HLP CHAPTER 5

What is included in the core muscles?

Which stretching technique do experts recommend for general fitness?

Which type of stretching usually requires a partner?

When should a person perform stretching exercises?

Poor flexibility may increase risk of injuries.

Stretching and warming up are synonymous.

Which stretching technique is most commonly associated with injury?

What is the focus of dynamic stretching?

The flexibility of a joint is affected by its structure, the nature of the surrounding tissue, and muscle elasticity and length.

Which structures absorb and disperse stress on the spine?

Which is an essential component of safe passive stretching?

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

According to The American College of Sports Medicine, how many days a week should one perform stretching exercises?

Which benefit can stretching provide?

The most common cause of low-back pain is sudden traumatic injury.

Nerve roots in the spine are the key component of intervertebral disks.

How many repetitions of a stretch are needed in each session to improve flexibility over time?

Which function does the spine provide?

Which activity would dynamic flexibility affect?

Upon which does static flexibility depend?