Flexibility

Normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allow the full range of motion of a joint

Capability to be elongated or stretched

Combo of flexibility and nervous system's ability to control this range of motion efficiently

Ability of neuromuscular system to allow agonists, antagonists and stabilizers to work synergistically to produce, reduce, and dynamically stabilize entire kinetic chain in all 3 planes of motion

Multiplanar soft tissue extensibility w/ optimal neuromuscular efficiency throughout full range of motion

Predictable patterns of muscle imbalances

Tendency of body to seek path of least resistance during functional movement patterns

Alterations in the length of muscles surrounding a joint

Muscle inhibition caused by tight agonist which inhibits it's functional antagonist

When synergists take over function for weak or inhibited prime mover

Altered forces at the joint that result in abnormal muscular activity and impaired neuromuscular communication at joint

When neural impulses that sense tension (in Golgi) are greater than impulses that cause muscles to contract=Inhibits muscle spindles

Ex) when you stretch for 20-30 seconds and you hold tension, Golgi overrides muscle spindles and the muscle relaxes more and you can stretch further

Consistently repeating the same pattern of motion, which may place abnormal stresses on body

Soft tissue models along the lines of stress.

• Improves extensibility of soft tissue and increases neuromuscular efficiency by using reciprocal inhibitions
• -Agonists and synergists move limb through full range of motion while agonists being stretched

Integrated multiplanar soft tissue extensibility with optimum neuromuscular control through full range motion.

-Movement without compensation

• Pressure stimulates Golgi and causes autogenic inhibition
• -Helps restore body back to optimum level of function by resetting the proprioceptive mechanisms of soft tissue

• -Gastrocnemius/Soleus
• TFL/IT band
• Adductors
• Piriformis
• Latissimus Dorsi

Passively taking muscle to point of tension and hold stretch for min 20 seconds

• Using Agonists and Synergists to dynamically more joint into range of motion
• -Increases motor neuron excitability, creating reciprocal inhibition of muscle being stretched

-Pre-activity warm up

The active extension of a muscle using force production and momentum, to move the joint through the full available range of motion