Chapter 6: Flexibility Training Concepts Flashcards
Active-isolated stretching
Altered reciprocal inhibition
The concept of muscle inhibition, caused by a tight agonist, which inhibits its functional antagonist
Arthrokinematics
Arthrokinetic dysfunction
Autogenic inhibition
The process when neural impulses that sense tension is greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindles.
One of the main principles used in flexibility training, particularly static stretching.
Davis’s law
Dynamic functional flexibility
Multiplanar soft tissue extensibility with optimal neuromuscular efficiency throughout full range of motion
Dynamic range of motion
The combination of flexibility and the nervous system’s ability to control this range of motion efficiently
Dynamic stretching
Extensibility
Capability to be elongated or stretched
Flexibility
The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allow the full range of motion of a joint
Muscle imbalance
Alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint
Neuromuscular efficiency
The ability of the neuromuscular system to allow agonists, antagonists, and stabilizers to work synergistically to produce, reduce, and dynamically stabilize the entire kinetic chain in all three planes of motion
Pattern overload
Postural distortion patterns
Predictable patterns of muscle imbalances
Relative flexibility
The tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement patterns
Self-myofascial release
Static stretching
Synergistic dominance
Corrective flexibility
Self myofascial release
Static stretching
Phase 1 (stabilization level) of OPT model
Active flexibility
Self myofascial release
Active-isolated stretching
Phase 2, 3, and 4 (strength) of the OPT model
Functional flexibility
Self myofascial release
Dynamic stretching
Phase 5 (power) of the OPT model
Cumulative injury cycle
The process in which the body initiates the repair of dysfunction within the connective tissue.
Cumulative injury cycle > tissue trauma > inflammation > muscle spasm > adhesions (muscle knots) > altered neuromuscular control > muscle imbalance > cumulative injury cycle
