STOTT pilates- Postural alignment
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1. What are the four types of postural alignment?: Ideal, kyphosis-lordosis,
flat-back, sway-back postures
2. What should the cervical spine look like in neutral alignment?: Normal curve,
slightly convex anteriorly
3. What should the thoracic spine look like in ideal alignment?: Normal curve,
slightly convex posteriorly
4. What should the lumbar spine look like in ideal alignment?: Normal curve,
slightly convex anteriorly
5. What muscles are short and strong in the kyphosis-lordosis posture?: Neck
extensors and hip flexors. Low back is strong and may or may not become short
6. What muscles are elongated or weak in the kyphosis- lordosis posture?: -
Neck flexors, upper back. Erector spinae, external oblique. Hamstrings are slightly
elongated but may or may not be weak.
7. What is the cervical spine like in the sway- back posture?: Slightly extended
8. What is the thoracic spine like in the sway-back posture?: Increased flexion
(long kypohosis) with posterior displacement of the upper trunk
9. What is the lumbar spine like in the sway-back posture?: Flexion, flattening
of the low lumbar area
10. Pelvis position in sway-back posture?: Posterior Tilt
11. What are hips like in sway-back posture?: Hyperextended with anterior dis-
placement of the pelvis
12. What are knee joints like in sway-back posture?: Hyperextended
13. What are ankle joints like in the sway-back posture?: Neutral- knee joint
hyperextension usually results in plantar flexion of the ankle joint but that does not
occur here because of anterior deviation of the pelvis and thighs
14. What muscles are short and strong in the sway-back posture?: Hamstrings,
upper fibres of internal oblique.
15. What muscles are long and weak in sway-back posture?: One-joint hip
flexors, external oblique, upper back extensors and neck flexors.
16. What muscles are strong m=but not short in sway-back posture?: Low back
muscles.
17. Describe the military type posture: Neutral head position, normal cervical
spine with curve slightly anterior, normal curve in thoracic with slightly posterior
curve. lumbar= lordosis (hyperextended). Pelvis = anterior pelvis tilt. Knee joints
slightly hyperextended and ankle joints slightly plantar flexed.
18. What muscles are strong and short in the military- type posture?: Low back
and hip flexors
19. What muscles are elongated and weak in the military- type posture?: An-
terior abs, hamstrings are somewhat elongated but may or may not be weak.
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1. What are the four types of postural alignment?: Ideal, kyphosis-lordosis,
flat-back, sway-back postures
2. What should the cervical spine look like in neutral alignment?: Normal curve,
slightly convex anteriorly
3. What should the thoracic spine look like in ideal alignment?: Normal curve,
slightly convex posteriorly
4. What should the lumbar spine look like in ideal alignment?: Normal curve,
slightly convex anteriorly
5. What muscles are short and strong in the kyphosis-lordosis posture?: Neck
extensors and hip flexors. Low back is strong and may or may not become short
6. What muscles are elongated or weak in the kyphosis- lordosis posture?: -
Neck flexors, upper back. Erector spinae, external oblique. Hamstrings are slightly
elongated but may or may not be weak.
7. What is the cervical spine like in the sway- back posture?: Slightly extended
8. What is the thoracic spine like in the sway-back posture?: Increased flexion
(long kypohosis) with posterior displacement of the upper trunk
9. What is the lumbar spine like in the sway-back posture?: Flexion, flattening
of the low lumbar area
10. Pelvis position in sway-back posture?: Posterior Tilt
11. What are hips like in sway-back posture?: Hyperextended with anterior dis-
placement of the pelvis
12. What are knee joints like in sway-back posture?: Hyperextended
13. What are ankle joints like in the sway-back posture?: Neutral- knee joint
hyperextension usually results in plantar flexion of the ankle joint but that does not
occur here because of anterior deviation of the pelvis and thighs
14. What muscles are short and strong in the sway-back posture?: Hamstrings,
upper fibres of internal oblique.
15. What muscles are long and weak in sway-back posture?: One-joint hip
flexors, external oblique, upper back extensors and neck flexors.
16. What muscles are strong m=but not short in sway-back posture?: Low back
muscles.
17. Describe the military type posture: Neutral head position, normal cervical
spine with curve slightly anterior, normal curve in thoracic with slightly posterior
curve. lumbar= lordosis (hyperextended). Pelvis = anterior pelvis tilt. Knee joints
slightly hyperextended and ankle joints slightly plantar flexed.
18. What muscles are strong and short in the military- type posture?: Low back
and hip flexors
19. What muscles are elongated and weak in the military- type posture?: An-
terior abs, hamstrings are somewhat elongated but may or may not be weak.
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