Category: P

Sensor receptors in muscles, joints, and tendons, which give imformation concerning movement and position of the body.  

Muscle responsible for a specific movement. Same as agonist. Somebody or something which has the most influence over the starting of a process or activity.  

Rhythmic activities, such as small kicks and walking that provide a transition period between vigorous aerobic work and less aerobically taxing calisthenics or stretching.  

A stretching technique in which an individual contracts the same muscle that he wants to stretch. A stretching technique in which the muscle to be stretched is first contracted maximally. The muscle is then relaxed, and either is actively stretched by contraction of the opposing muscle or is passively stretched. An approach to therapeutic exercise…

Inflammation of the fascia on the ball of the foot caused by overstress and overuse.  

Fibrous sac that encloses the heart. Membraneous fibroserous sac enclosing the heart; the outer layer. The thin outer layer of tissue that encloses or covers the heart. The sac containing the heart. A membrane which surrounds and supports the heart. Double-layered sac surrounding the heart and large vessels entering and leaving the heart. The inner…

Techniques where an individual relies on his body senses and reactions to determine work intensity rather than actual measurements.  

Large aerobic movements that use both arms and legs simultaneously and require greater amounts of oxygen to be delivered to the muscles.  

A disorder characterized by an inhibition in sexual desire; sexual excitement, orgasm, premature ejaculation, dpspareunia, or vaginismus may also be present. In DSM-IIl-R, called sexual disorders to reflect more accurately the fact that a biogenic component is often present. Disorders in which normal sexual response is inhibited in some respect. A condition where the sexual…

Generalized physical and emotional over-activity in response to internal and/or external stimuli, as in hypomania. Disordered behavior characteristic of unipolar depressive patients. Disrupted physical and mental processes, characterized by restless behaviors such as fidgeting, hand wringing, and racing thoughts, represent common symptoms observed in individuals with major depressive disorder. These manifestations reflect the tumultuous nature…