LBP

Question 1

What causes hyperlordosis?

Answer 1

weak abdominals
tight paraspinals
tight psoas
high heels and boots

Question 2

What causes anterior pelvic tilt?

Answer 2

weak hamstrings
weak glutes
tight quadriceps
high heels and boots

Question 3

Does anterior or posterior pelvic tilt cause hyperlordosis?

Answer 3

anterior pelvic tilt

Question 4

What causes hypolordosis?

Answer 4

tight abdominals
weak paraspinals
weak psoas
sandals

Question 5

What causes posterior pelvic tilt?

Answer 5

tight hamstrings
tight glutes
weak quadriceps
sandals

Question 6

What does psoas motion include:

Answer 6

1) increase lordosis

2) flexes the hip and trunk

Question 7

Psoas is synergist to abdominals in trunk flexion but antagonist with ….

Answer 7

lordosis

Question 8

Weak abdominals causes

Answer 8

hyperlordosis

Question 9

Tight paraspinals causes

Answer 9

hyperlordosis

Question 10

Tight psoas causes

Answer 10

hyperlordosis

Question 11

High Heels and Boots causes

Answer 11

hyperlordosis and anterior pelvic tilt

Question 12

Weak hamstrings causes

Answer 12

hyerlordosis (anterior pelvic tilt)

Question 13

Weak glutes causes

Answer 13

hyerlordosis (anterior pelvic tilt)

Question 14

Tight quadriceps causes

Answer 14

hyerlordosis (anterior pelvic tilt)

Question 15

Tight abdominals causes

Answer 15

hypolordosis

Question 16

Weak paraspinals causes

Answer 16

hypolordosis

Question 17

weak psoas causes

Answer 17

hypolordosis

Question 18

tight hamstrings causes

Answer 18

hypolordosis (posterior pelvic tilt)

Question 19

tight glutes causes

Answer 19

hypolordosis (posterior pelvic tilt)

Question 20

weak quadriceps causes

Answer 20

hypolordosis (posterior pelvic tilt)

Question 21

Why is bracing used

Answer 21

used in a variety of exercise postures to strengthen core muscles by tightening transverse abdominis

Question 22

What muscle does bracing tighten

Answer 22

transverse abdominis

Question 23

How do you perform the Cat-Camel

Answer 23

patient kneels on all fours, hunches then arches their back

Question 24

What happens when you do the Cat part of the Cat-Camel

Answer 24

Contract Paraspinals

Stretch Abdomen

Question 25

What happens when you do the Camel part of the Cat-Camel

Answer 25

Contract Abdomen

Stretch Paraspinals

Question 26

Quadruped - Flexion Bridge: types

Answer 26

Bird Dog: lifting opposite leg and arm out straight
Cat-Camel
Dynamic Ball Under Belly: lift one extremity or more while balancing
Superman on Ball: (back extension) face down, abdomen over ball and feet braced against the wall / arch head and trunk upward

Question 27

Quadrupen - Extension Bridge: types

Answer 27

(lie on floor supine then lift buttocks off the floor)
Double Leg Bridge: both feet on floor
Single Leg Bridge: extend one knee out straight
Hamstring Curl: supine with feet on a dynamic ball, abdominal brace, bridge pelvis up

Question 28

Supine and Table Top – Dead Bug

Answer 28

lie on back supine with right leg straight, left knee bent, foot on floor.
Palm of right hand under back
Raise left arm over head
Abdominal bracing
Slowly draw opposite arm and leg together over abdomen
Key is to “crunch” lower ribs down without using posterior pelvic tilt

Question 29

Supine and Table Top – Curl Up

Answer 29

lie on floor supine, both hands under small of back
one knee bent, one knee straight
abdominal brace
raise head and trunk (to shoulder blades) off the floor

Question 30

Piriformis Stretch (sciatica) – not part of the core muscle

Answer 30

supine

cross leg over the other leg and stretch