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POSTURE BALANCE
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Posture
Faulty Posture
Faulty Mechanics
Injury
Wheres the evidence?
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Posture
Muscle Length Ability to Provide Stability Ability to Provide Mobility
Normal Efficient Efficient
Shortened Efficient Inefficient
Lengthened Inefficient Efficient
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Pes Planus vs. Pes Cavus
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Pes Planus

• Flat feet
• Rigid (structural) or Flexible (supple)
• Pronated Foot
• Calcaneous everted (rearfoot valgus)
• Medial bulge present
• Navicular is low
• Forefoot varus
• Consequences?

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Pes Cavus

• High Arches
• Supinated Foot
• Calcaneous inverted (rearfoot varus)
• Navicular is high
• Forefoot valgus
• Consequences?

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Arch Height
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• Finding subtalar neutral
• Weight bearing and non-weight bearing

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Arch Height
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TibioFemoral Alignment
What are the consequences of faulty alignment?
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Pelvic Tilt / Lumbar Curvature
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Postural Faults - Sagittal
Sway Back
Kyphosis
Flat Back
Lordosis
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Postural Faults - Frontal
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Posture
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Balance and Coordination
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Balance Error Scoring System
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