Molly Horn
Partner: Megan Irwin (Mother)
Movement Analysis Project
Kinesiology HES 00343 CRN 41529
Dr. Gairola
M&W 9:30 am
1. Demographics
Name: Molly Horn
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Height: 64 inches, 162.56 centimeters
Weight: 120 lbs., 54.43 kg
BMI: 20.6
2. Medical and Physical Questionnaire
1. Have you ever had surgery before? ______No______
2. If so, on what? ______N/A______
3. Have you ever broken any bones? ______Yes______
4. Please list what bones. Distal Radius Fracture______
5. Have you ever had any type of muscle strain or sprain? No____
6. Please list any muscles strains/sprains below. ___N/A______
7. Have you ever had a concussion, if so how many? Yes, 1______
8. Do you have a family history of arthritis? No______
9. What do you do to stay physically active? Running, and lifting
10. How often do you exercise? 3-4 times a week______
11. What type of job do you have? _Receptionist______
12. Do you experience chronic pain? _No______
13. If so, please list where. ____N/A______
3. Movement Goals
- I would like to correct my lordosis.
-I would like to activate my gluteus medius and gluteus maximus.
-I would like to activate my quadratus lumborum.
-I would like to work on improving my gait.
-I would like to activate my hamstrings.
-I would like to work on activating my anterior core.
-I would like to work on activating my abductors.
4. Summary
Throughout this course I would like to correct my lordosis, which is a key factor in inhibiting my adductor longus from activating. There is not much I can do to at this point in time to work on correcting this, because I am unsure how, along with improving gait. For right now, I can work on regaining strength in my left arm from a pervious injury. I can do forearm curls, which will help strengthen my wrist. To improve running performance I can stretch before a run and make sure my glutes are activated. Along with activating my glutes before a run I also need to make sure my hips are stretched and activated as well.
5. ROM Assessment
Cervical Spine / Flexion / 60 / 60
Extension / 75 / 75
Rotation Left / 80 / 85
Rotation Right / 80 / 85
Lateral Flexion Left / 45 / 45
Lateral Flexion Right / 45 / 45
Glenohumeral / Flexion Left / 170 / 180
Flexion Right / 170 / 180
Abduction Left / 170 / 180
Abduction Right / 170 / 180
Internal Rotation Left / 70 / 70
Internal Rotation Right / 70 / 70
External Rotation Left / 90 / 90
External Rotation Right / 90 / 90
Hip / Flexion Left / 110 / 120
Flexion Right / 110 / 120
Internal Rotation Left / 35 / 35
Internal Rotation Right / 35 / 35
External Rotation Left / 45 / 45
External Rotation Right / 45 / 45
Apley Scratch Test
Leg Raise / Left / 90 / 140
Right / 90 / 120
Thomas Test / Left / Passed
Right / Passed
Sit and Reach / 18 / 20
A posture analysis is important to analyze the body and see if there are any obvious signs of postural misalignment. After reviewing my photos I did not see any abnormalities from the frontal view. From the sagittal view it can be seen that I have lordosis. Seeing I have signs of lordosis I can conclude that my overactive muscles are my hip flexors, latissimus dorsi, and superficial erector spinae. My underactive muscles are rectus abdominus and hamstrings. After determining what my underactive and overactive muscles are I can begin inhibiting and stretching my overactive muscles, and activating and strengthening my underactive muscles. Doing this will help me to prevent injuries. I do not see any misalignments from the posterior view.
From the frontal and anterior view you can see that I have a slight shift to my left side. A shift to my left side means that my left adductors and right abductors (gluteus medius) are overactive, and my left abductors (gluteus medius) and right adductors are underactive. From the sagittal view I can see that I have lordosis. Lordosis can mean that I have overactive latissimus dorsi and hip flexors and underactive rectus abdominus and hamstrings. Along with underactive and overactive muslces, lordosis is also associated with an anterior pelvic tilt. Now that I see what muscles are overactive/underactive I can work on correcting those to reduce the chance of injury. One of my goals was to activate my adductors and correct my lordosis. I can see from these images that I do in fact have these issues and I can start inhibiting/stretching the overactive ones that need it and activating/strengthening the underactive ones that need it. Once I do this I will be closer to attaining my goal. 7. Gait Analysis
Walk Posterior View:
Walk Right Sagittal View:
Left Sagittal View:
Run Posterior View:
Run Right Sagittal View:
Analysis:
After viewing my gait it looks like there are a few areas where I have abnormalities. First, it appears that I have a left pelvic drop while I am walking during my right mid stance. A left pelvic drop would be that my right gluteus medius and quadratus lumborum is underactive. I need to activate and strengthen my gluteus medius and my quadratus lumborum in order to begin to correct this. I also noticed that while left mid stance during running I kick my right foot out to the side. My foot “kicking out the side” is actually my knee rotating and a knee rotation means that there is an issue with the hip. My foot kicking out to the side would mean that my adductors are weak while my abductors and hip flexors are tight. I need to stretch my hip flexors/abductors while activating and strengthening my adductors to correct this issue. Finally, I noticed that while running, on both my right and left foot I heel strike over the midline of my body. Heel strike across the midline of the body shows gluteus medius weakness. All of these dysfunctions could lead to injuries if they go untreated. One of my goals is to improve my gait so it is very important that I figured out where my dysfunctions were so that I could begin to fix them.
9. Upper Body Corrective Exercises
Like the upper body exercises I had to focus on lower body exercises to correct my lordosis, activate my quadratus lumborum, activating my gluteus medius, activating my abductors, and activate my anterior core. The 1st exercise I did, the Bent Knee Leg Extension focused on activating my gluteus maximus and activated my hamstring. The 2nd exercise I did, the Cook Hip Lift helped my activating my gluteus maximus. The 3rd exercise I did, Kneeling Lateral Flexion helped by activating my quadtratuslumborum, my obliques, and my rectus abdominus as well as stretching my hip flexors. Stretching my hip flexor was important because they are over active and contribute to my lordsis. The 4th exercise I did, the Kneeling T Spine Rotation helped with T spine mobility. This exercise allowed me to have more T spine mobility, which helped with my thoracic breathing, which in turn unlocked my gluteus medius, minimus, hamstrings, and feet. The 5th exercise I did, the Straight Leg Dead Lift, helped by activating my hamstring, my gluteus medius and maximus, my latismusdorsi, and my erector spinae. The 6th exercise I did, the Elevated Toe Lunge helped my activating my hamstrings and my gluteus medius and maximus. The 7th exercise I did, the Kettle bell Squat helped to engage my hamstrings as well as my gluteus maximus. Finally, the 8th exercise I did, the side lunge helped my engage my gluteus maximus and medius, my gastrocnemius, my latismiusdorsi, my quadratus lumborum, my erector spinae, and my hamstrings – particularly my semimembranosus and semitendinosus. A lot of the exercises I did engaged my gluteus maximus and medius, and engaging these muscles was one of my goals. I also did exercises that engaged my quadratus lumborum and doing those will help to eliminate my pelvic drop while I run. Other exercises worked on my erector spinae and my rectus abdominus, which will help with my lordosis. Many of the exercises also engaged my latismusdorsi and that is very important because that helped to stabilize my body. A strong latismusdorsi will help with good posture and reduce lordosis. Finally, the majority of the exercises activated my hamstrings and that was not only a goal, but activating my hamstrings will help to activate my glutes.
Works Cited:
Kinesiology. Digital image. Inspired Health Toronto. N.p., 2012.Web