NPCP Pilates Exam Assessment factors, Precautions, Contraindications, Teaching, Pilates Professional, History exam with answers

NPCP Pilates Exam: Assessment factors, || || || || ||




Precautions, Contraindications, Teaching, || || ||




Pilates Professional, History exam with || || || || ||




answers

Assessment Factors: - Correct answer ✔ || || || || ||




-Static Assessment ||




-Posture Patterns || ||




-Plumbline postural assessment || ||




Static assessment - Correct answer ✔Understanding what ideal looks like to
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identify deviations in a client in order to create a program for a client to best fit
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their needs, decrease injury, and improve activities of daily life
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Postural Patterns - Correct answer ✔-Lordosis
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-Khyphosis ||




-Flat back
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-Hyperlordosis ||




-Sway back ||




-Scoliosis ||




-Valgus ||




-Varus

,Plumbline Postural Assessment Front: - Correct answer ✔Ideal standing
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posture identified by the following landmarks:
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-Ear

-Center of the shoulder
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-Greater trochanter ||




-Knee

-Front of the ankle
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Plumbline Postural Assessment Side: - Correct answer ✔Ideal standing posture
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identified by the following landmarks:
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-Earlobe

-Shoulder

-Behind the hip || ||




-Front of knee
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-Ankles



Precautions and Contraindications for Pilates Programming - Correct answer
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✔A medical release is suggested for all of the following conditions
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*Must secure information to determine safe movement parameters for
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movement ||

,*If it is out of a teacher's scope of practice, turn to another more qualified
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professional ||




-Muscle injuries || ||




-ACL knee injuries
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-Facet Joint Syndrome || || ||




-Herniated Nucleus Pulposis (herniated or bulging disc) || || || || || ||




-Spondylolosthesis ||




-Stenosis ||




-Total hip replacement
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-Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen shoulder) || || || ||




-Carpal Tunnel Syndrome || || ||




-Plantar Fasciitis || ||




-Rotator Cuff Impingement || || ||




-Thoracic Outlet Syndorme || || ||




-Cardio Vascular Disease || || ||




-Heart Attack Warning Signs|| || || ||




-Stroke Warning Signs || || ||




-Fibromyalgia

-Diabetes

-Gastric Reflux || ||




-Glaucoma ||




-Multiple Sclerosis || ||

, -Osteoarthritis ||




-Osteoporosis ||




-Pregnancy ||




-Rheumatoid Arthritis ||




Precautions and Contraindications for Pilates Programming
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Muscle Injuries - Sprain - Correct answer ✔Injury to a joint where the
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LIGAMENT or capsule is OVER STRETCHED || || || || || ||




Result: mild to severe instability and swelling around the joint
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Resolution: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevate (RICE)
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Precautions and Contraindications for Pilates Programming
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Muscle Injuries - Spasm - Correct answer ✔Prolonged involuntary contraction
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of a muscle
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Resolution: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevate (RICE)
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Precautions and Contraindications for Pilates Programming
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Knee Injuries - Correct answer ✔Cause: A blow to
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the lateral side of the knee resulting in valgus force OR rotation of femur on a
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planted tibia/foot || ||