STOTT pilates- Postural alignment Questions & Answers
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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
100% Solved
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
