Exam 5: Flexibility and Low-Back Health

The hip, thigh, and abdominal muscles are among the major muscle groups that affect back health.

Increased flexibility can improve performance in some sports by allowing a person to exert force through a greater range of motion.

Flexibility is an adaptable fitness component.

Stretches that involve bouncy movements are the safest way for you to improve your range of motion.

Which of the following results from poor posture?

Which test is used to determine the flexibility of muscles in the hamstrings?

Numbness in the foot is a possible symptom of damaged intervertebral disks.

What are the yellow fibers that make connective tissue flexible?

What type of stretching features contracting a muscle prior to stretching?

What are joint capsules?

Which stretching technique do experts recommend for general fitness?

Sleeping on your stomach usually reduces low-back pain.

Which of the following best describes a function of the spinal column?

Intervertebral disks maintain the spaces between vertebrae.

Which activity best demonstrates dynamic flexibility?

Why are ballistic stretches considered dangerous?

What are the two principal types of connective tissue in a muscle?

Smoking is a risk factor for low-back pain.

The amount of stretch a muscle will tolerate is unlimited.

What is the most common site of back pain?