Terms of Movement
Name and Show the 6 movements of the spine
Extension, flexion, lateral flexion R L , rotation R L
Why is skeletal variation not necessarily a fixed/unchangeable phenomenon?
because we are tensegrity beings, the tensional pull of our tissues influences the position of our bones
Describe the SAID principle in your own words
Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands
Your body adapts to what you do
Describe the diaphragm's role in respiration
When it contracts it extends downwards to make space for your inhale.
The passive relaxation of your diaphragm back to its domed shape creates your exhale.
Describe 3 types of end feel and how you would speak to them in teaching
soft, medium, hard, myofascial, ligamentous, nerve, or create your own! Speaking to varied sensation can give language to varied experiences and nuance in experiencing sensation.
Name and Show the 6 movements of the hip joint and shoulder joint
Abduction, adduction, flexion, extension, internal rotation, external rotation
Why might someone want stiff tendons?
For quicker elastic recoil which equals more efficient power production
These receptors give you a sense of your body in space - props give more feedback to them
Proprioceptors
What other muscles are involved with breathing?
List at least 3 and how
pelvic floor, abdominals, anything that attaches to ribs including serratus anterior+posterior, pecs, anterior neck muscles, intercostals
Name one factor that could slow/inhibit someone's ability to adapt to higher loads?
age, adequate nutrition, adequate sleep, adequate rest, quality of breath, a variety of conditions like CT disorders, and those that cause inflammation/pain, chronic sympathetic dominance, etc
Describe the difference in movement between the scapula(scapulothoracic joint), and the shoulder joint(glenohumeral joint).
The shoulder joint is where the humerus articulates in the shoulder socket(glenoid fossa) in flexion+extension, adduction+abduction, external+ internal rotation
describe compliance vs stiffness and how they may influence someone's experience with movement
stiff tissue needs higher loads to yield but recoils quickly
compliant tissue yields under lower loads but takes longer to recoil
Time is a big factor for people to notice how quickly their experience might change in the moment, and how much later they may notice the effects
List 3 types of proprioceptors and how you make activate/cue to them in practice
mechanoreceptors - movement, external pressure, tension
baroreceptors - blood pressure
thermoreceptors - warm, cool
nociceptors - threat receptors
chemoreceptors - applied topicals, taste, smell, monitor blood oxygen levels
What are the qualities of inhales vs exhales and how can they influence the experience of a posture?
Inhales - expansive, can be channeled in many ways for length, for width, for different places of stretch
Exhales - contractile/softening, can be used for strength as well as grounding/releasing
Why would you choose one load parameter over another when working with a student/particular population?
If high repetition is not creating strength gains and causing irritation, force or duration might be more useful. back to said principle what are they doing the most and how could you vary their approach to movement
Rank the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine in terms of highest to lowest mobility for most people.
Describe how this may influence your teaching/cueing.
1. cervical
2. lumbar
3. thoracic
You may choose to isolate attention, or cue movement to begin with the thoracic spine to find new patterns of mobility, and not always lean into the pathway of ease.
What factors influence someone's experience of pain?
Name at least three
culture, history, stress/emotional state, level of perceived threat, environment, nociceptor activity, innervation in particular area
Describe how the right and left side of the brain experience the world differently, and how you can apply this to teaching
Right side sees things in context, in relationship - we can invites students to see the connectivity within the physical body, and between the subtler bodies(koshas)
Left side is maker of parts, narrower view - we can invite students with drishti and other singular focuses to quiet other parts of the mind
What systems of the body can breath affect and how?
Name three
All systems really, varied answers.
How can the delivery of your cues affect progressive overload?
offering most accessible, low load variation first
starting from placement cues then working subtler
What two motions in the hip joint would most likely be caused by eversion(pronation) of the foot
Internal Rotation + Adduction
As everyone has different threats in their bucket, what can our role be to help the general public from experiencing overflows?
We can help people reduce threat by giving them a better sense of where their body is in space, improve their capacity for breath, the practice of being with intensity and ease together, and awareness that their bucket exists
List all the branches of the nervous system with brief description
Central - brain and spinal cord
Peripheral - all other nerves that branch out of central
Autonomic - involuntary/automatic
sympathetic - fight or flight
parasympathetic - rest/digest
enteric - GI function
Somatic - voluntary control, sensory and motor nerves
What is the ideal way to breathe and why?
Ideal breath is adaptable and variable breath like movement. In general, most people could be served by slowing down their breath, and accessing more movement in their ribcage as they breathe.
Describe 3 different ways you might bring attention to one area of the body
- visualizing the area/vizualizing moving the area
-isometric, eccentric, or concentric contraction
-skin stimulation(sensory shower)
- awareness of external environment connected to area(chair wall floor temp of air)