Movement Analysis
Project
Kinesiology Sec: 2
8:00am-9:15am
Lamar Brown
1/28/2014
Physical Evaluation
Name: Lamar Brown
Weight: 210lbs/ 95.45kgs
Age: 23
Height: 70in. / 177cm.
D.O.B: 10/04/1990
BMI: 30.12
Gender: Male
Health History
Any medical/physical conditions, illnesses, allergies or diseases?
I am colorblind
Any past or present injuries that have occurred please list:
Right thumb was broken twice and dislocated several other fingers.
Have you ever had to receive surgery or Rehabilitation due to injury?
No
Are you a smoker? No
Do you drink Alcohol or use any other Substances/ Drugs? If yes, How often?
I do drink on occasion but only about once every couple of months.
Do you suffer from any muscle/ joint pain?
No
Any past sports or events you participated in?
Football, karate, Track and field
Do you exercise daily or participate in any physical activity such as sports, aerobics, and
weight training ECT?
Yes I workout 6 days a week. I weight train and do some sort of cardio vascular training as well
What is your current occupation? What does it consist of?
I work in a store doing customer service. I help stock shelves as well as assist customers with
any help they need.
Any family History of disease, or illness? Please list.
High blood pressure and diabetes
Goals
Any goals you want to achieve physically or things you would like to
improve?
I am very active already and I exercise 6 days a week. I enjoy weight training
and bodybuilding. I would like to add 5 to 7 lbs of lean muscle increase my
deadlift strength and also increase my vertical jump height. I would like to be
able to dunk a basketball on a regulation court.
Career goals?
I would like to graduate college with my Bachelors degree and continue on to
my masters but not sure where or what I want to Master in. I want to start my
career as a high school Physical Education teacher but continue to receive
certifications in nutrition, wellness and fitness. I would also like to be a
certified strength and conditioning coach and open up my own gym or facility
to train athletes and other clients who want to improve health.
Summary
I am very active and feel as though my overall health is well above average. I
stay in shape by bodybuilding and power lifting but I know my form, posture
and flexibility could use some improvement. I hope with this project and
assessment that I will be able to perform and achieve goals at a higher level.
Range of Motion Analysis
Motion
Cervical Region
 Flexion
 Extension
 Rotation
 Lateral Flexion
Shoulder Region
 Abduction
 Flexion
Degree of Motion
Right
Left
54
70

Internal
Rotation
 External
Rotation
Knee Region

Knee Flexion
Hip Region
 Flexion
 Extension

Internal
Rotation
Cervical Flexion
Normal ROM?
Right
Left
Yes
Yes
81
40
82
42
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
163
164
163
164
No
Yes
No
Yes
60
61
Yes
Yes
84
84
Yes
Yes
145
145
Yes
Yes
93
35
93
35
Yes
No
Yes
No
20
20
No
No
Cervical Rotation
Cervical extension
Glenohumeral flexion
Glenohumeral Abduction
Glenohumeral internal/external rotation
Knee Flexion
Hip flexion
Postural Analysis and Overhead Squat Analysis
Anterior View
Checkpoints
Feet-
Slightly turned out
Knees- Move Outward
Overactive muscles: Soleus, Lat.
Gastrocnemius , bicep femoris, TFL, Glute
Med/Min
Under active Muscles: Med.
Gastrocnemius, Med Hamstrings, Glute
Med/Max, gracilis, Sartorius, popliteus,
Adductors
.
Summary As
you can clearly see I have two significant flaws in the anterior
view of the overhead squat. Before I even squat down my feet are already
slightly turned out, it comes natural I guess with my normal base of
standing. When I squat down my knees are moving outward along with
my feet being slightly turned outward. These two flaws show me what
muscles and areas I need to strengthen to optimize my posture as well as
my movement.
Lateral-View
Posterior View
Check points
Feet-no compensation
LPHC- asymmetrical weight shift
Overactive Muscles: Adductors, TFL, glute
med, bicep femoris, piriformis,
Underactive Muscles: Glute med, adductors
Summary
In my posterior view you can see my knees moving outward as well as my feet.
Although my heels are flat, I am leaning towards my right which exposes my
weaknesses as far as the underactive muscles on the specific side. Maybe if I
incorporate unilateral training along with bilateral training that could strengthen my
underactive muscles on both sides of my body. Correcting weight transfer flaw could
really help me with my overall lower body strength as well as my posture.
Overhead squat and postural summary
This assessment really showed me how muscles of the body work together and how one
weak muscle can affect the body overall. I know that no human being is perfect or has the
perfect posture/movement but this shows me what I can improve to really optimize my
movement. Each view has shown me the importance of the kinetic chain and how the
body is similar to a car. Muscles are similar to the parts of the car, if certain pieces on the
car is broken or not working efficiently then you are going to have a bumpy ride. So in
order to maximize the functions of the muscles they have to be working accordingly with
one another.
Gait Analysis
Heel Strike
Hip: Flexion
My front foot is slightly
supinated when my heel makes
contact with the ground and
my back foot has a very small
supination, but I don’t see any
other abnormalities.
Knee: Flexion
Ankle: Slight Plantar Flexion
Foot Flat
Hip: Flexion
My front font is plantar flexed
and that’s where most of the
weight is transferred in this
phase, my back foot looks to be
in normal position as well.
Knee: Flexion
Ankle: Plantar Flexed
Mid-stance
Hip: extended
Weight has fully been transferred
to front foot. Front foot is flat
and back foot is in motion to
follow through for next step. I
don’t see any abnormalities.
Knee: Flexion
Ankle: Dorsiflexed
Heel Off
Hip: Extended
Left foot is about to be planted
and weight will be transferred to
full when foot is flat. The foot that
is planted is slightly supinated
weight looks to be mostly on the
outside of the foot.
Knee: Flexion
Ankle: Dorsiflexed
Toe Off
Hip: Extension
Back foot is used to push off,
Weight is on the ball of the
foot and the front foot is
planted. Back foot is
supinated and front foot is
planted flat.
Knee: Flexion
Ankle: Plantar flexion
Swing Phase
Hip: Flexion
Right foot is on its way to be
planted, weight is fully on left
foot. Ankle is in neutral position
and knee is slightly extended.
Knee: Slightly Extension
Ankle: Neutral
Corrective exercises
This project has pointed out some significant flaws in my overall posture
that I believe can be corrected with several non-traditional exercises.
Working these exercises in with my own fitness routine will correct my
flaws and allow me to perform or work-out more efficiently.
Upper Body Flaws: Glenohumeral Abduction, Glenohumeral Internal/
external rotation, Arms fall slightly forward during Overhead squat
Lower body Flaws : Low Back Arch, Slight lean forward in Overhead
squat, Knees move outward in overhead squat, Feet move outward in
overhead squat.
Now that I have what needs to be corrected I can pick out several
exercises or stretches to correct my slight flaws and optimize my
movement as well.
Upper Body Stretches
Being as though I do weight train I think my biggest challenge is my
upper body flexibility so I choose these stretches to increase my
flexibility in my upper back/Shoulder area.
Pec Minor Stretch: Being as though I workout often I do spend an
allocated time focusing on building my chest muscles. I believe that this
stretch would really assist with my shoulder flexibility due to overactive
chest muscles.
Shoulder Flexibility: I spend a good amount of time working on my
shoulders when weight training and being as though I have put on some
muscle in the shoulder area it has decreased my range of motion so these
several stretches will help increase my ROM.
Shoulder Flexion Stretch: Stretches Lats, Inferior
and posterior shoulder capsule
Sleeper Stretch: Stretches internal external rotators
Towel Internal Rotation Stretch: Stretches Infraspinatus, teres minor,
posterior capsule
External Rotational stretches:
Anterior capsule stretch: Stretches Anterior Capsule, Pec Major
Triceps/Biceps stretch:
Upper-body summary
I believe that if I take the time to incorporate these stretches that I could
truly increase my range of motion and correct those flaws that are due to
overactive muscles. I do plenty of calistenthics and weight training, I
work out my whole body anteriorly and posterioly but my biggest
problem seems to be the lack in upper body flexibility so these stretches
could definitely help me become more flexible and increase my ROM.
Lower-Body stretches/ exercises
I dedicate a great amount of time to working out my lower body but I
think that I may have some over active muscles due to bad form or just
not stretching enough. I have great flexibility in my lower-body but I
have some overactive and underactive muscles that are keeping me from
performing/working out to my maximum potential.
Correcting Low Back Arch:
When correcting this I have to consider underactive muscles and over
active muscles. Underactive muscles are Glute max, hamstrings, and
intrinsic core stabilizers. Overactive Muscles are hip flexors, erector
spinae and lats.
Stretches: I will use several stretches to correct this flaw; these stretches
will help loosen up those over active muscles.
Hip Flexor Stretch
Erector Stretch
Lat Stretch
Strength exercises: These exercises will be used to strengthen the
underactive muscles to help correct the low back arch. Each exercise
activates the underactive muscles to improve strength and correct the
posture.
Floor Bridge
Ball squat
Ball Bridge
Correcting Knees/feet moving outward:
I have always had this problem and I never realized it was a problem until now. I
believed it was due to poor form or even bad habit but now I can see what needs to
be corrected. Overactive muscles are Piriformis, Bicep Femoris, TFL, Gluteus
Mini/Medius, and calf muscles. Under Active muscles are Glute max, adductors
hamstrings, calf muscles, popliteus, and gracilis.
Stretches: to loosing the overactive muscles.
Piriformis Stretch:
Hamstring Stretches:
TFL stretches
Calf Stretch:
Strength exercises: I selected these exercises from a NASM overhead squat
analysis chart and each specific exercise is used to strengthen underactive muscles
assessed with the chart.
Squat with
Abduction/Adduction
Unilateral exercises: Unilateral training works one limb at a time and can help
correct imbalances or provide more stability strength. So lunges, single legged
squats, weighted or unweighted single leg reaches all help strengthen and stabilize
those weak underactive muscles.
Lower-Body summary
Although I have great flexibility and I put a lot of effort into
strengthening my lower-body this has helped me see other ways to
improve to maximize my lower-body functions. I now know what to
stretch and strengthen efficient performance.
Movement Analysis summary
This project really opened my eyes to how affective it is to have
a good posture to optimize movement. I did not realize how
many flaws I had myself until I took the time to do this project. I
found it fun and very interesting studying my posture and
analyzing my own flaws and compensations. This project now
makes me look at other when they are working out or training to
see if I can spot any flaws or compensations of others around
me. The movement analysis has really made me aware of where
I need to improve to become a better athlete as was as a fit
person. I now understand how underactive and overactive
muscles can cause postural dysfunction and that it is important
to really try to work out every muscle as hard as its opposite or
same muscle group. If every muscle is almost as equally
functional or strong your movement and posture will be greater
and healthier. This was a great lesson and has made me want to
learn more about myself and others postural dysfunctions.