This document describes 6 different static postures of the body and identifies the ideal alignment of each body part for each posture. It outlines the normal curvature and positioning of the head, cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, pelvis, hip joints, knee joints, and ankle joints. It also notes how each of these differs in the 6 postures: kyphotic-lordotic, lordotic, flat-back, and sway-back. The postures are categorized based on their effects on spinal curvature and lower body positioning.
This document describes 6 different static postures of the body and identifies the ideal alignment of each body part for each posture. It outlines the normal curvature and positioning of the head, cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, pelvis, hip joints, knee joints, and ankle joints. It also notes how each of these differs in the 6 postures: kyphotic-lordotic, lordotic, flat-back, and sway-back. The postures are categorized based on their effects on spinal curvature and lower body positioning.
This document describes 6 different static postures of the body and identifies the ideal alignment of each body part for each posture. It outlines the normal curvature and positioning of the head, cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, pelvis, hip joints, knee joints, and ankle joints. It also notes how each of these differs in the 6 postures: kyphotic-lordotic, lordotic, flat-back, and sway-back. The postures are categorized based on their effects on spinal curvature and lower body positioning.
lordotic posture posture posture posture Head Neutral Forward Neutral Forward Forward position, not position tilted forward or back. Cervical Spine Normal curve, Hyperextended Normal curve Slightly Slightly slightly convex (slightly extended extended anteriorly anterior) Scalpulae Flat against Abducted upper back Thoracic Spine Normal curve, Increased Normal curve Upper part, Increased slightly convex flexion (slightly increased flexion (long posteriorly (kyphosis) posterior) flexion; kyphosis) with lower part, posterior straight displacement of the upper trunk Lumbar Spine Normal curve, Hyperextended Hyperextended Flexed Flexion slightly convex (lordosis) (lordosis) (straight) (flattening) of anteriorly the lower lumbar area Pelvis Neutral Anterior tilt Anterior tilt Posterior Posterior tilt position, tilt anterior‐ superior spines in the same vertical plane as the symphysis pubis Hip Joints Neutral Flexed Extended Hyperextended position, with anterior neither flexed displacement nor extended Knee Joints Neutral Slightly Slightly Extended Hyperextended position, hyperextended hyperextended neither flexed nor hyperextended Ankle Joints Neutral Slight plantar Slightly plantar Slight Neutral. Knee position, leg flexion because flexed plantar joint vertical and at a of backward flexion hyperextension right angle to usually results the sole of the inclination of in plantar foot the leg flexion of the ankly joint, but that does not occur here because of the anterior deviation of the pelvis and thighs
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