POLESTAR PILATES MOVEMENT
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QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ How many Polestar Principles are there?.
Answer: 6
◍ 1st principle.
Answer: breath faciliates movement of movement facilitates breath
◍ how breathing occurs.
Answer: movement of diaphragmmovement of rib cage
◍ applications of breath.
Answer: vocalizationenergy shiftspleasure and pain managementfaciliation
of movementexercise of ribcagespine mobility
◍ ribe cage.
Answer: spring loaded strucuturemove in all planesribs: contain most
elasticity in body
◍ if movement not coming from ribcage during breath where does it come
from.
Answer: shoulders, neck, lower back
◍ What are the 6 Polestar Principles (in order from 1-6).
Answer: Breathing, Axial Elongation & Core Control, Spine Articulation,
Organisation of the Head, Neck & Shoulders, Alignment and Weight
Bearing of the Extremities, and Movement Integration
◍ muscles in breathing.
, Answer: diaphragm, intercostals, abdominals, accessory muscles, pelvic
floor
◍ rule of ribs, rule #1.
Answer: states where the intervertebral disc goes the rib goeseg. in
extension disc goes forward and so does rib
◍ What is the primary muscle of inspiration?.
Answer: The diaphragm
◍ rule of ribs, rule #2.
Answer: the rib will follow the path of lower vertebral transverse processeg.
like a slinky
◍ What is included in skeletal (for breathing).
Answer: Thoracic spine, ribs, sternum, clavicle and scapula
◍ T1-T7 movement.
Answer: articulate in rotatory movement
◍ T8-T10 movement.
Answer: more translation/lateral displacement
◍ What are the muscles of inspiration? (breathing).
Answer: Diaphragm, external intercostals and accessory muscles
(sternocleidomastoid and scalenes)
◍ What are the muscles of expiration? (breathing).
Answer: Abdominals, internal intercostals and pelvic floor muscles
◍ What is the meaning of axial elongation?.
Answer: Axial elongation places the body in its optimal position to increase
available degrees of freedom and increase efficiency of movement
◍ 2nd principle.
Answer: mobility is necessary before control
◍ What makes the human spine so unique?.
Answer: We are the only mammal that has whats called a bi-curve spine.
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ How many Polestar Principles are there?.
Answer: 6
◍ 1st principle.
Answer: breath faciliates movement of movement facilitates breath
◍ how breathing occurs.
Answer: movement of diaphragmmovement of rib cage
◍ applications of breath.
Answer: vocalizationenergy shiftspleasure and pain managementfaciliation
of movementexercise of ribcagespine mobility
◍ ribe cage.
Answer: spring loaded strucuturemove in all planesribs: contain most
elasticity in body
◍ if movement not coming from ribcage during breath where does it come
from.
Answer: shoulders, neck, lower back
◍ What are the 6 Polestar Principles (in order from 1-6).
Answer: Breathing, Axial Elongation & Core Control, Spine Articulation,
Organisation of the Head, Neck & Shoulders, Alignment and Weight
Bearing of the Extremities, and Movement Integration
◍ muscles in breathing.
, Answer: diaphragm, intercostals, abdominals, accessory muscles, pelvic
floor
◍ rule of ribs, rule #1.
Answer: states where the intervertebral disc goes the rib goeseg. in
extension disc goes forward and so does rib
◍ What is the primary muscle of inspiration?.
Answer: The diaphragm
◍ rule of ribs, rule #2.
Answer: the rib will follow the path of lower vertebral transverse processeg.
like a slinky
◍ What is included in skeletal (for breathing).
Answer: Thoracic spine, ribs, sternum, clavicle and scapula
◍ T1-T7 movement.
Answer: articulate in rotatory movement
◍ T8-T10 movement.
Answer: more translation/lateral displacement
◍ What are the muscles of inspiration? (breathing).
Answer: Diaphragm, external intercostals and accessory muscles
(sternocleidomastoid and scalenes)
◍ What are the muscles of expiration? (breathing).
Answer: Abdominals, internal intercostals and pelvic floor muscles
◍ What is the meaning of axial elongation?.
Answer: Axial elongation places the body in its optimal position to increase
available degrees of freedom and increase efficiency of movement
◍ 2nd principle.
Answer: mobility is necessary before control
◍ What makes the human spine so unique?.
Answer: We are the only mammal that has whats called a bi-curve spine.
