Movement Principles

Question 1

What are the 5 movement principles?

Answer 1

• Whole body movement
• Trunk integration
• Lower body training
• Upper body training
• Mobility and restoration

Question 2

What are the points you look for on side view vertical alignment?

Answer 2

• tip of earlobe
• top of shoulder
• center of rib cage
• high point of iliac crest
• mid point of the lateral side of the knee
• slightly in front of the lateral malleolus of the ankle or venter of cuboid

Question 3

What are the points you should look at in the front for vertical alignment?

Answer 3

• nose
• center of sternum
• navel
• center of pubic bone
• inside ASIS
• center of patella
• center of front of the ankle
• space between 1st and 2nd toe

Question 4

What are points you should look at the back for vertical alignment?

Answer 4

• center of skull
• spine straight
• center of sacrum and tailbone
• center of gluteal fold
• center of back of knee
• center of Achilles tendon

Question 5

What points should you look at in the front for horizontal alignment?

Answer 5

• eyes level
• shoulders level
• equal distance between arms and torso
• ASIS level
• High point of iliac crests level
• Greater trochanters level
• Both knees open
• Equal turnout on both feet

Question 6

What points should you look at on the back for horizontal alignment?

Answer 6

• ears level
• level and balance scapulae
• equal distance between spine and sides of ribs
• PSIS level
• high point of the iliac crests level
• knees level