| Question | Answer |
| hyperflexibility | excessive amount of flexibility |
| flexibility | joint's ability to move through full range of motion |
| ballistic stretching | quick up and down bobbing movements in which stretches are held briefly |
| passive stretching | stretching against a counter force. There is little movement |
| elasticity | muscles and tissues that stretch |
| adductor muscles | muscles in the legs that pull legs together |
| reflexes | automatic responses that your nerves and muscles provide to various movements |
| static posture | posture your body exhibits while resting |
| static strectching | doing strectches slowly |
| dynamic posture | body exhibits while in motion |
| posture | alignment of the body |
| core stability | stretching and strengthening of muscles around the spine and pelvic muscles |
| stretching movements that challenge reflexes to adapt | reflex assisted strectches |
| muscle imbalance | muscle group becomes to strong compared to the others |
| range of motion | degrees of motion allowed around a joint |
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