Muscular Training: Postural Assessments and Common Deviations Flashcards
Static Posture Assessment
Offers inside into muscle imbalance at a joint and working relationships of muscles surrounding it, altered neural action of muscles moving and controlling the joint.
Postural deviation: Lordosis
Increased anterior lumbar curve from neutral, pelvis is rounded forward (anteriorly)
Postural deviation: Kyphosis
Increased posterior thoracic curve from neutral. Pelvis is rounded forward (anteriorly)
Postural deviation: Flat Back
Decreased anterior lumbar curve, pelvis is tilted posteriorly (back)
Postural deviation: Sway Back
Decreased anterior lumbar curve and increased posterior thoracic curve. Pelvis is rounded posteriorly (back).
Postural deviation: Scoliosis
Lateral spinal curvature often with vertebral rotation.
Muscle Imbalances associated with Lordosis
Shortened: Hip flexors, lumbar extensors
Lengthened: Hip extensors, external obliques, rectus abdominis
Muscle Imbalances associated with Kyphosis
Shortened: Anterior chest/shoulders, latissimus dorsi, neck extensors
Lengthened: Upper back extensors, scapular stabilizers, neck flexors
Muscle Imbalances associated with Flat Back
Shortened: Rectus abdominis, upper back extensors, neck extensors, ankle plantar flexors.
Lengthened: Iliacus/psoas major
Muscle imbalances associated with Sway Back
Shortened: Hamstrings, upper fibers of posterior obliques, lumbar extensors, neck extensors.
Lengthened: iliac/psoas major, rectus femoris, external oblique, upper back extensors, neck flexors
Correctable Factors
Repetitive movements, awkward positions, side dominance, lack of joint stability, lack of joint mobility, imbalanced strength-training programs.
Non-Correctable Factors
Congenital Conditions (scoliosis), some pathologies (rheumatoid arthritis), structural deviations, certain types of trauma (Surgery).
Deviation: Subtalar Joint Pronation
foot eversion taking place, internal rotation of the knee, internal rotation of the femur.
Deviation: Subtalar Joint Supination
Foot inversion taking place, external rotation of the knee, external rotation of the femur.
Deviation: Hip Adduction
Lateral tilt of the pelvis elevating one hip higher than the other.
Deviation: Anterior Pelvic Tilt
Occurs in individuals with tight hip flexors and associated with sedentary lifestyles. The superior, anterior portion of the pelvis tilts downward and forward. (water spilling from front of pelvis)
Deviation: Posterior Pelvic Tilt
Rotates the superior posterior portion of the pelvis backward and downward (water spilling out the back of the pelvis)
Deviation: Shoulders-Scapular Protraction
Rounding of the shoulders forward
Deviation: Shoulders-Scapular Winging
Shoulders falling backward
Deviation: Forward Head position
Head is shifted forward not inline with shoulders, earlobes are not aligned with clavicle.
