FITNESS AND FLEXIBILITY

DECREASING AN ANGLE BETWEEN TWO BONES

• eccentric

• flexion

• frontal

• extension

Controlled movements that slowly bring the muscles close to their range of motion limit without exceeding it

• tranverse

• balance

• static

• dynamic

Bisects the body laterally from side to back, dividing it into left and right halves

• Frontal

• Sagittal

• Tranverse

• Balance

Increasing an angle between two bones

• extension

• flexion

• static

• dynamic

Motion toward the midline

• adduction

• abduction

• static

• dynamic

Bisects the body from front to back, dividing it into front and back halves

• sagittal

• frontal

• tranverse

• adduction

A stretch that is held in a challenging but comfortable position for a period of time

• Transverse

• balance

• static

• dynamic

Motion away from the midline of the body

• adduction

• abduction

• concentric

• eccentric

A contraction that shortens a muscle

• abduction

• adduction

• concentric

• eccentric

The ability to stabilize the body when a person is standing still or moving

• flexion

• extension

• balance

• static