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Posture and Potential

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Posture and Potential Paul Chek What is posture??The word?posture?is commonly used by teaching and playing pros. The implication being that good posture is something to aspire to. Yet interestingly, the books written by top players and teaching pros are littered with examples of poor posture, often in pictures of high level players posing as models. Watch a tournament on TV and it will only take a few seconds to find a top player with forward head posture, increased thoracic kyphosis (middle back curvature) and either flattened or excessive lumbar curvatures (Figure 1A & B). ?????????????????????????? ????????????Figure 1-A???????????????????????????????????????????Figure 1-B Poor posture - forward head posture,????????????? ?Good Posture increased thoracic kyphosis

Intro to Nursing Skills - Workbook 4 Range of Motion

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WEEK 3 ================================================================================ RANGE OF MOTION/BODY MECHANICS Read: Tritak, A. Mobility and Immobility. (2014). In J.C. Ross Kerr & M. J. Wood (5th ed.), Canadian fundamentals of nursing. Chapter 37 pp 11951248. Toronto, ON: Elsevier. 1. Define each of the following: Mobility Ability to move easily and independently. Immobility Inability to move freely. Disuse atrophy Muscle loss due to prolonged inactivity from bed rest, trauma, casting, nerve damage. Negative nitrogen Balance When more nitrogen is excreted than is ingested in proteins. Ischemia Mechanical obstruction that reduces blood flow to a certain area of the body causing blanching (paling of the skin). Range of Motion
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