STOTT Pilates- Postural Alignment Questions with
Answers
1. What are the four types of postural alignment? - correct answers Ideal,
kyphosis-lordships, flat-back, sway-back postures
2. What should the cervical spine look like in neutral alignment? - correct answers
Normal curve, slightly convex anteriorly
3. What should the thoracic spine look like in ideal alignment? - correct answers
Normal curve, slightly convex posteriorly
4. What should the lumbar spine look like in ideal alignment? - correct answers
Normal curve, slightly convex anteriorly
5. What muscles are short and strong in the kyphosis-lordships posture? - Correct
answers Neck extensors and hip flexors. Low back is strong and may or may not
become short
6. What muscles are elongated or weak in the kyphosis- lordships posture? -
Correct answers Neck flexors, upper back. Erector spine, external oblique.
Hamstrings are slightly elongated but may or may not be weak.
7. What is the cervical spine like in the sway- back posture? - correct answers
Slightly extended
8. What is the thoracic spine like in the sway-back posture? - correct answers
Increased flexion (long kyphosis) with posterior displacement of the upper trunk
9. What is the lumbar spine like in the sway-back posture? - correct answers
Flexion, flattening of the low lumbar area
10. Pelvis position in sway-back posture? - correct answers Posterior Tilt
11. What are hips like in sway-back posture? - correct answers Hyperextended with
anterior displacement of the pelvis
12. What are knee joints like in sway-back posture? - correct answers
Hyperextended
13. What are ankle joints like in the sway-back posture? - correct answers Neutral-
knee joint hyperextension usually results in plantar flexion of the ankle joint but
that does not occur here because of anterior deviation of the pelvis and thighs
Answers
1. What are the four types of postural alignment? - correct answers Ideal,
kyphosis-lordships, flat-back, sway-back postures
2. What should the cervical spine look like in neutral alignment? - correct answers
Normal curve, slightly convex anteriorly
3. What should the thoracic spine look like in ideal alignment? - correct answers
Normal curve, slightly convex posteriorly
4. What should the lumbar spine look like in ideal alignment? - correct answers
Normal curve, slightly convex anteriorly
5. What muscles are short and strong in the kyphosis-lordships posture? - Correct
answers Neck extensors and hip flexors. Low back is strong and may or may not
become short
6. What muscles are elongated or weak in the kyphosis- lordships posture? -
Correct answers Neck flexors, upper back. Erector spine, external oblique.
Hamstrings are slightly elongated but may or may not be weak.
7. What is the cervical spine like in the sway- back posture? - correct answers
Slightly extended
8. What is the thoracic spine like in the sway-back posture? - correct answers
Increased flexion (long kyphosis) with posterior displacement of the upper trunk
9. What is the lumbar spine like in the sway-back posture? - correct answers
Flexion, flattening of the low lumbar area
10. Pelvis position in sway-back posture? - correct answers Posterior Tilt
11. What are hips like in sway-back posture? - correct answers Hyperextended with
anterior displacement of the pelvis
12. What are knee joints like in sway-back posture? - correct answers
Hyperextended
13. What are ankle joints like in the sway-back posture? - correct answers Neutral-
knee joint hyperextension usually results in plantar flexion of the ankle joint but
that does not occur here because of anterior deviation of the pelvis and thighs
