Chapter 7 - Flexibility Training Flashcards
Postural distortion patterns
Predictable patterns of muscle imbalances
Explain flexibility
The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allows full range of motion of a joint
Predictable patterns of muscle imbalances are called what
Postural distortion patterns
Explain extensibility
Capability to be elongated or stretched
What is dynamic range of motion
The combination of flexibility and the nervous system’s ability to control this range of motion efficiently
Explain Neuromuscular efficiency
The ability of the nervous system to recruit the correct muscles to produce force (concentrically), reduce force (eccentrically), and dynamically stabilize the body structure in all three planes of motion
Explain relative flexibility
The tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement patterns
Explain muscle imbalances
Alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint
Explain reciprocal inhibition
The simultaneous contraction of one muscle and he relation of its antagonist to allow movement to take place
Explain reciprocal inhibition
The concept of muscle inhibition, caused by a tight agonist, which inhibits it’s functional antagonist
Explain synergistic dominance
The neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when inappropriate muscles take over the function of a weak or inhibited prime mover
Explain arthokinematics
The motions of joints in the body
Explain arthokinetic dysfunction
Altered forces at the joint that result in abnormal muscular activity and impaired neuromuscular communication at the joint
What is the function of muscle spindles
Help prevent muscles from stretching too far or too fast
Explain autogenic inhibition
The process by which neural impulses that sense tension are greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, proving an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindles
Postural distortion patterns is also known as what?
Poor posture
Explain pattern overload
Consistently repeating the same pattern or motion, which may place abnormal stress on the body
What is Davis’s law
States bat soft tissue models along the lines of stress
Flexibility continuum
Systematic progression for flexibility training
What are the 3 phases of flexibility training
Corrective flexibility, active flexibility and functional flexibility (CAF)
Corrective flexibility
Corrective flexibility is designed to increase joint ROM. Corrective flexibility includes self-Myofascial release techniques and static stretching.
Active Flexibility
Active flexibility uses self-Myofascial release and active isolated stretching techniques. Active-isolated stretching is designed to improve the extensibility of soft tissue and increase neuromuscular efficiency by using reciprocal inhibition.
Functional flexibility
Functional flexibility uses self-Myofascial release techniques and dynamic stretching. Dynamic stretching requires integrated, multiplayer soft tissue extensibility, with optimal neuromuscular control, through the full range of motion, or essentially movement without any compensations
In which Level/phase of the OPT model would Corrective flexibility be used?
Level 1 - Stabilization
