STOTT Pilates Mat work Exam- Muscle Balance Questions with Answers

STOTT Pilates Mat work Exam- Muscle Balance
Questions with Answers
1. What does medial mean? - correct answers Towards the midline of the body

2. What does distal mean? - correct answers Away from the trunk of the body

3. What does proximal mean? - correct answers Closer to the trunk of the body

4. What does lateral mean? - correct answers Away from the midline of the body

5. What are the benefits of STOTT Pilates? - correct answers Longer, leaner muscles, core
strength and stability, injury prevention, relief from stress and back pain, better posture,
improved balance and coordination, enhanced athletic ability, effective post- rehab,
heightened body-mind awareness, increased self- confidence

6. What are the opposing muscles to the dorsiflexors of the foot? (foot- anteroposterior) -
correct answers Plantar Flexors

7. What are the opposing muscles to the Tibias? (foot- lateral/ rotary) - correct answers
Perineal

8. What are the opposing muscles to the Quads? (knee- anteroposterior) - correct answers
Hamstrings, Gastrocnemius, and Popliteal

9. What muscles oppose the Gluteus Maximus and the Hamstrings? (hip- anteroposterior)
- correct answers Iliopsoas, rectus femora’s, tensor fasciae late, Sartorius

10. What muscles oppose the hip adductors unilaterally? (hip- lateral) - correct answers hip
abductors

11. What muscles oppose the right hip abductors and left adductors bilaterally? (hip-lateral)
- correct answers Right abductors and left adductors oppose the left abductors and right
adductors

12. What muscles oppose the internal rotators, unilaterally? (hip-rotary) - correct answers
external rotators