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? - ANSWE...
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 are ankle joints like in the sway-back posture? - ANSWER Neutral- knee joint hyperextension
usually results in plantar flexion of the ankle joint but that does not occur here because of anterior
deviation of the pelvis and thighs
What muscles are short and strong in the sway-back posture? - ANSWER Hamstrings, upper fibres of
internal oblique.
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