Muscle Imbalance Flashcards
_____ ______ = phenomenon in which certain muscles become facilitated or inhibited,
muscle imbalance
Over time, muscles with imbalances may develop true changes in what 3 things?
- Recruitment patterns
- Strength
- Length
Habitually shortened muscle = tests strongest in a position closer to ______ range and vice versa for habitually lengthen muscles.
inner
Normal muscle = max strength in ____ range.
mid
What are 4 sources of muscle imbalance?
- Injury/trauma
- Disease
- Repetitive stress
- Postural habits
______ muscles = always on
tonic
_____ muscles = on/off
phasic
What are 3 ways to classify muscles?
- Local stabilizer
- Global stabilizer
- Global mobilizer
______ ______ = close to the joint, single joint, tonic, non-direction specific and anticipatory,
local stabilizers
With dysfunction, ____ ______ = atrophy, phasic and inhibition
local stabilzer
_____ ______ = single point, stability and angular motion, tonic, and decelerative
global stabilizer
With dysfunction, ____ _____ = inhibition, atrophy, lengthening and phasic
global stabilizer
_____ ______ = multi-joint, phasic, accelerative
global mobilizer
With dysfunction, _____ _____ = hypertrophy, shorten and tonic
global mobilizer
When assessing for muscle imbalance, consider what two things?
- Strength/recruitment patterns
2. Length