Muscular Flexibility

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Muscular Flexibility

• Chapter 8

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Benefits of Good Flexibility

• General benefits
• Flexibility in older adults

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Factors Affecting Flexibility

• Plastic vs. elastic elongation
• Temperature
• Adipose tissue
• Gender, age, lifestyle

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Assessment of Flexibility

• Sit-and-Reach Test
• Total Body Rotation Test
• Shoulder Rotation Test
• Interpreting flexibility test results

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Evaluating Body Posture

• Body mechanics alignment
• Posture rating chart - Lab 8B
• Using plumb line, mirrors, camera

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Principles of Muscular Flexibility Prescription

• Modes of training
• Ballistic stretching
• Slow-sustained stretching
• Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF)

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Principles of Muscular Flexibility Prescription

• Intensity
• Repetitions
• Frequency of exercise
• When to stretch?

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Flexibility Exercises

• Contraindicated exercises

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Preventing Rehabilitating Low-Back Pain

• Definition causes of low-back pain
• Rehabilitation strategies
• Figure 8.7 - Your back and how to care for it
• Effects of stress
• Personal flexibility low-back conditioning
  program - Lab 8C