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STOTT PILATES EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM WITH
ACTUAL STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026-27 LATEST VERSION
What are the ankle joints in the sway-back posture?
neutral
People with a sway-back posture might need what modification?
pad under lumbar spine
What position should people with a sway-back posture work in?
neutral
What muscles are elongated and weak in the military type posture?
anterior abdominals (sometimes hamstrings)
What muscles are short and strong in the military type posture?
low back and hip flexor muscles
What is the head in the military type posture?
neutral
What is the cervical spine in the military type posture?
normal (slight anterior)
What is the thoracic spine in the military type posture?
normal (slight posterior)
What is the lumbar spine in the military type posture?
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hyperextended (lordosis)
, 3
What is the pelvis in the military type posture?
anterior tilt
What are the knee joints in the military type posture?
slightly hyperextended
What are the ankle joints in the military type posture?
slightly plantar flexed
What muscles are elongated and weak in the flat-back posture?
one joint hip flexors
What muscles are short and strong in the flat-back posture?
hamstrings
What is the head in the flat-back posture?
forward
What is the cervical spine in the flat-back posture?
slightly extended
What is the thoracic spine in the flat-
back posture? upper part increased
flexion and lower part is straight What
is the lumbar spine in the flat-back
posture? flexed (straight)
What is the pelvis in the flat-back posture?
STOTT PILATES EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM WITH
ACTUAL STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026-27 LATEST VERSION
What are the ankle joints in the sway-back posture?
neutral
People with a sway-back posture might need what modification?
pad under lumbar spine
What position should people with a sway-back posture work in?
neutral
What muscles are elongated and weak in the military type posture?
anterior abdominals (sometimes hamstrings)
What muscles are short and strong in the military type posture?
low back and hip flexor muscles
What is the head in the military type posture?
neutral
What is the cervical spine in the military type posture?
normal (slight anterior)
What is the thoracic spine in the military type posture?
normal (slight posterior)
What is the lumbar spine in the military type posture?
,2
hyperextended (lordosis)
, 3
What is the pelvis in the military type posture?
anterior tilt
What are the knee joints in the military type posture?
slightly hyperextended
What are the ankle joints in the military type posture?
slightly plantar flexed
What muscles are elongated and weak in the flat-back posture?
one joint hip flexors
What muscles are short and strong in the flat-back posture?
hamstrings
What is the head in the flat-back posture?
forward
What is the cervical spine in the flat-back posture?
slightly extended
What is the thoracic spine in the flat-
back posture? upper part increased
flexion and lower part is straight What
is the lumbar spine in the flat-back
posture? flexed (straight)
What is the pelvis in the flat-back posture?
