1. Warm-Up
Why is it important to have a universal term for body movements?

2. Review What is plantar flexion What is dorsiflexion What is inversion
What is eversion
Which is more distal wrist or elbow?
Which is more proximal, knee or ankle?

3. The Language of Injury: Fundamental Body Movements/ Directional Terms
Sports Medicine
UNIT 3 SPORTS MEDICINE I
The Language of Injury:
Fundamental Body Movements/
Directional Terms

4. Fundamental Body Movements
Fundamental Standing Position
Palms turn toward body.

5. Fundamental Body Movements
Anatomical Position
Palms turned forward.

6. Directional Terms
Anterior
The front side of the body.

7. Directional Terms
Posterior
The back side of the body.

8. Directional Terms
Dorsal
The posterior side of the body.

9. Directional Terms
Ventral
The anterior side of the body.

10. Directional Terms Proximal
Nearer to the place of origin of an extremity (or
of a nerve or artery).

11. Directional Terms Distal Farther away from the place of origin of an
extremity (or of a nerve or an artery).

12. Directional Terms
Midline
Separates body into left and right halves.

13. Directional Terms
Medial
Nearer to the midline of the body.

14. Directional Terms
Lateral
Farther away from the midline of the body.

15. Supine position
Lying on your back/face up

16. Prone Position
Lying face down/on your stomach

17. What are the body movements you know? Ex: Flexion, etc

18. Review What position is everything based on?
What is lying face down called?
Is the pinky finger medial or lateral?
Is the pinky toe medial or lateral?
What does anterior mean?
What is an example of something posterior?

19. Article questions https://www. ncbi. nlm. nih
Identify 4 risk factors for injury in high school athletes.
Explain what the functional movement screening is and how it is graded.
What are the movements associated with the functional movement screening?
Summarize their methods section
Is the functional movements screening a valid predictor of injury?
What is the best predictor of injury?
Identify at least 1 limitation of the study
1 other piece of information from this article you found interesting.

21. Warm-Up
How can it be beneficial to know what the different body movement terms are?

22. Review What is the FMS? What is 1 movement associated with FMS?
What is the term for lying face down?
What are the 3 planes of motion?
Is the pinky medial or lateral?
Is your knee-cap anterior or posterior?

23. Superior
Structure is closer to the head or higher up than another structure.
Example the manubrium is superior to the xiphoid process on the sternum.

24. Inferior
Structure is closer to the feet or lower than another structure.
Example: The medial malleolus is inferior to the tibial tuberosity on the tibia.

25. With tables
Look up the 3 planes of motion with the body. Identify what terms go with each plane.

26. Fundamental Body Movements
Flexion
Decrease in joint angle.
What plane of motion does it occur in?

27. Fundamental Body Movements
Extension
Increase in joint angle.
What plane of motion does this occur in?

28. Fundamental Body Movements
Abduction
Movement away from midline of body.
What plane of motion?

29. Fundamental Body Movements
Adduction
Movement toward midline of body.
What plane of motion?

30. Fundamental Body Movements
Pronation
Movement of forearm resulting in palm down.

31. Fundamental Body Movements
Supination
Movement of forearm resulting in palm up.

32. Warm-Up
Which movements do you think are commonly associated with sports?

33. Review What does shoulder flexion look like?
What does knee extension look like?
What is the movement that results in palm down?
What is movement away from the body?
Does the neck have abduction?
What side does wrist adduction go to?

34. Fundamental Body Movements
Inversion
Ankle movement resulting in sole of foot
turned inward.

35. Fundamental Body Movements
Eversion
Ankle movement resulting in sole of foot
turned outward.

36. Fundamental Body Movements
Dorsiflexion
Ankle movement resulting in toes pointed
toward shin.

37. Fundamental Body Movements
Plantar flexion
Ankle movement resulting in toes pointed
away shin.

38. Fundamental Body Movements
Circumduction
Circular or cone shaped movement around
fixed point.

39. Fundamental Body Movements
Rotation
Movement of long bone around its own axis.

40. Fundamental Body Movements
Internal Rotation
Medial movement of Shoulder or Hip (Humerus or Femur) around its own axis.
Transverse plane

41. Fundamental Body Movements
External Rotation
Lateral movement of Shoulder or Hip (Humerus or Femur) around its own axis.

42. Fundamental Body Movements
Horizontal Adduction
Movement of shoulder/hip toward body’s midline w/ 90 deg flexed joint.

43. Fundamental Body Movements
Horizontal Abduction
Movement of shoulder/hip away from the body’s midline w/ 90 deg flexed joint.

44. Fundamental Body Movements
Elevation
Upward movement of scapula.

45. Fundamental Body Movements
Depression –
Downward movement of the scapula. Return from the movement of elevation.

46. Fundamental Body Movements
Protraction
Movement of the scapula away from the body’s
midline.

47. Fundamental Body Movements
Retraction
Movement of the scapula toward the body’s
midline.

48. Lateral Flexion
Side bending to the left or right

49. Warm-Up
What motions are easier for you to visualize and demonstrate?

50. Review What is horizontal abduction?
What does internal rotation look like?
What is the term for bending the neck or trunk to the side?
What are 4 movements of the scapula?

51. With your tables
For the following joints come up with activities of daily living and identify the movement assoicated with them.
Shoulder: 6 activities
Elbow: 4
Forearm: 4
Wrist: 3
Hip: 5
Knee:2
Ankle:2
Scapula: 2

52. Movements by joint
Shoulder: flex/ext, abduct/adduct, int/ext rot, horizontal abd/add
Elbow: flex/ext
Forearm: pronation/supination
Wrist: flex/ext, abduct, adduct
Hip: flex/ext, abduct/adduct, int/ext rot, horizontal abd/add
Knee: flex/ext
Ankle: plantar/dorsi flex, inversion/eversion
Scapula: elevation/depression, protraction/retraction
Neck/trunk: flex/ext, lateral flex

53. Warm-Up
Make sure you know the body movements

54. Warm-Up
Which movements are most difficult to visualize/identify?