The Spine
What are the "building blocks" of the spine called?
Vertebra
What are the 2 types of pelvic tilts?
Posterior and anterior
What 3 bones make up your shoulder girdle?
Humerus (upper arm bone)
Scapula (shoulder blade)
Clavicle (collar bone)
How might you "open your hips"?
Forward fold, back bend, abduct or adduct your leg, internally or externally rotate your hips, etc.
Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral
Name one of the muscles that flexes your hip
Iliacus
Psoas
Quadricep (rectus femoris)
What is another name for your shoulder joint?
Glenohumeral joint
What is the most mobile part of your spine?
The cervical spine
Name the 5 major movements of the spine
Extension, Flexion, Rotation, Lateral Flexion, and Axial Extension
When forward folding, should you hinge from your waist or your hips?
Hips
What is the primary pushing muscle that assists with stabilizing the shoulder blade and arm balancing?
Serratus anterior
What is the connective tissue that supports the arches of your feet?
The plantar fascia
What are the two main spinal curves called?
Kyphotic (primary) and Lordotic (secondary)
What inserts into your hip socket (acetabulum) to form your hip joint?
The femur bone
Name the 5 movements of your scapula
Protraction
Retraction
Elevation
Depression
Upward Rotation
Name the 4 abdominal muscles
Rectus abdominis
Internal/external obliques
Transverse abdominis
What are the cushions between vertebra called and what are the 2 components of them?
Intervertebral discs- nucleus pulposis and annulus fibrosis
What is the rim of soft cartilage that surrounds the hip socket called?
Labrum
Name one of the 4 rotator cuff muscles
Subscapularis
Infraspinatus
Teres Minor
Name one cue that we proved to be inaccurate together and hopefully you'll never say again!
Relax your shoulders down your back (when arms are overhead)
Tuck your tailbone
Soften your glutes (when backbending)
Lock out your knee
etc.