Ch. 9 Core Training Flashcards
- the structure that makes up the Lumbo-pelvic-hip complex-basically everything except the arms, legs, and head.
- 29 muscles
- Muscles that make up the core can be divided into three groups: The abdominal muscles, the hip muscles, and the spinal muscles
Core
- muscles that attach directly to the vertebrae
Primary responsibility:
- these muscles help provide support FROM vertebra to vertebrae.(Vertebrae are the 33 individual, interlocking bones that form the spinal column)
Local Stabilization System
- muscles that attach from the pelvis to the spine
Primary Responsibility:
- these muscles act to transfer loads between upper and lower extremeties,
- provide stability during functional movements
Global Stabilization System
- includes muscles that attach the spine and/or pelvis to the extremeties.
Primary Responsibility:
- responsible for actual movement of the core
(concentric force and eccentric deceleration)
Movement System
- Phase 1 emphasis on the stabilization of the LHPC
- involves little motion through spine and pelvis
- focuses on drawing in and bracing during exercises
Core Stabilization
- Phases 2, 3, 4
- exercises move the spine through a full ROM
- requires greater specificity, speed, and neural demand
- exercise are designed to improve dynamic stability, concentric (force) and eccentric (force reduction) strength
Core Strength
- Phase 5 (Movement Efficiency)
2. improve the rate of force production on the core musclature of the LHPC
Core Power
- Intervertebral stability- muscles that stablize the spine
- Lumbopelvic Stability- muscles that stablize the LHPC
- Movement efficiency: muscles that move the spine and extremeties
Core training program sequence (critical)
when able to maintain the drawing in position whaile performing various exercise
A client has appropriate intervertebral stability
when able to perform functional movement patterns
(squats, lunges, step-ups, single leg movt, pressing, pushing, etc) WITHOUT excessive spinal motion——–
(flexion, extension, lateral flexion, rotation)
A client has appropriate lumbopelvic stability
- the core musclulture helps protect the spine from harmful forces that occur during functional activities.
- core training programs must be:
a. systematic
b. progressive,
c. activity or goal specific
d. intergrated and proprioceptively challenging
Summary of core training programs
The action of pulling the belly button in toward the spine.
Drawing-in Maneuver
Occurs when you have contracted both the abdominal, lower back, and buttock muscles at the same time
Bracing
Transverse abdominis Internal obliques Lumbar multifidus Pelvic Floor Muscles Diaphragm
Local stabilization muscles
Quadratus lumborum Psoas major External obliques Portions of internal oblique Rectus abdominis Gluetus medius Adductor complex
Global stabilization muscles