STOTT Pilates - Anatomy and Terms 2024/2025

BreathingIn through the nose & out through the mouth through pursed lips. Emphasis is on a 3 dimensional breath pattern breathing into the posterior & lateral aspects of the rib cage as these tend to be under utilised areas. BreathingExhaling deeply can help to activate the deep support muscles b...

Elevated Shoulders Strengthen Traps & Lats, do mid back & coordination Depressed Shoulders do arm circles, salute knock knee Work abductors Rotations strengthen obliques, Q.L. do mermaid with rotation on reformer, round back - work lateral fexion Shoulders 1 higher than the other balance scapul...

semimembranosus vastus lateralis upper trapezius middle trapezius lower trapezius levator scapulae rhomboid major rhomboid minor serratus anterior pectoralis minor

anteroposterior (Foot)Dorsiflexors oppose plantar flexors Lateral and rotary (Foot)Tibials oppose peroneals HIP - AnterposteriorIliopsoas, Rectus femoris, tensor fascia latae, and Sartorius oppose Gluteus maximus and hamstrings KNEE - anteroposteriorhamstrings, gastrocnemius, and popliteus oppos...

Warm up exercises name all (10)Breathing, Imprint & release, hip release, spinal rotation, cat stretch, hip rolls, scapula Isolation, arm circles, head nods, elevation & depression of scapulae Ab PrepSupine pelvis and spine neutral, knees flexed feet on mat, legs adducted or abducted hip-distance...

GastrocnemiusA: plantarflexes and inverts foot at ankle, O:femoral condyles I: Calcaneus via achilles tendon SoleusA: plantarflexes and inverts foot at ankle O: Upper 1/3 of fibia I: Calcaneus via achilles tendon Tibialis AnteriorA: Dorsiflexes and inverts foot at ankle O: Lateral condyle of t...

What are the four types of postural alignment?Ideal, kyphosis-lordosis, flat-back, sway-back postures What should the cervical spine look like in neutral alignment?Normal curve, slightly convex anteriorly What should the thoracic spine look like in ideal alignment?Normal curve, slightly convex ...