NASM STRETCHING FLEXIBILITY EXAMS SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔A truly balanced HMS will have what? - ✔✔Optimal structural and functional
efficiency with proper alignment of the kinetic chain checkpoints: the feet/ankles, knees,
LPHC, shoulders, and head and neck
✔✔True or False: The FS model may be thought of as an extension of the strategies
used in the RI model to include all the various types of connective tissues - ✔✔The FS
model may be thought of as an extension of the strategies used in the RI model to
include all the various types of connective tissues
✔✔What happens when a mechanical load is released? - ✔✔An influx of fresh fluids
enters to flush out metabolic waste, rehydrate, and bring fresh nutrients to the area.
✔✔Why is it important to have structural efficiency and the alignment of each
component of the human movement system (HMS)? - ✔✔This enables an individual to
maintain their center of gravity over a constantly changing base of support during all
functional movements.
✔✔How does the Fascial System (FS) model add to functional efficiency within the
human movement system (HMS)? - ✔✔It intertwines the nervous system and muscular
system, creating a mechanically sensitive and responsive communication network.
✔✔Which of the following is the first definition of fascia according to the Fascial
Research Society? - ✔✔A fascia is a sheath, a sheet, or any other dissectible
aggregations of connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach, enclose, and
separate muscles and other internal organs.
✔✔Which of the following factors are improved with the use of the Fascial System (FS)
model? - ✔✔Assessments and programs bodywork, physical therapy, regenerative
medicine, fitness, and stretch therapy.
✔✔True or False: It is within the scope of practice for a fitness professional to diagnose
and/or render medical treatment - ✔✔False: Unless the practitioner is also licensed by
their state to diagnose and/or render medical treatment, the fitness professional is
legally prohibited from diagnosing or treating pain or medical conditions of any kind
✔✔What is one of the best ways to both gain a referral network while also promoting
your business? - ✔✔Invite potential referral sources to receive a free assisted-stretch
session to experience the actual techniques and approaches offered by a fitness
professional
,✔✔Is gaining consent to touch clients during an assisted stretching session important? -
✔✔Yes, incredibly; formally documenting in writing is highly recommended; the fitness
professional should know when, where, and how the hands will be placed during each
individual technique used;
✔✔What is essential for a fitness professional to remember if and when a client has an
extreme emotional response (healing crisis) during an assisted stretching session? -
✔✔The fitness professional needs to understand that assisted stretching is not therapy
and these responses are not an opportunity for the fitness professional to attempt to
interpret them. Thus, the fitness professional should explain that the response is
normal, on a continuum of potential responses, and that the client should not feel
embarrassed by them
✔✔Assisted Stretching is used to do what? - ✔✔To improve, correct, and maintain
flexibility and mobility, postural alignment, and overall fitness
✔✔What terms should a fitness professional refrain from using either verbally or in print
when advertising their services to prevent opening themselves up to legal
repercussions? - ✔✔Stretch therapist or stretch therapy; Massage therapist or massage
therapy; Bodyworker or bodywork; Manual therapist or manual therapy; Pain
relief/management; Joint manipulation or adjustment; Healing; Treatment
✔✔Code of Ethics - ✔✔Organizationally established professional guidelines for
practitioner behavior
✔✔What are the five major functions of the Code of Ethics for a fitness professional? -
✔✔Inform practitioners of appropriate ethical norms and behavior, Supply direction for
challenging situations, Encourage practitioners to provide excellent service, Protect
clients, Provide a means for enforcing desired professional behavior.
✔✔What are the four most common boundary types in regards to assisted stretching? -
✔✔Physical, emotional, intellectual, and sexual
✔✔How should the fitness professional respond when a client begins sharing their
feelings? - ✔✔Kindly listening and being supportive.
✔✔What does the fitness professional risk if they go beyond their scope of practice? -
✔✔Legal ramifications and client injury
✔✔Which of the following topics is it suggested to avoid during an assisted stretching
session? - ✔✔Political affiliations
, ✔✔Which of the following best defines professionalism? - ✔✔The actions and behaviors
that characterize a person as professional.
✔✔Define Flexibility - ✔✔Flexibility is commonly defined as the normal extensibility
(ability to stretch) of all soft tissues (contractile and non-contractile) that allow the
complete range of motion (ROM) of a joint
✔✔Biotensegrity - ✔✔The tension and compression elements that describe force vector
concepts applied to biology and the human body.
✔✔What are the conditions under which tension of the system may become too
strained? - ✔✔Mental and physical stress, sleep deficiency, dehydration, poor nutrition,
physical deconditioning, deficient daily movement
✔✔True or False: When the balance of tension and compression forces in the area are
compromised, the fitness professional will see evidence of this with familiar patterns
found in postural distortions and movement impairments - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the difference between flexibility and mobility? - ✔✔While the two go hand in
hand, mobility should be used to describe joint motion
✔✔Define Hypomobile - ✔✔Generally tight or stiff
✔✔Hypermobile - ✔✔Excessively flexible
✔✔When it is realized (after a series of stretching sessions) that the client reaches a
plateau or limit of mobility (in a functional movement pattern, assisted stretch
movement, etc.)? - ✔✔Refer the client to another practitioner with additional expertise
✔✔Explain stretching - ✔✔Stretching equates to the practice of elongating the soft
tissues to improve extensibility. Thus, improving extensibility through stretching serves
to improve overall flexibility.
✔✔What is is the first component to consider before any stretching is undertaken by the
fitness professional? - ✔✔A comprehensive mobility and flexibility assessment
✔✔What is the second component a fitness professional should administer following
assessment findings? - ✔✔An assisted-stretching session
✔✔Tissue Resistance - ✔✔The amount of force the fitness professional manually feels
(or lack thereof) when passively moving the client's body, region, or limb during assisted
stretching.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔A truly balanced HMS will have what? - ✔✔Optimal structural and functional
efficiency with proper alignment of the kinetic chain checkpoints: the feet/ankles, knees,
LPHC, shoulders, and head and neck
✔✔True or False: The FS model may be thought of as an extension of the strategies
used in the RI model to include all the various types of connective tissues - ✔✔The FS
model may be thought of as an extension of the strategies used in the RI model to
include all the various types of connective tissues
✔✔What happens when a mechanical load is released? - ✔✔An influx of fresh fluids
enters to flush out metabolic waste, rehydrate, and bring fresh nutrients to the area.
✔✔Why is it important to have structural efficiency and the alignment of each
component of the human movement system (HMS)? - ✔✔This enables an individual to
maintain their center of gravity over a constantly changing base of support during all
functional movements.
✔✔How does the Fascial System (FS) model add to functional efficiency within the
human movement system (HMS)? - ✔✔It intertwines the nervous system and muscular
system, creating a mechanically sensitive and responsive communication network.
✔✔Which of the following is the first definition of fascia according to the Fascial
Research Society? - ✔✔A fascia is a sheath, a sheet, or any other dissectible
aggregations of connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach, enclose, and
separate muscles and other internal organs.
✔✔Which of the following factors are improved with the use of the Fascial System (FS)
model? - ✔✔Assessments and programs bodywork, physical therapy, regenerative
medicine, fitness, and stretch therapy.
✔✔True or False: It is within the scope of practice for a fitness professional to diagnose
and/or render medical treatment - ✔✔False: Unless the practitioner is also licensed by
their state to diagnose and/or render medical treatment, the fitness professional is
legally prohibited from diagnosing or treating pain or medical conditions of any kind
✔✔What is one of the best ways to both gain a referral network while also promoting
your business? - ✔✔Invite potential referral sources to receive a free assisted-stretch
session to experience the actual techniques and approaches offered by a fitness
professional
,✔✔Is gaining consent to touch clients during an assisted stretching session important? -
✔✔Yes, incredibly; formally documenting in writing is highly recommended; the fitness
professional should know when, where, and how the hands will be placed during each
individual technique used;
✔✔What is essential for a fitness professional to remember if and when a client has an
extreme emotional response (healing crisis) during an assisted stretching session? -
✔✔The fitness professional needs to understand that assisted stretching is not therapy
and these responses are not an opportunity for the fitness professional to attempt to
interpret them. Thus, the fitness professional should explain that the response is
normal, on a continuum of potential responses, and that the client should not feel
embarrassed by them
✔✔Assisted Stretching is used to do what? - ✔✔To improve, correct, and maintain
flexibility and mobility, postural alignment, and overall fitness
✔✔What terms should a fitness professional refrain from using either verbally or in print
when advertising their services to prevent opening themselves up to legal
repercussions? - ✔✔Stretch therapist or stretch therapy; Massage therapist or massage
therapy; Bodyworker or bodywork; Manual therapist or manual therapy; Pain
relief/management; Joint manipulation or adjustment; Healing; Treatment
✔✔Code of Ethics - ✔✔Organizationally established professional guidelines for
practitioner behavior
✔✔What are the five major functions of the Code of Ethics for a fitness professional? -
✔✔Inform practitioners of appropriate ethical norms and behavior, Supply direction for
challenging situations, Encourage practitioners to provide excellent service, Protect
clients, Provide a means for enforcing desired professional behavior.
✔✔What are the four most common boundary types in regards to assisted stretching? -
✔✔Physical, emotional, intellectual, and sexual
✔✔How should the fitness professional respond when a client begins sharing their
feelings? - ✔✔Kindly listening and being supportive.
✔✔What does the fitness professional risk if they go beyond their scope of practice? -
✔✔Legal ramifications and client injury
✔✔Which of the following topics is it suggested to avoid during an assisted stretching
session? - ✔✔Political affiliations
, ✔✔Which of the following best defines professionalism? - ✔✔The actions and behaviors
that characterize a person as professional.
✔✔Define Flexibility - ✔✔Flexibility is commonly defined as the normal extensibility
(ability to stretch) of all soft tissues (contractile and non-contractile) that allow the
complete range of motion (ROM) of a joint
✔✔Biotensegrity - ✔✔The tension and compression elements that describe force vector
concepts applied to biology and the human body.
✔✔What are the conditions under which tension of the system may become too
strained? - ✔✔Mental and physical stress, sleep deficiency, dehydration, poor nutrition,
physical deconditioning, deficient daily movement
✔✔True or False: When the balance of tension and compression forces in the area are
compromised, the fitness professional will see evidence of this with familiar patterns
found in postural distortions and movement impairments - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the difference between flexibility and mobility? - ✔✔While the two go hand in
hand, mobility should be used to describe joint motion
✔✔Define Hypomobile - ✔✔Generally tight or stiff
✔✔Hypermobile - ✔✔Excessively flexible
✔✔When it is realized (after a series of stretching sessions) that the client reaches a
plateau or limit of mobility (in a functional movement pattern, assisted stretch
movement, etc.)? - ✔✔Refer the client to another practitioner with additional expertise
✔✔Explain stretching - ✔✔Stretching equates to the practice of elongating the soft
tissues to improve extensibility. Thus, improving extensibility through stretching serves
to improve overall flexibility.
✔✔What is is the first component to consider before any stretching is undertaken by the
fitness professional? - ✔✔A comprehensive mobility and flexibility assessment
✔✔What is the second component a fitness professional should administer following
assessment findings? - ✔✔An assisted-stretching session
✔✔Tissue Resistance - ✔✔The amount of force the fitness professional manually feels
(or lack thereof) when passively moving the client's body, region, or limb during assisted
stretching.
