posture muscle imbalances Flashcards
lordosis imbalance
S: hip flexors, lumbar extensors
L: hip extensors, external obliques, rectus abs
Kyphosis imbalance
S: anterior chest/shoulders, lats, neck extensors
L: upper back extensors, scapulas stabilizers, neck flexors
Flat-back imbalance
S: rectus abs, upper-back extensors, neck extensors, plantar flexors
L: lliacus major, internal obliques, lumbar extensors, neck flexors
Sway-back posture imbalance
S: Hams, posterior obliques, lumbar extensors, neck extensors
L: lliacus major, rectus femurs, external obliques, upper-back extensors, neck flexors
pronation of subtalar joint
foot eversion and internal rotation
supination of subtalar joint
foot inversion, external rotation
anterior pelvic tilt imbalance
Tight: hip flexors, erector spinae
L: hams, rectus abs
posterior pelvic tilt imbalance
T: rectus abs, hams
L: hip flexors, erector spinae
Shoulders not level
T: upper traps, levator scapula, rhomboids
Protracted (rounded)
serrates anterior, anterior scapulo-humeral muscles, upper traps
medially rotated humerus
T: pec major and lats
depressed chest
T: shoulder adductors, pec minor, rec abs, internal obliques
Forward head
T: cervical spine extensors, upper traps, levator scapulae
