Patrick Mercer

Matthew Hanley

Movement Analysis Project

Kinesiology

Dr. Mehmet Uygur

Demographics

Name- Patrick Mercer

Gender-Male

age-22

height-73 in and 185.42cm

weight-190 lbs and 86.18 kg

body mass index- 25 or overweigtht

Medical and Physical History Questionnaire

Medical conditions- Hyperextended MCL and strained semispinatus capitis.

Family history- NO previous movement restrictions in family history. )it is

· I work out 6 out of the 7 days of the week to the fullest extent for my future bodybuilding show. Furthermore, I work a part time physical labor job at the eagles stadium where I do a lot of heavy lifting and walking around for 9 hours 3 days a week.

1. Do you experience any joint pain?

Sometimes on occasion I experience joint pain in my left elbow joint. I also experience some joint pain in my right patella possibly from the hyperextended MCL.

2. Do you experience muscle stiffness?

I experience a lot of stiffness in my neck muscles like levator scapulae and semispinatus capitus. I also frequently experience stiffness in my hamstrings and deltoids.

3. Do you have any previous injuries affecting any movement?

I have had 2 injuries I have had a hyperextended MCL and a strained semispinatus capitus. These injuries cause minor movement problems.

4. If so did these injuries hinder any movement capabilities?

These two injuries hindered a lot of comfortability in some movement once fully healed but not to the point where it was a problem.

5. Do you experience difficulty with certain exercises?

Yes, I experience pain on some exercises like squats and standing barbell press.

6. If so which movements challenge you and cause problems?

During my workouts, I frequently stretch all of the neck muscles due to excessive stiffness. Furthermore, standing barbell shoulder press causes problems with my neck and thoracic spine. Also during squats my knee gets some tenderness on increased weight. Also flat barbell bench press affects my humerus, radius, and ulna meet to form the elbow.

7. During the squat exercise do you experience abduction of the knee?

Yes, I experience slight knee abduction due to my underactive medial hamstring that needs stretching and strengthening.

8. During squat exercise do you experience excessive forward lean?

I do not experience excessive forward lean due to the balance of Soleus, Gastrocnemius, Hip Flexor Complex, Abdominal Complex, (rectus abdominus, external oblique) Anterior Tibialis ,Gluteus Maximus, Erector Spinae, working together in the kinetic chain and creating muscle synergy.

9. During the pulling assessment do you experience low back arch?

I do not experience any low back arch because my intrinsic core stabilizers are balanced.

10. During the pushing assessment do you experience shoulder elevation?

I do not experience shoulder elevation due to my stabilized trapezius and levetor scapulae are balanced.

Movement Goals:

· As a goal I would like to increase the flexibility in my lower extremities.

· As another flexibility goal I would like to increase the flexibility in my deltoids due to frequent use.

· Continuing to improve back musculature to keep a upright and perfect posture for future benefit.

Summary

I am a 190 pound 73 in male who works out extremely intense and vigorously. The way that I move is very important for me to be at the top of my game for my future in fitness. Furthermore, my job at the eagles stadium is a physically taxing job where im always moving and displaying basic movements like squats and deadlift types of physical labor. During my time in sports I hyperextended my MCL and strained my semispinatus capitus in my anterior neck.

Sometimes on occasion I experience joint pain in my left elbow joint. I also experience some joint pain in my right patella possibly from the hyperextended MCL. Also,I experience a lot of stiffness in my neck muscles like levator scapulae and semispinatus capitus. I also frequently experience stiffness in my hamstrings and deltoids. As of today, I have already begun to work on my movement goals. I spend 15 minutes a day working on improving my flexibility in my hamstrings, deltoids, and the muslces making up my anterior neck through static and dynamic stretching. Furthermore, 2 times a week I use self myofascial release on my hamstrings, quadriceps, gastrocnemius, soleus, and latissimus dorsis. Even though ,I have a long road ahead of me to become more comfortable in the basic movements of everyday life. I have weaknesses and I have strengths.

My strengths have been tested in the overhead squat assessment, the pushing assessment, and the pulling assessment in forward lean, shoulder elevation, and low back arch. All of my muslces during these assessment movements are all balanced. There is always room for improvement but those are my strengths in particular movement skills.

Range of motion assessment

Neutral position- Frontal view

Flexion

Sagital View

Neutral position

Sagittal view

Extension

Sagittal view

Right Lateral flexion

Frontal viewLeft lateral flexion

Frontal view

Left Rotation

Transverse view

Right Rotation

Transverse

Neutral position of glenohumeral adduction and abduction

Glenohumeral abductionGlenohumeral abduction left

right

Frontal viewFrontal view

Right glenohumeral flexionLeft glenohumeral flexion

Sagittal viewSagittal view

Nuetral position left Nuetral position right

Sagittal viewSagittal view

GlenohumeralGlenohumeral

External rotation leftExternal rotation right

Sagittal viewsagittal view

Glenohumeral

Glenohumeral

Internal rotation right

Sagittal

internal rotation left

sagittal view

Neutral positon

Sagittal view

Acetabulofemoral flexion right

Sagittal view

Acetabulofemoral nuetral

Sagittal view

Acetabulofemoral flexion rleft

Sagittal view

Neutral position left Neutral position right

Frontal viewFrontal view

Internal rotation left Internal rotation Right

Frontal view

External rotation right

External rotation left

Frontal view

Frontal view

Right straight leg raise

Sagittal view

Left straight leg raise

Restricted

Sagittal view

Thomas test left

Saggital view

Thomas test right

Sagittal view

Sit and reach test starting position

Sit and reach ending position

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joint name

Motion

Degrees

Personal degrees

Motion

degrees

Personal degrees

Cervical spine

Flexion

60

60

extension

75

75

rotation

80

80

lateral flexion

45

35

Glenohumeral

flexion

170

170

external rotation

90

85

internal rotation

70

60

abduction

170

170

hip

flexion

110

110

extension

30

internal rotation

35

35

external rotation

45

40

Summary and analysis

In all of my photos, I clearly have issues with my hamstrings being tight and underactive. I am almost at a full degree under especially in the straight leg raise. As stated by one of my goals I wanted to improve my hamstring flexibility. By improving this I will be able to prevent future injuries in my cervical spine and prevent synergistic dominance from occurring. Furthermore, by improving the flexibility of the lower half of my body I can increase performance in all aspects of physical skill. All of these ranges of motion can all be assessed by utilizing the overhead squat assessment.

The upper portion of my body has been proven by the pictures to me pretty flexible. There is always room for improvement especially in my glenohumeral joint. These can also all be assessed by the overhead squat to see if shoulders fall forward from being underactive. Furthermore, my left lateral cervical flexion is quite restricted and will need stretching. Also, I seem to be compensating my internal rotation left is due to my tight internal rotators. Overall, my main goal from posting these pictures is to become more flexible to prevent injury and tightness that comes with aging.

Each and every range of motion has a vast number of relevance in all sports movements not to mention just general everyday movements.

Postural analysis and Overhead Squat assessment

Posterior overhead squat assessment

Posterior overhead squat assessment squatting position

Overhead squat assessment sagittal view

Overhead squat assessment sagittal view squatting

Frontal view overhead squat assessment

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Frontal view Overhead squat assessment

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Right sagittal view overhead squat assessment

Right sagittal view overhead squat assessment

The overhead squat assessment is the single most important way to see what muscles need improvement. In my photos a couple of things need improvements.

I have a mild case of genu valgum. This can be fixed by strengthening my Qaudriceps,Hamstrings, and gluteus muscles. This could potentially cause problems with my hip flexors and hamstrings while engaging in exercise. I require further static stretching of the lower extremities.

The posture while in squatting position is normal in the squat position. In the pictures there is Nothing excessive like external rotating knees or falling arms. Furthermore, I still require plenty of static and dynamic stretching. From the posterior view the norm of degrees is 90 degrees and I am hitting 90 degrees. Excessive lordosis is seen the sagittal view of overhead squat. This is due to the overactivity in my hip flexors. Also, the underactivity in hip extensors/ weak abdominals. This is one of my goals to gain flexibility in lower extremities. In the frontal view my right externally rotated tibia and supinated right foot. This is due to my many years playing soccer and other sports. I can fix this by static stretching and strengthening the anterior tibialis. Lastly, all of these imbalances can be fixed through focus and really giving an attempt to improve these imbalances before injury occurs.

Gait Assessment

Walking Posterior Heel strike right

Walking Posterior Mid-stance right

Walking Posterior toe off right

Running posterior heel strike right

Running posterior mid-stance right

Running posterior toe off right

Walking posterior heel strike left

Walking posterior toe off left

Walking posterior mid stance left

Running posterior toe off left

Running posterior mid-stance left

Running posterior heel strike left

Walking sagittal heel strike

Walking sagittal mid-stance

Walking sagittal toe off

Running sagittal heel strike

Running sagittal mid-stance

Running sagittal toe off

Summary and analysis

Gait is a very important topic in the science of kinesiology. It displays the phases in which a human walks and runs. In the above photos I have photos of myself walking and running from posterior and sagittal views. There are some imbalances that are very noticeable. In the posterior walking view upon heel strike with foot in the supination position and my tibia is externally rotated. However, due to my slight supination in the foot I am free of potential ankle rolls. Posteriorly, dorsiflexion is able to be viewed with a normal range of motion of 10 degrees being achieved.

The posterior toe off view my foot moves back in to the supination position as displayed in the photo. Furthermore, my leg slightly rotates out before initial leg swing. My leg is in a very slight rotation due to my tight piriformis. Static stretching is needed in all aspects of my lower body as displayed by my goals. One of the most noticeable imbalances in my gait is my foot needs to be pronated in the posterior mid-stance . However, my foot is neutral this is due to underactive tibialis. From the posterior view my hip seems to be stabilized by my balanced gluteus maximus. Static stretching needs to be utilized to fix this problem. Another imbalance is while running my foot returns to the supination position and starts to externally rotate. However my leg has very slight external rotation and could use stretching to fix my piriformis. On my left side of my body at the posterior view seem to be balanced throughout my kinetic chain and gait. However, static stretching and myofascial release is going to need to be utilized on both sides of my body to keep flexibility balanced to prevent future postural imbalances.

In the sagittal views everything seems to be of the norm in the degrees of range of motion like my dorsiflexion of 20 degrees, my plantar flexion of 45 degrees, and my knee flexion of 130 degrees. The only issue I see from this view is my stride length is short and could be lengthened by stretching. In the class of kinesiology my number one goal that was put in place at the start of class is to become more flexible in my lower body extremities. These photos are a clear indication that that goal is an important one.

Corrective Exercises

Saggital ab crunch

Cobra stretch

Frontal dynamic arm circles

Sagittal cable row

Frontal Arnold press

Sagittal back extension

Sagittal static hamstring stretch right

Sagittal static hamstring stretch left

Analysis

As my movement goals state I would like to improve my flexibility in my deltoids due to frequent use. Another goal was to improve my back musculature for future benefit. The exercises I chose to document include ab crunch, cobra stretch, dynamic arm circles, Arnold presses, cable row, and back extension. I specifically chose these exercises to improve my postural imbalances. In my previous pictures of the overhead squat assessment I have an excessive lordosis so I chose the ab crunch to strengthen my underactive rectus abdominis. Furthermore, I also did the cobra stretch which strengthens the spine and glutes and stretches the pectoralis major, deltoids, and rectus abdominis. By supplying myself with a strong core it allows me to be more functional in all other movements. As stated in the notes always work from the inside then out out. This being one of my weak points I plan on improving this greatly in the future months. One of my goals is also improving my deltoid flexibility with arm circles that dynamically stretches all muscles of the glenohumeral joint and portions of the shoulder girdle.

Every human upper body movement mostly uses the glenohumeral joint for abduction, flexion,extension,internal rotation, external rotation,scaption, and horizontal abduction. The rotational Arnold press strengthens all muscles of the glenohumeral in one fluent motion. Another exercise that I performed is the Cable row to strengthen my back musculature through a pulling motion through a retraction motion. Lastly, one of my main problems was tight hamstrings so I engaged In a corrective static hamstring stretch. All of the exercises that I performed such as cobra stratch, crunch, Arnold press, seated row, and static hamstring stretch to name a few are very beneficial and should be performed with a 4-2-1 tempo for proper stabilization with strength exercises and a 15- 20 second hold on static stretches. I performed all corrective exercises with optimal mind muscle connection.