Movement Analysis Project
Kinesiology- Friday 8am
Jess Durnian
Demographics:
Name
Gender
Age
Height
Weight
BMI
Jess Durnian
Female
21
60 inches ( 149.9 cm)
108 lbs (48.9 kg)
13
Physical History:
Do you have any medical conditions including current or previous
injuries that affect movement?
- No, I do not have any medical conditions that affect movement.
Do you have any family history of movement issues or injuries?
- No, I do not have any family history of movement issues or
injuries.
What does your current exercise and or sporting/physical activities
and job include:
- I am currently in season right now for soccer so my physical
activity and exercise routine is at maximum effort. I practice every
day with my soccer team for two hours when we do not have
games. Along with running and playing soccer, we do strength
workouts twice a week after practice to prevent injuries and keep
our muscles strong. When I am out of season I still workout
almost every day because that is what my body is used to. When I
am not playing soccer or training, I try to squeeze some time in
there to work. During school I work for the athletic department,
and during the summer I am a waitress.
Movement Goals:
 Increase flexibility in hamstrings, quadriceps, and hips.
-Increasing flexibility in these areas will help prevent injury,
increase speed, and increase range of motion.
 Increase upper body strength
-Being a soccer player I seem to focus on leg strength over
arm strength. I would like to strengthen my arms more so I
have more of a balance between the two rather than being
mainly focused on legs.
-Even though soccer is mainly about legs, having strong arms
is very helpful to hold off defenders.
 Increase speed and agility
-Speed and agility is very important for playing soccer. That
is one of my strengths, but I would like to improve on it even
more. I really enjoy doing speed and agility workouts over
long distance, and I would like to focus more on ladders,
change of direction, quick sprints, etc.
Initial Summary:
After assessing my demographics and physical history, I do not
have any barriers that would affect me in improving any of my
movement goals. I am grateful for my health, for there are many
individuals who are not blessed with good health. I want to keep my
health up to maximum capacity and constantly improve in areas in
which I am not at 100% at. Setting those goals for myself will push me
to achieve it and be successful and I will not settle for anything less.
To improve my flexibility, I will not only need to stretch before
and after every workout, but when I am home relaxing, too. I can do
dynamic and static stretches also. To improve my upper body strength I
will just have to put some extra time into the gym. Also, when there are
times I cannot get to the gym, I can do something as simple as pushups
in my house. Lastly, to improve speed and agility for soccer, I have a
good basis to work off of, but I will do different workouts to improve in
that area.
One of my strengths is that my work ethic is very high and I will
not stop until I am completely happy with my workout or my outcome.
Speed, agility, and plyometrics are a category in which I am more
advanced in and love working on. Lastly, another strength I have is that
it does not take me long to get in shape. Where an average person might
take about a month to get in running shape, it would only take me about
a week to two weeks to feel comfortable running sprints, long distance,
and playing in full soccer games.
Neutral position
Neutral position Sagittal View
Flexion
Extension
Lateral Flexion
Rotation
Glenohumeral Joint (shoulder)
Neutral position for Abduction and Adduction
Abduction
Neutral position for flexion and extension
Flexion
Neutral position for internal and external rotation
Internal rotation
External rotation
Elbow Region
Flexion
Extension
Humeral Joint (elbow)
Mid supination neutral position
Supination
Pronation
Radioulnar Joint
Radiocarpal Joint (wrist)
For flexion and extension Neutral Position
For ulnar and radial deviation
Flexion
Extension
Radial deviation
Acetabulofemoral joint (hip)
Flexion
Abduction
Ulnar deviation
Neutral position
Internal rotation
Tibiofemoral Joint (knee)
Flexion
Extension
External rotation
Apley Scratch Test
Internal rotation
External rotation
Motion
Cervical Region
 Flexion
 Extension
 Rotation
 Lateral Flexion
Shoulder Region
 Abduction
 Flexion
 Extension
 Internal rotation
 External Rotation
Knee Region
 (90-90)
 Knee Flexion (Passive
ROM)
Hip Region
 Flexion
 Extension
 Internal Rotation
 Internal Rotation
 Abduction
 Adduction
Degree of Motion
Right
Left
50
60
80
45
Normal ROM?
Right
Left
80
45
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
150
150
50
90
150
150
50
90
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
90
90
Yes
Yes
0
150
0
150
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
100
30
45
100
30
45
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
45
45
Yes
Yes
40
20
40
20
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Summary of Range of Motion
After taking all of my range of motion pictures and analyzing them, I realize that I am about
average for them all. I would like to work on all of my range of motions to become above
average which will affect me positively in avoiding injuries and increasing flexibility. As a soccer
player it would be very important to increase my range of motion especially in my legs to help
avoid strains and pulls. I tend to strain my quads more commonly than anything else and that
could be that they are over compensating for lack of flexibility, strength, or range of motion in
other muscles. Another area in which I strongly want to improve on is my wrist extension. I
have had problems for years with that and after seeing doctors they believe due to constantly
falling on them through soccer there is inflammation and scar tissue which prevents myself in
getting full range of motion in extension my right wrist. When I do pushups I have taught
myself to do them on my fists instead of flat palms because I struggle laying them at a flat 90
degree angle with my body weight on it.
Anterior view of Overhead Squat
Start
Sagittal view of Overhead Squat
finish
Start
finish
Posterior view of the Overhead Squat
Start
finish
Postural Needs Assessment
FRONTAL VIEW
Eyes Aligned: Yes
AC Joint Aligned: Yes
ASIS Aligned: Yes
Patella Height Even: Yes
Patella Faces Forward: Yes
Genu Valgum: No
Genu Varum: No
Feet Face Forward: Yes
SAGITAL VIEW
Head Protruded: No
Protracted Shoulder Girdle: No
Kyphosis: No
Excessive Lordosis: Yes
Reduced Lordosis No
Genu Recurvatum: No
POSTERIOR VIEW
Winged Scapula: No
Feet Evert: No
Feet Invert: No
Overhead Squat Analysis
ANTERIOR VIEW
Knees Align with foot: Yes
Feet Face Forward: Yes
SAGITTAL VIEW
Normal Forward Flexion: Yes
Normal Lumbar Lordosis: No- excessive
Arms Remain in Line: Yes
POSTERIOR VIEW
Feet Evert: No
Heels Rise off floor: No
Asymmetrical Shift: No
Overhead Squat Summary:
After analyzing my overhead squat it seems like I have excessive lordosis. This would mean that
my hamstrings are underactive, while my quads are overactive, making my back curve that way.
I can fix this by strengthening my hamstrings and stretching my quads so they can lose up to let
my hamstrings take over more. I believe this is something that I will be able to fix which will
help avoid future injury.
Gait Cycle
Stance Phase:
Heel strike
Heel strike occurs at the moment my foot makes contact with the ground. At this moment,
ground reaction forces will occur posterior to the ankle and knee and anterior to the hip.
Foot Flat
Foot flat occurs when the foot moves from the position of heel strike to the instant the foot
becomes flat on the walking surface.
Mid-stance
The hip, knee and ankle are aligned in a vertical position. Ground reaction forces for the ankle
have moved anterior to the ankle and posterior to the hip joints.
Heel-off
Heel will lift off the ground as one proceeds forward from mid-stance. At the instance of heel
off, ground reaction forces continue to move anterior to the ankle and knee but remain posterior
to the hip joints.
Toe-off
This occurs the instant the toe leaves the walking surface. Ground reaction forces decrease until
they no longer exist because the toe is no longer in contact with the walking surface. From midstance to toe-off the body is being propelled forward.
The Swing Phase
Initial swing
Beings when the foot leaves the ground
Mid-swing
This occurs when the swinging limb is aligned with the contralateral stance phase limb.
Terminal Swing
This occurs as the swinging limb moves from mid-swing and ends as the foot makes heel-strike.
Cycle event
Heel Strike
Foot Flat
Mid-stance
Heel-off
Toe-off & Initial swing
Mid-swing
Terminal Swing
Heel Strike
Hip
Flexion
Flexion (moving to
extension)
Extension
Extension
Extension (moving to
flexion)
Flexion
Flexion
Flexion
Heel Strike
Foot flat
Mid-swing
Heel-off
Toe-off
Knee
Flexion
Flexion
Ankle
Slight plantar flexion
Plantar flexion
Flexion
Flexion
Flexion
Dorsiflexion
Dorsiflexion
Plantar flexion
Flexion
Slight extension
Flexion
Slight plantar flexion
Neutral
Slight plantar flexion
Supinated
Pronated
Pronated
Pronated
Supinated
Corrective Exercises
After going over assessments and thinking back on previous workouts there are some
corrective exercises that should be performed to fix some upper body dysfunctions. Some
issues can be solved by strengthening my underactive muscles or simply working on flexibility.
Below are a few things I have come up with to add into my workout routine:
Excessive lordosis (associated with anteriorly tilted pelvis):
Overactive muscle: erector spinae, hip flexors
Underactive muscle: intrinsic core stabilizers, gluteus maximus, hamstrings
•Hip Flexor Stretch:
-Hip flexor muscles become very tight in people who have excessive lordosis so by stretching
them out that should release pressure and pull on the hip flexor muscles.
•Toe touches with Pushdown:
-The erector spinae muscles on both sides of the spine are overactive during excessive lordosis.
These muscles get tight and restricted. The underactive muscle which is the rectus abdominis is
responsible for flexing the spine. Contracting the rectus abdominis while stretching the erector
spinae muscles allows the lower back muscles do their job.
•Supine hip extension
-This is done by flexing the glutes and abdominal muscles to drive hips upward.
•Reverse sit-up
-This is an exercise done to strengthen the intrinsic core stabilizers. While doing this one needs
to keep their back as flat as possible in neutral position. The purpose of the foam roller held
between your ankles and hamstrings is to activate the hamstring and take flexion off the hip
flexors. By doing this it allows full activation of the intrinsic core stabilizers.
•Single leg dead lift
-This exercise should be done to keep the core muscles engaged while flexing the glute muscles.
This exercise is meant to strengthen the upper hamstrings.
•Glute kickback
-The glute kickback is a good exercise to do to strengthen your glutes. This can be done with no
weights as long as the glute muscles are flexed when kicked back, or it can be done on a
kickback machine in a gym.
Wrist flexion (right)
Another thing I would like to work on is my wrist flexion in my right arm. I seem to not have full
flexion in that wrist and would like to correct that for a few different reasons. One would be
that it hurts in pushups so I have modified myself by doing pushups on my fists rather than
bending my wrists. Another reason is I do not have correct form while performing hang cleans.
While doing these since I cannot fully bend my wrist my elbow points outward which could lead
to worse injuries.
•Some wrist flexion stretches:
-If I work on these stretches everyday it should lead to a positive outcome so I can perform all
upper body workouts without modifications or bad form.
Goals:
Conclusion of upper body corrective exercises
After analysis of the various assessments through the project, fixing my excessive lordosis
through the exercises and stretches provided, and stretching my wrist flexion should improve
my overall upper body workouts. My goal to be able to perform all exercises and workouts
without modification or bad forms can be fixed through these exercises and stretches. Knowing
how to correct dysfunctions is very important for yourself and others if you are a trainer.