Basics of Stretching I
Hypothesizes that stretching increases muscle length
What is the mechanical model?
Considered to be the building block of all soft tissues in the body
What is Connective tissue?
What Founders of PNF call normal three-dimensional movements
What are spiral-diagonal patterns?
Spiral–diagonal stretches increase these in
synergistic muscle groups.
What are flexibility and coordination?
The oblique abdominal muscles work to create this motion
What is trunk or torso rotation?
Suggests that increased ROM is the result of increased stretch tolerance
What is sensory theory?
The prime mover for a particular motion
What is an agonist?
Muscles limiting ROM
What are hypertonic muscles?
This pattern is nicknamed “fifth position.”
What is D2 leg extension?
The medical term for whiplash
What is cervical acceleration–deceleration injury?
Tissue lying just below the skin
What is the superficial fascia?
The ability to actively move a limb through its full ROM.
What is dynamic flexibility?
The least complex of the active inhibition techniques
What is agonist contraction stretching?
This pattern is nicknamed “soccer kick.”
What is D1 Leg Flexion?
This muscle is often overlooked as a source of back pain
What is the latissimus dorsi?
Mediate the myotaticstretch reflex
What are muscle spindles?
Patterns of muscle imbalance found between hypertonic and eccentrically stressed muscle
groups.
What is crossed syndrome?
Incorporates both isotonic and isometric contractions of the target muscle before the stretch
What is contract-relax stretching?
Positions the arm in flexion; adduction; external rotation
What is the D1 flexion arm pattern?
The normal range of motion for neck rotation
What is 80 degrees?
Professor Van der Wal coined the term to more accurately reflect the function of ligaments.
What is dynament?
After an isometric contraction, a muscle stretches more easily
What is the postisometric effect
Facilitated stretching is a modified form of this stretching technique
What is HRAC?
Positions the arm in flexion; abduction; external rotation
What is the D2 flexion arm pattern?
During the upper trapezius partner stretch (supine on a table), the partner’s hand placements are located at these two positions
What are the occiput and shoulder?