Posture

Question 1

What is the Asis

Answer 1

Bony part of hips - anterior

Question 2

What is the Psis

Answer 2

Bony part of hips - posterior

Question 3

Where should you look first to find a client’s posture?

Answer 3

Feet first, then work your way up

Question 4

Describe the Kinetic Chain Chart for Feet In Pronation

Answer 4

Feet roll inward - Knees go inward - Knee in flexion - Thigh bone internally rotated - Hip in flexion - Anterior pelvic tilt - Increased lumbar curve

Question 5

Describe the Kinetic Chain Chart for Feet in Supination

Answer 5

Feet apply pressure to the outside of the foot - Knees go outward - Knee extension - Hips go out - Hip in extension - Posterior pelvic tilt - Flattened lumbar curve

Question 6

What is the frame?

Answer 6

Width of the shoulders and hips/ASIS/ sits bones create the frame.

Question 7

How is the frame aligned?

Answer 7

From the shoulders to the hips to knee joints to foot to ankle.

Question 8

*What is Kyphotic or Hyper-Kyphosis?

Answer 8

Super rounded in Thoracic (upper back), chin juts forward, pelvis may be posterior tilted and respiration is inhibited.

Question 9

*What is Thoracic?

Answer 9

Upper back

Question 10

*What does Supine mean?

Answer 10

On your back

Question 11

Where should your spine be while lifting arms overhead?

Answer 11

In neutral position

Question 12

What does Hyper mean?

Answer 12

Too much

Question 13

What does Hypo mean?

Answer 13

Not enough

Question 14

What does Kyphosis refer to?

Answer 14

Thoracic

Question 15

What does Lordosis refer to?

Answer 15

Lumbar

Question 16

What are the three basic funcitons of the spine?

Answer 16

Stability/weight bearing; Permits flexibility in movement; Bony framework to protect spinal cord

Question 17

Where is the Thoracic?

Answer 17

Upper back area

Question 18

What is Hyper Lordosis - Lumbar Spine?

Answer 18

Increased curvature of lumbar, forward anterior pelvic tilt, lumbar spine is extended, knees may be hyper-extended, hip joints flexed

Question 19

What is Sway Back - Lumbar Spine?

Answer 19

Model’s Posture - Pelvic tilts posteriorly, forces weight into heels, rib cage collapses to keep balance, shoulders rounded

Question 20

What is Hypo-Lordosis - Lumbar Spine?

Answer 20

Flat Back - Decreased mobility in torso and decreased hip extension

Question 21

What is Scoliosis?

Answer 21

Lateral curve of the spine

Question 22

What supports the lumbar?

Answer 22

The Abs

Question 23

Hyper Kyphosis - Thoracic Spine
Tight:
Weak:
Strengthen:
Stretch:

Answer 23

Tight: chest muscles and posterior neck extensor muscles/paraspinals (neck muscles)
Weak: spinal extensors (muscles attached to the back of the spine)/paraspinals, anterior neck flexor muscles
Strengthen: abs as support for the lumbar region, spinal extensor/paraspinals
Stretch: pecs/chest muscles

Question 24

Hyper Lordosis-Lumbar Spine
Tight:
Weak:
Strengthen:
Stretch:

Answer 24

Tight: hip flexors and erector spine/paraspinals muscles
Weak: abs and hams, weak forefeet (weight back) = Achilles tendonitis and hyperextended knees
Strengthen: abs, adductors, instrinsic muscles of foots, hamstrings, latissimus
Stretch: quads, psoas, lower back

Question 25

``` Sway Back - Lumbar Spine Tight: Weak: Strengthen: Stretch: ```

Answer 25

Tight: hamstrings, pecs and posterior neck and lower back muscles/paraspinals Weak: hip flexors, quads, upper back muscles/paraspinals and anterior neck flexors, weak forefeet (weight back) = Achilles tendonitis Strengthen: hip flexor, traps, instrinsic muscles of foot, rhomboids (muscles that lay on top of shoulder blades Stretch: hamstings and pecs

Question 26

``` Hypo Lordosis - Lumbar Spine Tight: Weak: Strengthen: Stretch: ```

Answer 26

Tight: hamstrings and glutes Weak: hip flexors and erector spinae Strengthen: hip flexors, back extensors and abs Stretch: hamstrings, gluten, piriformis

Question 27

``` What does an Anterior Pelvic Tilt cause? Short and Tight: Long and Weak: Feet may be in? Knees may be in? ```

Answer 27

Tight: hip flexors and lumbar spine Weak: glutes, hams, abs Feet - pronation Knees - flexion

Question 28

``` What does a Posterior Pelvic Tilt cause? Short and Tight: Long and Weak: Feet may be in? Knees may be? ```

Answer 28

Tight: hams, obliques may be overused Weak: lumbar erector spine, TA, adductors Feet - supinated Knees - hyperextended

Question 29

What is the PLUMB line?

Answer 29

Ears over shoulder, shoulder over hips, hips over knees, knees over ankles

Question 30

What is neck shearing?

Answer 30

Head is forward, neck is shortened

Question 31

What does Lateral Pelvic Tilt cause? Long and Weak: Short andTight:

Answer 31

Weak: unilateral hip abductors Tight: unilateral adductors, psoas, QL, lats