Your Patient Has a Forward Head Posture

question 4

Multiple Choice

Your patient has a forward head posture.On testing (supine-lying) ,she cannot isolate capital flexion to lift her head when you ask her to flex her neck.Passively you can move the head about 5 into capital flexion and then feel tissue resistance.Based on these supine tests,what muscles are tight and what muscles are weak?

• A) Tight suboccipital muscles and weak longus capitis and longus colli muscles
• B) Tight erector spinae and weak sternocleidomastoid muscles
• C) Tight splenius capitis and splenius cervicis muscles and weak multifidus muscles
• D) Tight erector spinae and weak suprahyoid and infrahyoid muscles

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