Stott Pilates- Postural Alignment
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What are the four types of postural alignment? - ANSWER✔✔Ideal, kyphosis-
lordosis, flat-back, sway-back postures
What should the cervical spine look like in neutral alignment? -
ANSWER✔✔Normal curve, slightly convex anteriorly
What should the thoracic spine look like in ideal alignment? -
ANSWER✔✔Normal curve, slightly convex posteriorly
What should the lumbar spine look like in ideal alignment? - ANSWER✔✔Normal
curve, slightly convex anteriorly
What muscles are short and strong in the kyphosis-lordosis posture? -
ANSWER✔✔Neck extensors and hip flexors. Low back is strong and may or may
not become short
What muscles are elongated or weak in the kyphosis- lordosis posture? -
ANSWER✔✔Neck flexors, upper back. Erector spinae, external oblique.
Hamstrings are slightly elongated but may or may not be weak.
What is the cervical spine like in the sway- back posture? - ANSWER✔✔Slightly
extended
What is the thoracic spine like in the sway-back posture? - ANSWER✔✔Increased
flexion (long kypohosis) with posterior displacement of the upper trunk
What is the lumbar spine like in the sway-back posture? - ANSWER✔✔Flexion,
flattening of the low lumbar area
Pelvis position in sway-back posture? - ANSWER✔✔Posterior Tilt
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