CH.7 FLEXIBILITY TRAINING CONCEPTS Flashcards
IMPORTANT WAY TO HELP AID IN PREVENTING AND TREATING VARIOUS NEUROMUSCULAR INJURIES
FLEXIBILITY TRAINING
NORMAL EXTENSIBILITY OF ALL SOFT TISSUES THAT ALLOWS FULL RANGE OF MOTION OF A JOINT
FLEXIBILITY
CAPABILITY TO BE ELONGATED OR STRETCHED
EXTENSIBILITY
DICTATED BY NORMAL EXTENSIBILITY OF ALL SOFT TISSUES SURROUNDING IT
RANGE OF MOTION (ROM) OF JOINT
COMBINATION OF FLEXIBILITY AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS ABILITY TO CONTROL RANGE OF MOTION EFFICIENTLY
DYNAMIC RANGE OF MOTION
ABILITY OF NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM TO ALLOW AGONISTS, ANTAGONIST AND STABILIZERS TO WORK SYNGERGISTICALLY TO PRODUCE, REDUCE AND DYNAMICALLY STABILIZE ENTIRE KINETIC CHAIN IN ALL 3 PLANES OF MOTION
NEUROMUSCULAR EFFICIENCY
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE FLEXIBILITY
GENETICS CONNECTIVE TISSUE ELASTICITY COMPOSITION OF TENDONS OR SKIN SURROUNDING JOINT JOINT STRUCTURE STRENGTH OF OPPOSING MUSCLE GROUPS BODY COMPOSITION SEX AND AGE ACTIVITY LEVEL PREVIOUS INJURIES REPETITIVE MOVEMENTS (PATTERN OVERLOAD)
FOR OPTIMAL NEUROMUSCULAR EFFICIENCY, MUST HAVE PROPER WHAT ?
FLEXIBILITY IN ALL 3 PLANES OF MOTION
FLEXIBILITY REQUIRES WHAT 3 THINGS ?
EXTENSIBILITY -> DYNAMIC ROM -> NEUROMUSCULAR EFFICIENCY
COMPRISES MUSCULAR, SKELETAL AND NERVOUS SYSTEM; KNOWN AS KINETIC CHAIN
HUMAN MOVEMENT SYSTEM (HMS)
IF ONE OR MORE SEGMENTS OF HMS ARE MISALIGNED AND NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, WHAT MAY DEVELOP ?
PREDICTABLE PATTERNS OF DYSFUNCTION
PREDICTABLE PATTERNS OF MUSCLE IMBALANCES
POSTURAL DISTORTION PATTERNS
LEAD TO DECREASED NEUROMUSCULAR EFFICIENCY AND TISSUE OVERLOAD
POSTURAL DISTORTION PATTERNS
REPRESENTED BY LACK OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, RESULTING FROM DECREASED FUNCTIONING OF ONE (OR MORE) COMPONENTS OF HMS
POSTURAL DISTORTION PATTERNS (POOR STATIC OR DYNAMIC POSTURE)
LACK OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY CAN RESULT IN WHAT ?
ALTERED LENGTH TENSION RELATIONSHIP (ALTERED MUSCLE LENGTHS), ALTERED FORCE COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS (ALTERED MUSCLE ACTIVATION), AND ALTERED ARTHORKINEMATICS (JOINT MOTION)
ULTIMATE GOAL OF HMS
MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS (DYNAMIC POSTURAL EQUILIBRIUM)
MUSCLE IMBALANCES -> POOR POSTURE -> IMPROPER MOVEMENT -> INJURY
POSTURAL DISTORTION PATTERNS
LATISSIMUS FLEXIBILITY MOVEMENT IN SAGITTAL PLANE
PROPER EXTENSIBILITY = PROPER SHOULDER FLEXION
LATISSIMUS FLEXIBILITY MOVEMENT IN FRONTAL PLANE
PROPER EXTENSIBILITY = PROPER SHOULDER ABDUCTION
LATISSIMUS FLEXIBILITY MOVEMENT IN TRANSVERSE PLANE
PROPER EXTENSIBILITY = PROPER EXTERNAL HUMERUS ROTATION
BICEPS FEMORIS FLEXIBILITY MOVEMENT IN SAGITTAL PLANE
PROPER EXTENSIBILITY = PROPER HIP FLEXION, KNEE EXTENSION
BICEPS FEMORIS FLEXIBILITY MOVEMENT IN FRONTAL PLANE
PROPER EXTENSIBILITY = PROPER HIP ADDUCTION
BICEPS FEMORIS FLEXIBILITY MOVEMENT IN TRANSVERSE PLANE
PROPER EXTENSIBILITY = PROPER HIP AND KNEE INTERNAL ROTATION
GASTROCNEMIUS FLEXIBILITY MOVEMENT IN SAGITTAL PLANE
PROPER EXTENSIBILITY = PROPER DORSIFLEXION OF ANKLE