Corrective Exercise Flashcards
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Which muscle is most commonly overactive and contributing to excessive lumbar lordosis during a squat assessment?
Answer: Hip flexors
Overactive hip flexors anteriorly tilt the pelvis, increasing lumbar lordosis during movement.
During an overhead squat assessment, arms falling forward indicates weakness in which muscle group?
Answer: Middle and lower trapezius
Weak middle and lower trapezius cannot maintain scapular retraction and depression needed to keep arms overhead.
A client exhibits knee valgus during a single-leg squat. Which inhibited muscle should be activated first in a corrective strategy?
Answer: Gluteus medius
Gluteus medius inhibition allows the hip to adduct and internally rotate, causing knee valgus.
Self-myofascial release (SMR) with a foam roller is best performed for how long on a tender spot before moving on?
Answer: 30–60 seconds
Holding pressure on a tender spot for 30–60 seconds allows autogenic inhibition to reduce muscle tone.
In the NSCA corrective exercise continuum, which phase follows inhibition of overactive muscles?
Answer: Lengthening
After inhibiting overactive tissue via SMR, the next step is lengthening through static or dynamic stretching.
Which assessment finding would indicate restricted ankle dorsiflexion as a compensatory cause of excessive forward lean in a squat?
Answer: Heels rise off the floor
Heels rising off the floor during a squat is a classic sign of restricted ankle dorsiflexion limiting forward tibial translation.
Static stretching of an overactive muscle is recommended to be held for at least how long to elicit a neurological change?
Answer: 30 seconds
A minimum of 30 seconds is required for a static stretch to elicit the neurological response that reduces muscle spindle activity.