Flexibility

The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allows the full range of motion of a joint

Capability to be elongated or stretched

The combination of flexibility and the nervous system's ability to control this range of motion efficiently

The ablility of the neuromuscular system to allow agonists, antagonists, and stabilizers to work synergistically  to produce, reduce, and dynamically stabilize the entire kinetic chain in all three planes of motion

Predictable patterns of muscle imbalances

The tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement patterns

alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint

The simultaneous relaxation of one muscle and the contraction of its antagonist to allow movement to take place

the concept of muscle inhibition caused by a tight agonist, shich inhibits it  functional antagonist

The neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when inappropriate muscles take over the function of a weak or inhibited prime mover

The motion of joints in the body

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

The process by shich neural impulses that sense tension are greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract providing an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindles

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

States that soft tissue models along the line of stress

The process of passively taking a muscle to the point of tension and holding the stretch for a minimum of 30 seconds

The process of using agonists and synergists to dynamically move the joint into a range of motion

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