Pillar Preparation (EXOS) Exam Study Guide
Questions and Revised Answers 2025/2026
1. Ẉhat is Pillar Strength?: is the blend of mobility and stability through the hips torso and shoulders
2. Ẉhat is the pillar paradigm shift?: The trunk is less likely to be a structure that generates force and more
likely a structure that tolerates/conducts force
3. List the 2 main functions of the pillar: 1. Mobility and Stability
2. Breathing
4. Is the Pillar Static or Dynamic?: Both
5. Ẉhat are the components of the pillar anatomy?: 1. shoulder/scap,
2. thoracic spine
3. lumbar spine
4. pelvis hips
6. Ẉhat joints provide stability?: 1. shoulder/scap,
2. lumbar spine
3. knee
4. foot
7. Ẉhat joints provide mobility?: 1. thoracic spine
2. pelvis hips
3. ankle
8. Ẉhat is the role of the nervous system in relation ẉith movement?: to coordinate
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Questions and Revised Answers 2025/2026
1. Ẉhat is Pillar Strength?: is the blend of mobility and stability through the hips torso and shoulders
2. Ẉhat is the pillar paradigm shift?: The trunk is less likely to be a structure that generates force and more
likely a structure that tolerates/conducts force
3. List the 2 main functions of the pillar: 1. Mobility and Stability
2. Breathing
4. Is the Pillar Static or Dynamic?: Both
5. Ẉhat are the components of the pillar anatomy?: 1. shoulder/scap,
2. thoracic spine
3. lumbar spine
4. pelvis hips
6. Ẉhat joints provide stability?: 1. shoulder/scap,
2. lumbar spine
3. knee
4. foot
7. Ẉhat joints provide mobility?: 1. thoracic spine
2. pelvis hips
3. ankle
8. Ẉhat is the role of the nervous system in relation ẉith movement?: to coordinate
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