Fusionpedia

Here you will find an evolving list of words and their meaning to help you expand your body and fitness knowledge and all things FUSION.

Achy: A dull, persistent pain.

Adenosine Tri-Phosphate: A high energy phosphate molecule used to store and release energy for work within the body.

Anaerobic Threshold: The anaerobic threshold (AT) is an exercise intensity at which lactate (lactic acid) starts to accumulate in the blood stream faster than it can be metabolized. Below the AT any lactate produced by the muscles is removed by the body without it building up.

Anaerobic: Living or active in the absence of free oxygen.

Annular Tear: A disruption in the annular wall of an intervertebral disc.

Articular Cartilage: A specialized dense connective tissue that serves as the bearing surface for synovial joints composed of chondrocytes embedded in a gel-like substance called the matrix.

Atom: a short series of drills added to either an ION or ELEMENT to raise metabolic rate and increase anaerobic demand or improve flexibility or balance.

Attitude: A state of mind or a feeling; disposition; a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways. Behavior is the expression of attitude.

Biological adaptation: Changes in anatomical or physiological features that help an organism cope with its environment.

Biomechanics: A science applying the laws of physics to study the effects of internal and external forces on the human body in movement and at rest. It is used synonymously with mechanics.

Bone: A specialized connective tissue used for supportive and protective purposes in the body.

Bracing: An active contraction of the abdominal wall without inhaling, holding one’s breath, or “sucking in”. This can be achieved by imagining that someone is going to punch you in the stomach or exhaling through pursed lips. The magnitude of the brace can be altered on a scale of 1 to 10 where 10 is maximum contraction and 1 is minimal contraction.

Burning: A painful, hot sensation.

Bursa: A thin (2-4 cell layers thick) tissue sac filled with synovial fluid and is typically found over an area of bone or in between tendons and bone.

Bursitis: Inflammation of a bursa.

Capillary Bed: A network of small blood vessels to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide between the main vascular supply and tissues. These vessels are so small that blood cells must line up single file to pass through.

Chondral Fracture: A fracture to an articular surface without damage to the underlying bone.

Coach: A person who instructs, demonstrates, directs, and prompts learners.

Complaint: An expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment; a symptom about which a patient seeks medical care.

Connective Tissue: Any type of biological tissue with an extensive extracellular matrix.

Creep: Time-dependent strain occurring under stress.

Crepitus: A grating, cracking or popping sound under the skin or in joints.

Danger Zone: Forces of every day activity that exceed Load Tolerance.

Degenerative Disc Disease: Deterioration of the chemical composition and physical properties of the intervertebral disc and related structures.

Degenerative Joint Disease: Synonymous with osteoarthrosis.

Degree of Difficulty: A numerical rating on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the most difficult, derived from a proprietary formula that includes seventeen variables pertaining to the exercise or position.

Denial: An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings.

Diagnosis: A critical analysis of the nature of something and the conclusion reached by such analysis.

Diffuse: Spread out; not localized or confined.

Disc Bulge: This is often confused with a herniation. A disc bulge is a diffuse and broad expansion of the annulus without disruption of the posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL) or breaching of the annular wall.

Disc Herniation: a broad and general term that includes three specific types of disc lesion, which are classified based on the degree of disc disruption and posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL) disruption. The three main classifications of disc herniation are Protrusion (contained herniation or sub-ligamentous herniation), Extrusion (non-contained herniation, or trans-ligamentous herniation) and Sequestration (free fragment).

Disc Prolapse: Synonymous with disc herniation.

Disease: An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning.

Dosage Correct Exercise: A prescriptive exercise containing the elements of intensity, frequency and duration.

Doubt: the state of being unsure of something.

Dull: Not keenly felt.

Edging: a process of progression; an increase to some aspect of your training – load, speed, repetitions, duration, etc. -to find the edge of your ability which will be either fatigue or pain or a loss of control of the movement or all three.

Element: a training routine with a primary focus yet has sprinkles of other components in it (e.g.Carbon has a primary focus of Core Endurance but has some flexibility, balance and strength as well).

Energy: The capacity of a physical system to do work.

Exercise: A form of physical activity of sufficient length and difficulty to produce sustained perspiration, elevated heart rate and respiration rate. Walking, running, lifting weights, swimming are some examples of exercise provided that the activity produces perspiration.

Fascia: A specialized connective tissue that surrounds muscle, bone, joints and internal organs providing support and giving structure to the body.

Fatigue Index: An ordinal scale from 0-10 where 0 = no fatigue and 10 = extreme fatigue. Used to determine the difficulty of a particular drill or exercise.

Fatigue: The inability to continue functioning at a prescribed work rate in the presence of an increased perception of effort.

Fitness: the state of being suitably adapted to the demands of an environment or situation and across a set of specific physical standards.

Fracture: The separation of a substance into pieces following the application of physical stress.

Frustration: The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals; a form of anger.

Functional Training: An exercise or drill that attempts to replicate the desired goal task or movement; as opposed the Task Specific Training in which the task is exactly replicated.

Functional Zone: the range of load and duration in which daily life activities are spent.

Glycogen: A storage form of glucose in the body.

Glycolysis: A process in which glucose (sugar) is partially broken down by cells in en

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zyme reactions that do not need oxygen.

Gravitating: The process of decreasing or increasing the difficulty of a movement or position to best match an individual’s capability.

Grounded Foot: An active position of the foot while weight bearing created by pressing into the floor through the heel and the outer edge and inner edge of the foot. Sometimes referred to as a “tripod” position of the foot.

Impairment: A deviation from the person’s usual biomedical state; any loss of function directly resulting from injury or disease.

Incompetent Disc: An intervertebral disc that no longer can control the position of the nuclear material.

Injury: A transfer of energy resulting in an interruption of cellular function causing a decline in physical function.

Ion: a variation of an Element to serve an even more focused purposed (e.g. regenerative training for the knee, shoulder, etc.)

Interval Training: A form of exercise that uses repeated bouts of intense exercise followed by less intense exercise.

Intervertebral Disc: A specialized connective tissue consisting of an annulus and a nucleus located between two vertebral bodies.

Joint Capsule: A ligament that surrounds a joint holding two bones together lined with synovium.

Kelsey’s First Law of Human Dynamics: Those in pain will choose to stay in pain until it rises to such a level it can no longer be ignored. Change will then emerge.

Ligament: A specialized connective tissue that connects bone to bone.

Load Tolerance: The maximum amount of force generated for a particular task or movement without symptoms and with good form.

Magic Zone: The range of force or mechanical load required to maintain tissue health without excessive overload.

Maximal Heart Rate: The maximum heart rate that a person can achieve during maximal physical exertion.

Metabolic rate: The amount of energy expended in a given period.

Metabolism: The chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism that are necessary for the maintenance of life.

Muscle: A bundle of muscle fibers (cells) that have voluntary contractile capability.

Nerve (peripheral): A composite of nerve fibers, connective tissue and blood vessels.

Ordinal Scale: A scale of measurement in which the measurement categories form a rank order along a continuum. For example, world rankings in golf or subjective pain scales (0-10).

Osteoarthritis: Non-systemic inflammation of a synovial joint resulting in deterioration of the articular cartilage.

Osteoarthrosis: Non-inflammatory, degenerative changes in a synovial  joint.

Pain: An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.

Pathoanatomic: a specific topographic and morphologic abnormality that may lead to derangements and disorders.

Pathology: a departure or deviation from a normal condition.

Pathophysiologic: the functional changes associated with or resulting from disease or injury.

Performance Coach: A person who instructs, demonstrates, directs, and prompts learners to improve their personal performance abilities; an ongoing process of building a partnership for continuous improvement.

Physical Activity: Movement that involves contraction of your muscles. Daily activities such as housework, gardening, walking, climbing stairs — are examples of physical activity.

Physical Therapist: A health professional licensed to practice physical therapy.

Physical Therapy: A health profession concerned with the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and disability through physical means.

Problem: A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved.

Prognosis: The projected future course of an illness, disease or injury.

Rating of Perceived Exertion: How hard you feel like your body is working.

Rebuilding: To restore to a previous state; to make extensive changes.

Repetition: one complete movement of an exercise from to start to finish with good form and control.

Set: a series of repetitions.

Sub-Gravity: a force applied to the body that is less than the force due to gravity. Walking in a pool is an example of sub-gravity loads.

Symptom: A subjective manifestation of a pathological condition. Symptoms are reported by the affected individual rather than observed by the examiner.

System: a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole.

Training: a form of exercise with the discipline and instruction, drill, practice, etc., designed to impart proficiency or efficiency; training is a planned and purpose-driven form of exercise.

Treatment: Care by procedures or applications that are intended to reduce the severity of illness or injury.

Vector: a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction. Used in Fusion typically as an additional line of force applied to the body at various angles (see image).

Workout: a form of exercise without a specific focus or goal. “I’m going to the gym to workout.”

Worry: A lasting preoccupation with past or future bad events; persistent doubt.