Posture
What posture is seen and the cervical and thoracic spine with upper crossed syndrome
Forward head posture and thoracic kyphosis
2 muscles from anterior chain that are tight
iliopsoas, rec fem
upper trap and levator scap
Tight internal rotators of the shoulder seen in upper cross syndrome
latissimus dorsi, pecs, subscapularis
What position is the pelvis in with lower crossed syndrome?
Anterior pelvic tilt
What is the excessive spinal curve in lower cross syndrome
lumbar lordosis
You are observing a patient's gait who has excessive posterior trunk lean during terminal stance. What is the likely impairment causing this compensation?
tight hip flexors causing inadequate hip extension
Aside from longus capitis and longus colli, what neck muscles can be inhibited making it difficult to swallow
supra and infrahyoids
Rounded shoulders seen in individuals with upper crossed syndrome is likely due to facilitation of what anterior chest muscles?
2 lateral hip/pelvis muscles that are shortened in lower cross syndrome
quadratus lumborum and TFL
lower trap and serratus anterior
what neck muscle contributes to forward head posture by increasing neck flexion when contracted bilaterally?
anterior scalene
What posterior chain muscles are inhibited/underworked in a patient with an anterior pelvic tilt?
glute med/min/max
3 anterior muscles that are inhibited in lower cross syndrome
rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, vastus medialis and lateralis
A patient presents with decreased upper cervical flexion ROM and tension headaches with trying to hold their head upright. This is likely due to what overfacilitation of what muscles?
suboccipitals
Facilitation of what posterior chain muscle would help stabilize the scapula and limit protraction in a patient with rounded shoulders?
rhomboids