Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Posture Chapter 14 - Coggle Diagram
Posture
Chapter 14
Postural Distortions
Flat back - thoracic & lumbar curves
Shortened hamstrings
Forward head position
Shortened extensors / lengthened flexors
Torticollis
compromised SCM
Scoliosis
Deformed vertebrae
Swayback
Posterior pelvic tilt
Rounded back
Sitting at desk
Kyphotic - Lordotic
anterior pelvic tilt
Spinal curves
Kyphotic (posterior bend) -
thoracic & sacral
Scoliotic (lateral bend)
Lordotic (anterior bend) -
cervical & lumbar
Myofascial core - protect,
stabilize, and activate center
Pelvic diaphragm
Pelvic floor muscles
Respiratory diaphragm
along bottom of ribcage
Postural sway - What is the innate reflex
that causes the body to sway when standing
Feet and Knee Distortions
Genu varum
bowlegged
Genu valgum
"Gum" keeps knees together
Hyperpronation
Collapsed arch
Definitions
Posture = the position of body parts
in relation to each other
Gait = ambulation = walking - mobilizing
your standing posture in a forward direction
Line of Gravity = imaginary
line through center of the body