Movement Analysis Project

Cody Reilly

Partner: Alec Nicolai

Class: Monday/ Wednesday 9:30

Professor Gairola

Demographics: - Cody Reilly

- Male

- 21 years old

- 72 inches/ 182.88 cm

- 185 lbs/ 83.914 kg

- BMI: 25.1

Medical and Physical History:- Have you ever broken/ fractured a bone? My neck, playing ice hockey when I was 12 years old.

My hand when I was 18 playing baseball.

- Have you ever suffered a sprain? If yes, explain. My ankle, playing baseball in high school.

- Have you ever torn a ligament? If yes, explain. No.

- Do you suffer from any pain in your head or neck? If yes, explain. Stiffness early in the morning.

- Do you suffer from any pain in your chest or back? If yes, explain. No.

- Do you suffer from any pain in your arms or hands? If yes, explain. No.

- Do you suffer from any pain in your abdomen area? If yes, explain. No.

- Do you suffer from any pain in your legs or feet? If yes, explain. No.

- Is there any family history that affects movement? (Ex. Arthritis etc.) My grandma suffers from

arthritis.

- Do you currently participate in any sports or physical activities? I currently play ice hockey and

baseball.

Movement Goals:- I want to improve my flexibility because I am a goalie in ice hockey and being flexible

plays a major role in that position.

- I want to work on my side to side movement because being a goalie you are constantly

moving back and forth.

- I want to work on my explosiveness because in baseball those first couple steps out of

the batter’s box are the most important.

Initial Summary:Overviewing my medical and physical history I need to focus mostly on my neck stiffness if I

want to work on flexibility. After I fractured my neck I went to physical therapy and I learned

many stretches and exercises to improve my flexibility. Working on my side to side movement, I

need to increase my hip strength and stamina. To work on that I can do side lunges and hip

abduction/ adduction exercises. Working on explosiveness I can do sprints and run with a

parachute to work on my speed and first few explosive steps. On the other hand, I already am

very flexible from being a goalie and my side to side movement is strong which is going to assist

me in moving forward.

Neutral PositionCervical Spine

RotationCervical Spine

Lateral FlexionCervical Spine

Neutral PositionCervical Spine

ExtensionCervical Spine

FlexionCervical Spine

Neutral PositionGlenohumeral Joint

AbductionGlenohumeral Joint

Neutral PositionGlenohumeral Joint

External RotationGlenohumeral Joint

Internal RotationGlenohumeral Joint

FlexionAcetabulofemoral Joint

Neutral PositionAcetabulofemoral

Joint

External RotationAcetabulofemoral

Joint

Internal RotationAcetabulofemoral Joint

Sit and Reach Start

Sit and Reach End Straight Leg Raise Thomas Test(Left) Thomas Test(Right)

Looking at the normal joint range of motions listed in the textbook, the cervical spine

rotation should be at an 80 degree angle and looking at my range of motion it is at about 80

degrees as well. The lateral flexion average range of motion is 45 degrees and that is the same

degree I have in my picture. The cervical spine extension I have in my picture is about 85

degrees and the normal is 75, therefore I am more flexible than the average range of motion.

Although, the flexions range of motion I am around 50 degrees when the average is 60,

therefore I need to work on my flexion flexibility.

Moving onto the glenohumeral joint range of motion, the average abduction range of

motion is 170 degrees, in my picture I am around 170 degrees as well. My external rotation is at

95 degrees which is greater than the average range of motion which is good because I want to

become more flexible. This is the same for internal rotation; I am around 75 degrees which is

also greater than the average range of motion.

The acetabulofemoral flexion range average is 110 degrees, but my range is only 90,

therefore I need to work on my hip flexibility. The average external range of motion for the

acetabulofemoral joint is 45 degrees, and my external range of motion is about 55 degrees. For

internal rotation my range of motion is about 40 degrees which is greater than the average

range of motion.

Now looking at the special tests which consisted of the straight leg raise and Thomas

test. For the straight leg raise I got up to a 90 degree angle, this is a good range of motion for

this test. The Thomas test, my hamstrings weren’t too tight since I was able to get to about 90

degrees, although I want to improve my flexibility more and get the range of motion to about

110 degrees.

Looking at my goals I need to improve my flexibility in some areas, although looking at

my injury history improving my cervical spine flexibility will be more difficult than others. My

muscles surrounding the glenohumeral joint need to become more flexible if I want to work on

my side to side movement and explosiveness as well as my strength in my hamstrings, legs and

hips. Once I become more flexible I feel I will score better in the special tests as well. Some of

my joints are hypermobile, this means they can go beyond the normal range of motion, this can

be heredity but eventually this can lead to pain in these joints. Although, in some areas I had

restrictive movements where my range of motion was below average, I need to focus on these

areas when stretching so I can increase its mobility.

Frontal View

Postural Analysis

Sagittal (left) View

Postural Analysis

Sagittal (right) View

Postural Analysis

Overhead Squat

Frontal View

Overhead Squat

Sagittal (left) View

Overhead Squat

Sagittal (right) View

Overhead Squat

Posterior View

In the posture photos I noticed that I may have what looks like upper cross syndrome.

Some muscles may be too tight, for example, pectoralis major and pectoralis minor,

sternocleidomastoid, upper trapezius, latissimus dorsi, levator scapulae, subscapularis,

scalenes. Other muscles may be too weak, for example, rhomboids, middle and lower trapezius,

serratus anterior, teres minor, infraspinatus, and posterior deltoid. To fix this I need to stretch

the tight muscles and I need to activate and strengthen the weaker muscles. My right tibia is

also externally rotated; this can be structural or muscular.

The frontal view for the overhead squat my feet are facing outwards. This is because I

have an externally rotated tibia. My knees also go out to the sides meaning that I could have

weak adductor muscles and tight piriformis. From the sagittal view, it looks like I have excessive

lordosis. This is caused from tight hip flexors, erector spinae and weak abdominal muscles. To

fix this I can do lunge stretches, strengthen my core and do the cat stretch. My arms also drop,

meaning my pectorals and latissimus dorsi are both over active and my mid and lower traps and

posterior deltoids. For the posterior view my hip translates to the right meaning my right side is

stronger and my left gludious medius is weak, therefore I need to activate and strengthen my

left gludius medius and stretch my right side.

Sagittal

Heel Strike

Sagittal

Mid stance

Sagittal

Toe Off

Posterior

Heel Strike

Posterior

Mid stance

Posterior

Toe off

Sagittal

Heel strike

Sagittal

Mid stance

Sagittal

Toe Off

Posterior

Heel Strike

Posterior

Mid stance

Posterior

Toe Off

Looking at my walking video I notice that my hip is on a downward angle of about 5 degrees

toward my left side, this means my right gluteus medius is weak and needs to become stronger.

Also, my feet are pointing outwards, this is from an externally rotated tibia. My ankle pronates

as well, this leads to eversion, abduction and dorsiflexion. Looking at my running video I notice I

am a heel striker, creating more of a braking force in each step. I noticed my arms cross over

this can be from a weak abdomen or tight shoulders, maybe even both. Therefore, I have to

strengthen my abdomen and stretch my shoulders to fix this problem. I am not looking ahead

of me, but this is because I was running on a treadmill, if I was running outside my head would

be facing forward. My knee flexion is also at a minimal leading to a longer resistance arm,

allowing less energy to be exerted for a longer period of time. My body is also erect because I

am not sprinting. Although, if I were to perform a sprint, I would run using the Pose method

because it’s a quicker swing cycle and frequency.

Corrective Exercises for the Trunk and Shoulder:

Single Leg Lift

Start:

Single Leg Lift

End:

Leg Cycles

Start:

Leg Cycles

End:

Sagittal Scissor Kicks

Start:

Sagittal Scissor Kicks

End:

Reverse Curls, Feet to sky

Start:

Reverse Curls, Feet to sky

End:

Side plank trunk rotation

Start:

Side plank trunk rotation

End:

Pectoralis minor stretch

Start:

Pectoralis minor stretch

End:

Shoulder flexion stretch Shoulder flexion stretch Chicken wing stretch Chicken wing stretch

Start: End: Start: End:

These are the corrective exercises I used for my trunk and shoulders. I chose these

exercises because viewing my previous assignments I have come to the conclusion that I have a

weak core and tight pectorals and shoulders. For example, from my running video my arms

swung across my body and that is caused by a weak abdomen and tight pectoral muscles. Also,

from my overhead squat I noticed excessive lordosis which is caused by weak abdominal

muscles, and in this exercise my arms also dropped and that is from tight shoulders and

overactive pectorals. First, in this assignment I focused on strengthening my core and

performed exercises such as single leg lift, leg cycles, sagittal scissor kicks, reverse curls/ feet to

sky and side plant trunk rotation. Second, I focused on loosening up my pectoral muscles by

performing the pectoralis minor stretch. Last, I focused on my shoulder range of motion

performing the shoulder flexion and chicken wing stretch. I stretched my pectorals and

shoulders because they are overactive and tight, therefor they need to be stretched and

loosened up. Finally, I focused on exercises that strengthen my core because they are weak and

to create the correct movements on the overhead squat and jogging.

Single knee to chest

90/90 stretch

Straight leg raise

External rotation stretch

Internal rotation stretch

Leg lifts from side plank position

Multi- directional lunges

Lateral walks with resistance

I chose these exercises from viewing my previous activities completed earlier in the

project. The over- head squat assessment I noticed that my knees were facing inwards

therefore I have weak adductor muscles and a tight piriformis. Also, my hip translates right,

meaning my right side is overactive and I have a weak left gluteus medius. From viewing my

running video I need to work on my internal and external rotators because they were tight.

Finally, when I performed the straight leg raise I noted that I wanted to improve my hamstring

flexibility. To stretch my hip adductors I performed the single knee to chest exercise. To stretch

my hamstrings I did the 90/ 90 stretch and the straight leg raise stretch. To improve my

flexibility of my internal and external rotators I performed the external and internal rotation

stretches. And finally to improve my strength of my gluteus medius I performed the leg lifts

from the plank position, multi- directional lunges and lateral walks with resistance.