What are the different types of body action?

What are the different types of body action?

  • Flexion and Extension. Flexion and extension are movements that take place within the sagittal plane and involve anterior or posterior movements of the body or limbs.
  • Abduction and Adduction.
  • Circumduction.
  • Rotation.
  • Supination and Pronation.
  • Dorsiflexion and Plantar Flexion.
  • Inversion and Eversion.
  • Protraction and Retraction.

What are the 5 types of muscle movement?

Now, lets look at the 5 types of muscle movements.

  • Adduction…is the moving of a body part toward the mid-line of the body.
  • Abduction…is moving a body part away from the body.
  • Flexion…
  • Extension…
  • Rotation… and last, rotation involves move a body part around an axis.

What are the 7 primary movements?

There are seven basic movements the human body can perform and all other exercises are merely variations of these seven: Pull, Push, Squat, Lunge, Hinge, Rotation and Gait. When performing all of these movements, you will be able to stimulate all of the major muscle groups in your body.

What are the 2 types of body movements?

The body movements in humans are of the following types:

  • Flexion.
  • Lateral Flexion.
  • Dorsiflexion.
  • Plantarflexion.
  • Extension.
  • Hyperextension.
  • Abduction.
  • Adduction.

What are the 3 types of muscle action?

There are three types of muscle contraction: concentric, isometric, and eccentric.

What are the 5 primal movements?

Primal movement patterns are the seven fundamental movements that develop in utero and continue through infancy: Twist, Push, Pull, Bend, Squat, Lunge, and Gait.

What are the 3 basic movements?

There are three main categories of fundamental body movements:

  • Locomotor.
  • Nonlocomotor.
  • Manipulative.