Stott pilates written exam Questions and Answers Latest Updates

Stott pilates written exam Questions and Answers Latest Updates When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position the scapula should... - Upwardly rotate What does the term posterior mean - Away from the front of the body The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as swan dive to - Facilitate hip extension and prevent excessive extension of the lumbar spine How can you modify if a client cannot support their weight in scapula isolation standing on the stability chair - Increase the spring tension What does contralateral mean? - opposite side True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion, hip flexion, shoulder extension and forearm supination - FALSE (no forearm supination) How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the pelvis anteriorly? - Place a pad under their ASIS The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body - Clavicle What is the natural curve of the cervical spine - Anterior convex curve What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 - Concentric and eccentric biceps Name back rowing preps 1-8 - Plow, open elbows, airplane, Bicep curls, triceps, roll down, roll down with bicep curls, roll down with obliques. Which vertebra has the largest body - Lumbar During half roll back the abdominals are working... - Isometrically How do you describe the leg movement during single leg stretch on the mat - Reciprocal What is reciprocal movement - Movement of both arms or legs at the same time but in opposite directions. Which of the following is a part of the axial skeleton: sacrum, ilium, femur, ulna - Sacrum What happens in the first inhalation in up stretch? - Extension of the hips articulating through the spine from tail to head What is the starting position for up stretch - Hands on foot bar, high half toe against the shoulder rest, spine is rounded with weight back over toes What is the starting position for down stretch. - Hands resting on footbar, kneeling, feet against shoulder rests, rounded spine with weight back over heels Why would you lower the footbar during back splits - Client has limited hip extension The ankle joint consists of... - Tibia, fibula, talus In which plane of motion is side splits done - Coronal/frontal Why is it important to engage the transverse abdominis and pelvic floor - To stabilize the lumbo-pelvic region What are the target muscles in side bends on the ladder barrel - Contralateral eccentric and concentric obliques The second cervical vertebra is called what? - Axis True or false: in the ideal posture, the plumb line passes slightly anterior to the mid line of the knee - True