Chapter 7 - Flexibility and Mobility concepts

Question 1

What is the definition of flexibility?

Answer 1

• It is the range of motion of a joint or as a result of the muscles that cross the joint.
• It is the range of motion an individual has during an exercise.
• Different individuals have different ranges of motion for the same exercise or mouvement.

Question 2

What are the benefits of improving flexibility?

Answer 2

• Improved joint range of motion
• improved posture
• improved blood flow and increased oxygen levels
• reduced feelings of stiffness
• reduced discomfort when exercising
• increased ease of movement
• decreased ackwardness in exdrcise performance

Question 3

What is ROM?

Answer 3

ROM = Range of Motion
Usually refers to the amount of movement around a particular joint.

Question 4

What is PROM?

Answer 4

PROM= Passive Range of Motion
refers to a trainer assessing the range of motion of a movement while the client is relaxed

Question 5

What is AROM?

Answer 5

AROM - Active Range of Motion
assessing the client’s active demonstration of a movement with no assistance.

Question 6

What is fascia?

Answer 6

Fascia is connective tissue that wraps around muscles, tendons and ligaments.
Fascia provides sensory information to the brain on the body’s sense of position.

Question 7

What is myofascia?

Answer 7

Myofascia is muscle and fascia together.

Question 8

Why does a client’s PROM (Passive range of motion) have greater range of motion than AROM (Active range of motion)?

Answer 8

Because with AROM muscles are actively contracting to produce the movement whereas with PROM the client is relaxed.

Question 9

What is static stretching?

Answer 9

Static stretches are where a client holds a stretch position for a period of time while breathing into the stretch.

Question 10

What is meant by the plasticity of a tissue?

Answer 10

Plasticity provides the stiffness and stability in joint movement.
* Too much stiffness will inhibit moiblity.
* Not enough stiffness may cause the joint to move too much and cause injury.

Question 11

what is meant by elasticity of a tissue?

Answer 11

elasticity is the ability for the tissues (muscles and fascia) to return to their original state after stretching.

Question 12

What is dynamic stretching?

Answer 12

Client moves through a stretch exercise slowly and gradually increases the tempo. Examples of dynamic stretching are leg swings and trunk rotations.

Question 13

Flexibility is
a. Joint specific
b. specific to an exercise
c. individual specific
d. all of the above

Answer 13

all of the above

Question 14

The physiological property that allows tissues in the body to return to their original state after stretching is called:
a. mobility
b. plasticity
c. elasticity
d. flexibility

Answer 14

elasticity

Question 15

Do muscles have elastic or plastic properties?

Answer 15

Muscles have elastic properties - they return to their original length after stretching.

Question 16

Do ligaments, tendons and fascia have elastic or plastic properties?

Answer 16

Ligaments, tendons and fascia have plastic properties. They provide the stiffness needed to give joints stability in movement.

Question 17

What is hypermobility?

Answer 17

When there is too much flexibility in a joint.
Hypermobility causes instability in a joint and can lead to injury.

Question 18

The interconnectivity of joints, muscles and fascia can be described using:
a. Myofascial slings
b. myofascial systems
c. myofascial chains
d. all of the above

Answer 18

all of the above -

Myofascial is muscle, joints and fascia tissues being completely integrated and functioning together and being interconnected.

Myofascial lines, trains, chains, slings and systems refer to a pathway of myofascial tissues that work together for movement and stability.

Question 19

What is the Core Four stretch program on the Floor?

Answer 19

It is a Can Fit Pro stretch program that targets:
* Glutes
* quads
* Hip flexors
* lateral muscles

Question 20

A PT can assess a client’s moiblity and flexibility using the following :
a. assessing daily movement activities
b. The core four movements
c. a specific exercise movement - eg. a squat or a foward bend
d. all of the above.

Answer 20

all of the above