Dominance
The motions of joints in the body
Arthrokinematics
Altered forces at the joint that result in abnormal muscular activity and impaired nueromucscular communications at the joint
Arthrokinetic Dysfunction
Senses muscle tension, relaxes the muscle in response,
Golgi Tendon Organ
Senses muscle lengthening, contracts the muscle in response
Muscle Spindle Fibers
The process by which neural impulses that sense tension are greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindles.
Autogenic Inhibition
What can reduce the risk of muscle imbalances, joint dysfunctions, and overuse injuries?
Flexibility training
What results from altered length-tension relationships, force-couple relationships, and arthrokinematics?
Muscle imbalances
Consistently repeating the same patterns of motion, which may place abnormal stresses on the body
Pattern Overload
States that soft tissue models along the lines of stress
Davis’s Law
Designed to increase joint ROM, improve muscle imbalances, and correct altered motion. Uses Self-myofascial (foam roll) release and static stretching techniques
Corrective flexibility
Improves the extensibility of soft tissue and increases neuromuscular efficiency by using self-myofascial release and Active-isolated stretching techniques
Active flexibility
Stretching designed to improve the extensibility of soft tissue and increase neuromuscular efficiency by using reciprocal inhibition.
Active-isolated stretching
Improves the extensibility of soft tissue and increases neuromuscular efficiency by using self-myofascial release and Dynamic stretching techniques
Functional flexibility
The process of passively taking a muscle to the point of tension and holding the stretch for a minimum of 30 seconds
Static Stretching
