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    Posture

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    This document discusses various postural types and their associated muscle imbalances: 1. Upper and lower crossed syndromes are characterized by tightness in muscles on one side of the body and weakness on the other. Excessive lordosis involves tight hip flexors and lower lumbar extensors with weak abdominals. Swayback posture has tight upper abdominals and hip extensors with weak lower abdominals and hip flexors. 2. It also evaluates muscles based on their role in stabilization or movement. Stabilization muscles are more prone to tightness and are readily activated in movement, while movement muscles are more prone to weakness and fatigue and act over a single joint.

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    This document discusses various postural types and their associated muscle imbalances: 1. Upper and lower crossed syndromes are characterized by tightness in muscles on one side of the body and weakness on the other. Excessive lordosis involves tight hip flexors and lower lumbar extensors with weak abdominals. Swayback posture has tight upper abdominals and hip extensors with weak lower abdominals and hip flexors. 2. It also evaluates muscles based on their role in stabilization or movement. Stabilization muscles are more prone to tightness and are readily activated in movement, while movement muscles are more prone to weakness and fatigue and act over a single joint.

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    This document discusses various postural types and their associated muscle imbalances: 1. Upper and lower crossed syndromes are characterized by tightness in muscles on one side of the body and weakness on the other. Excessive lordosis involves tight hip flexors and lower lumbar extensors with weak abdominals. Swayback posture has tight upper abdominals and hip extensors with weak lower abdominals and hip flexors. 2. It also evaluates muscles based on their role in stabilization or movement. Stabilization muscles are more prone to tightness and are readily activated in movement, while movement muscles are more prone to weakness and fatigue and act over a single joint.

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    This document discusses various postural types and their associated muscle imbalances: 1. Upper and lower crossed syndromes are characterized by tightness in muscles on one side of the body and weakness on the other. Excessive lordosis involves tight hip flexors and lower lumbar extensors with weak abdominals. Swayback posture has tight upper abdominals and hip extensors with weak lower abdominals and hip flexors. 2. It also evaluates muscles based on their role in stabilization or movement. Stabilization muscles are more prone to tightness and are readily activated in movement, while movement muscles are more prone to weakness and fatigue and act over a single joint.

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    Type Presentation Tight Weak

    Upper
    Crossed
    Syndrome
    (Janda)
    Pect, Upper trap,
    Levator scapulae,
    SCM, Subscapularis,
    Lats, Arm flexors
    Longus Capitis + Colli,
    Hyoids, Seratus
    Anterior, Rhomboids,
    Lower traps, Posterior
    rotator cuff, Arm ext
    Lower
    Crossed
    Syndrome
    (Janda)
    Iliopsoas, rectus
    femoris, HS, Erector
    spinae, TFL, Thigh
    add, Piriformis, QL,
    Triceps surae
    Rectus, Obliques, and
    Transverse Abdominis,
    Glut Max/Med/Min,
    Vastus lateralis, VMO,
    Ant/Post tib, Peroneus
    longus
    Excessive Lordosis
    Exaggerated
    Lordosis*
    Scapulae protracted and
    arms IR, MR of legs,
    Forward head, Increase
    pelvic angle 40, Ant
    pelvic tilt
    Hip flexors, Lower
    lumbar extensors,
    Upper traps, Levator
    scapulae, SCM,
    Scalene, Subocciptal,
    Pect major/min
    Ant abdominals,
    Multifidi, Lower +
    middle traps,
    Thomboids, Upper
    erector spinae, Hyoids,
    HS
    Swayback Inc pelvic angle (~30-40),
    Spine bends back sharply at
    lumbosacral angle, _Pelvic
    shifts anteriorly causing hip
    ext, Usually forward head,
    Asymmetrical stance
    posture w/ prolonged
    standing
    Upper abdominals,
    Internal intercostals,
    Hip extensors (gluts +
    HS), Lower lumbar
    extensors (erector
    spinae and related
    fascia)
    Lower abdominals,
    Rectus abdominis,
    Obliques, Lower
    thoracic extensors, Hip
    flexors (Iliopsoas, TFL,
    rectus femoris)
    Excessive Kyphosis
    Round back
    w/ Forward
    Head
    Inc. thoracic curve; long
    round curve, Dec pelvic
    angle <30, Trunk flexed:
    dec. lumbar curve,
    Protracted scapulae, round
    shoulders, Forward head-
    Inc lower cerv+upper thor
    flexion, Inc ext upper cerv;
    Possible TMJ involvment
    HS, hip extensors,
    Internal obliques,
    internal intercostals,
    LB short but weak,
    Anterior thorax, Pect
    maj/min, Lats,
    Serratus, Levator,
    SCM, Scalene, Upper
    trap, Suboccipital
    muscles
    Lower cerv and upper
    thor erector spinae,
    Rhomboids, Middle
    trap, Supra+Infrahyoid,
    Capital flexors, Lower
    abdominals, One jt hip
    flexors
    Excessive
    Kyposis
    Humpback or
    Gibbus
    Localized, sharp posterior
    angulation in the thoracic
    spine, usually result of
    pathology (osteoporosis,
    fx)

    Excessive
    Kyphosis
    Dowagers
    Thoracic begin to
    degenerate and wedge in
    the anterior direction;

    Usually older; Esp women;
    Osteoporosis
    Flat Back
    Form of
    Kyphosis
    Decrease lumbosacral
    angle <20; Posterior tilt;
    Decrease lumbar lordosis;
    Forward head w/ inc flex
    upper thoracic spine; Hip
    ext, Knee hyperextended
    Trunk flexors, Hip
    extensors, HS,
    Thoracic erector
    spinae, ~Scapular
    retractors
    Lumbar extensors,
    Multifidi, Rotators,
    ~Hip flexor, Ant
    intercostals, ~Scapular
    protractors
    Kypholordotic
    Posture
    Forward head w/ cervical
    hyperextension, Protracted
    scap, Inc lumbar
    lordosis+thorac kyph, Ant
    pelvic tilt, Hip flexed, Knee
    hyperextended
    Neck extensors, Hip
    flexors, ~Mid+Lower
    traps, Thoracic erector
    spinae, Rhomboids
    Neck flexors, Hip
    flexor, Intercostals,
    ~Serratus, ~Pect
    maj/min, Upper trap



    Evaluation of Muscle Imbalances
    Stabilization Group (Postural or tonic) Movement Group (phasic)
    Characteristics Muscles Characteristics Muscles
    Postural function,
    Flexor flexes, prone
    to develop tightness +
    hypertonicity, readily
    activated in most
    functional movm
    patterns, dominate in
    new movm situations,
    crosses 2 joints
    Gastroc, HS,
    Piriformis, QL,
    Levator scapulae, Tib
    post, Soleus, Rectus
    femoris, Erector
    spinae, U-trap,
    Scalenes, Pect
    major/minor, Hip add,
    Psoas, TLF, SCM
    Phasic or movm
    function, extension
    reflexes, prone to
    weakness (atrophy +
    fatigues), crosses one
    joint
    Peroneals, Post/Ant
    tib, Glut
    max/med/min,
    Serratus anterior,
    Lower trap, Extensors
    upper limb, VMO +
    lat, Abs, Rhomboids,
    Deep cervical flexors

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