Stretching!

Question 1

What is flexibility?

Answer 1

the range of motion allowed by one’s joints

Question 2

what is a MTU?

Answer 2

muscle tendon unit - skeletal muscle and tendons that are attached to the bone

Question 3

What is Ankylosis?

Answer 3

when joints don’t move like they used to
not enough mobility

Question 4

what is Laxity?

Answer 4

an unstable joint

Question 5

2 types of stretching

Answer 5

Static - holding a position that is at one end of the ROM of a joint
can be passively or actively

Dynamic - the ability to move a join quickly and fluidly without resistance

Question 6

What affects your range of motion?

Answer 6

1. joint structure
2. connective tissue
3. muscle tissue
4. lossing flexability
5. injury/disease
6. body composition
7. gender
8. age

Question 7

what limits joint flexability?

Answer 7

joint capsule - 47 %
muscle - 41%
tendon - 10%
skin - 2%

Question 8

PNF stretching

Answer 8

Combining contraction and relaxation of agonist and antagonist muscles

Question 9

Ballistic stretching

Answer 9

swinging or bouncing
this works towards increasing range of motion

Question 10

what do propriceptors do?

Answer 10

nerves that sense when the muscle is stretching, transmits to the brain

Question 11

Why should you stretch?

Answer 11

stretching a muscle after an activity is good
can be done during warmup or cool down, productive during cool down
always warm up before performance