NASM STRETCHING AND FLEXIBILITY
ELITE EXAMPREP WITH PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
‣ What components make up the Human Movement System (HMS)?
Answer: Myofascial (Muscle and Connective tissue),Neuromuscular
(nerves and muscle), Articular (bone, cartilage,ligaments)
‣ What is the Fascial systmem (FS)? Answer: A three-dimensional
continuum of soft, collagen-containing, loose, and dense fibrous
connective tissues that permeate the body providing functional structure
and environment. The fascial system interpenetrates and surrounds all
organs, muscles, bones, and nerve fibers, endowing the body with a
functional structure
‣ What are the 5 kinetic chain checkpoints? Answer: Feet and ankles,
knees, LPHC, shoulders and thoracic spine, and head and cervical spine
‣ Structural Efficiency Answer: alignment of the musculoskeletal system
(Each component of the (HMS) that allows center of gravity to be
maintained over a constanstly changing base of support during
functional movement.
‣ myofascial Answer: pertaining to muscle tissue and fascia (connective
tissue)
, ‣ How does the Fascial System contribute to Functional Efficiency?
Answer: The FS model contributes to functional efficiency by
integrating with the entire nervous system and the muscular system,
thereby providing a mechanically sensitive and responsive
communication network that is separate from yet synergistic with the
nervous system.
‣ Define Fascia Answer: a sheath, a sheet, or any other dissectible
aggregations of connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach,
enclose, and separate muscles and other internal organs
‣ Define Fascial System. Answer: the three-dimensional continuum of
soft, collagen-containing, loose, and dense fibrous connective tissues
that permeate the body.
‣ What elements of connective tissue does the fascial system
incorporate? Answer: It incorporates elements such as adipose tissue,
adventitia and neurovascular sheaths, aponeuroses, deep and superficial
fasciae, epineurium, joint capsules, ligaments, membranes, meninges,
myofascial expansions, periostea, retinacula, septa, tendons, visceral
fasciae, and all the intramuscular and intermuscular connective tissues
including endo-/peri-/epimysium.
‣ Define Scope of Practice Answer: A scope of practice defines the legal
range of services (boundaries)that professionals in a given field can
provide, the setting in which those services can be provided, and the
guidelines or parameters that must be followed.
ELITE EXAMPREP WITH PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
‣ What components make up the Human Movement System (HMS)?
Answer: Myofascial (Muscle and Connective tissue),Neuromuscular
(nerves and muscle), Articular (bone, cartilage,ligaments)
‣ What is the Fascial systmem (FS)? Answer: A three-dimensional
continuum of soft, collagen-containing, loose, and dense fibrous
connective tissues that permeate the body providing functional structure
and environment. The fascial system interpenetrates and surrounds all
organs, muscles, bones, and nerve fibers, endowing the body with a
functional structure
‣ What are the 5 kinetic chain checkpoints? Answer: Feet and ankles,
knees, LPHC, shoulders and thoracic spine, and head and cervical spine
‣ Structural Efficiency Answer: alignment of the musculoskeletal system
(Each component of the (HMS) that allows center of gravity to be
maintained over a constanstly changing base of support during
functional movement.
‣ myofascial Answer: pertaining to muscle tissue and fascia (connective
tissue)
, ‣ How does the Fascial System contribute to Functional Efficiency?
Answer: The FS model contributes to functional efficiency by
integrating with the entire nervous system and the muscular system,
thereby providing a mechanically sensitive and responsive
communication network that is separate from yet synergistic with the
nervous system.
‣ Define Fascia Answer: a sheath, a sheet, or any other dissectible
aggregations of connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach,
enclose, and separate muscles and other internal organs
‣ Define Fascial System. Answer: the three-dimensional continuum of
soft, collagen-containing, loose, and dense fibrous connective tissues
that permeate the body.
‣ What elements of connective tissue does the fascial system
incorporate? Answer: It incorporates elements such as adipose tissue,
adventitia and neurovascular sheaths, aponeuroses, deep and superficial
fasciae, epineurium, joint capsules, ligaments, membranes, meninges,
myofascial expansions, periostea, retinacula, septa, tendons, visceral
fasciae, and all the intramuscular and intermuscular connective tissues
including endo-/peri-/epimysium.
‣ Define Scope of Practice Answer: A scope of practice defines the legal
range of services (boundaries)that professionals in a given field can
provide, the setting in which those services can be provided, and the
guidelines or parameters that must be followed.
