Chapter 14: Flexibility Training Concepts

Question 1

Myofascial

Answer 1

Connective tissue that includes muscles and fascia

Question 2

Soft Tissue

Answer 2

Connects, supports, and surrounds bodily structures and organs.

Question 3

Postural Distortion Patterns

Answer 3

Predictable patterns of muscle imbalances.

Question 4

Overactive

Answer 4

When elevated neural drive causes a muscle to stay in a chronic state of contraction.

Question 5

Underactive

Answer 5

When a muscle is experiencing neural inhibition and limited neuromuscular recruitment.

Question 6

Autogenic Inhibition

Answer 6

Prevents muscles from using more force than the bones and tendons can tolerate.

Question 7

Cumulative Injury Cycle

Answer 7

Tissue trauma that will cause inflammation, muscle spasm, adhesions, altered neuromuscular control, and muscle imbalances.

Question 8

Nociceptors

Answer 8

Pain receptors located in skin and fascial connective tissues.

Question 9

Davis’s Law

Answer 9

States that soft tissue models along the line of stress.

Question 10

Self-Myofascial Techniques

Answer 10

Treats and breaks up adhesions of the fascia and the surrounding muscle tissues.

Question 11

Adhesions

Answer 11

Organs/tissues in the body stick (adhere) to other internal surfaces.

Question 12

Stretch Tolerance

Answer 12

Ability to experience physical sensations of a stretch and reduce discomfort felt at the end range of motion.