Volitional (Physical Therapeutic Exercises)

Question 1

What is Volitional?

Answer 1

Physical Therapeutic Exercises

Question 2

What’s the main idea behind Bruegger’s?

Answer 2

Breathing
other things it addresses:
- exercises
- posture

Question 3

What’s the process behind Bruegger’s?

Answer 3

1) Extend thoracic
2) Pull shoulders back
3) Rock pelvis forward
4) Nod head in flexion and raise

Question 4

What conditions does Bruegger’s help with?

Answer 4

COPD
Aging
AS

Question 5

Is Bruegger’s more about muscles or joints?

Answer 5

bruegger’s is more about joints

Question 6

What is the main idea behind Buerger’s?

Answer 6

Peripheral Vascular Disease

Question 7

What is the test for Buerger’s?

Answer 7

patient lies down, pump blood out of foot, sit up and see how long it takes to return

Question 8

What is the test for Allen’s?

Answer 8

Some thing as Buerger’s but it’s for upper extremities

Question 9

What is the main idea behind Harvard Step?

Answer 9

it’s a test used for general health related to endurance

Question 10

What is the test for Harvard Step?

Answer 10

step up and step down quickly, repetitive

Question 11

What’s the main idea behind Williams?

Answer 11

Flexion for the low back

Question 12

How do you perform the Williams exercises?

Answer 12

do sit-up with knees flexed, hands in front of chest, while the head and shoulders are lifted off of table
position is held for 5 minutes

Question 13

What’s the purpose of Williams?

Answer 13

help decrease lordosis by strengthening abdominal muscles

Question 14

What conditions does Williams help?

Answer 14

Spondylolisthesis
Facet Syndrome
Increased Lumbosacral Angle
Hyperlordosis

Question 15

What is the main idea behind McKenzie’s?

Answer 15

Extension for the low back

Question 16

What is the purpose of McKenzie’s?

Answer 16

helps increase the lordosis by strengthening the paraspinals

Question 17

What conditions does McKenzie’s help?

Answer 17

Chronic Disc

Acute Lumbar Antalgia to “centralize” pain and get patient to neutral position

Question 18

What is Modified McKenzies?

Answer 18

It’s the combination of Williams and McKenzie

Question 19

What conditions does Modified McKenzies help with?

Answer 19

Acute Discs

Spinal Stenosis

Question 20

What is the main idea behind McGill?

Answer 20

LBP (core)

Question 21

What exercises are McGill?

Answer 21

Side Bridge
Bird Dog
Abdominals

Question 22

What do Kegel’s do?

Answer 22

exercises for the pelvic floor musculature

Question 23

What conditions does Kegel’s help with?

Answer 23

Incontinence

Question 24

What is the main idea behind Codman’s/Pendular?

Answer 24

strengthens the shoulder girdle

Question 25

What is the preferred method of Codman’s?

Answer 25

Prone - lie on table and move arm in pendulum movement

Question 26

Why would you recommend Codman’s?

Answer 26

Injury to Supraspinatus

Question 27

What muscles does Codman’s exercise work/strengthen?

Answer 27

Infraspinatus
Teres Minor
Subscapularis

after these are strengthened then you can work on the injured supraspinatus

Question 28

What is the main idea behind Wall Walking?

Answer 28

use fingers to crawl up the wall for shoulder ROM

Question 29

What’s the main idea behind yoga?

Answer 29

focus on position and breathing mechanics

benefits spinal stability and balance

Question 30

What are the two Chain Motions?

Answer 30

Anterior Core Chain

Posterior Core Chain

Question 31

What does the Anterior Core Chain include?

Answer 31

rectus abdominis

transverse abdominis

Question 32

What does the Posterior Core Chain include?

Answer 32

biceps femoris
gluteus maximus
erector spinae
multifidi
trapezius
posterior deltoid
gastrocs

Question 33

What exercises help Posterior Core Chain?

Answer 33

Bird Dog
Bridge
Olympic Lifts
Squats
Rowing

Question 34

What are the chain reactions?

Answer 34

Cross Patterns
Rounded Shoulders
Nociceptive Spinal Chain (postural paresis)