Massage Therapy
Massage equipment allowing a massage to be performed from a seated position
Massage chair
Writ issued by a court requiring a person to attend a court proceeding and testify in some way
Subpoena
A client personalizing the relationship with s massage therapist, building emotional attachment
Transference
"Fight-or-flight" response
Sympathetic response
Paralysis of one side of the face due to damage of the facial nerve
Bell's palsy
Origin of Infraspinatus
Infraspinous fossa
Documentation utilized post-massage to record activities and treatments performed
SOAP notes
Room with temperature that is typically kept between 150-175 degrees Fahrenheit, with a low humidity level
Sauna
Money owed by one business to another for services or products rendered such as credit card debt
Accounts payable
Limiting the flow of communication and being selective in topics discussed between the massage therapist and client
Semi-permeable boundary
Glands responsible for production of estrogen and progesterone
Ovaries
Condition in which the knees touch and the ankles are separated in a person who is standing
Genu valgum
Insertion of the quadriceps
Tibial tuberosity
Section in SOAP notes detailing recommendations for future treatments
Plan
Location a bolster should be placed when a client is positioned prone
Ankles
Law created to protect any person who is providing aid to another that may be in immediate danger, are I'll or in some way incapacitated
Good Samaritan law
The relationship shared between the massage therapist and client
Therapeutic relationship
Region of the vertebral column with seven bones
Cervical vertebrae
Compression of the brachial plexus and blood vessels caused by tight scalenes and pectoralis minor
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Action performed by the latissimus dorsi
Shoulder adduction
Exercise performed by the massage therapist or client to determine the amount of movement in a joint
Range-of-motion
Structural realignment therapy
Rolfing
Determining how to spend money, save money and repay loans
Financial planning
The client conceding control of the massage session to the therapist based on the therapist's education and experience
Power differential
Body plane that splits the body into inferior and superior
Transverse plane
Bacterial infection of a hair follicle, also known as a furuncle
Boil
Muscle originating in the supraspinous fossa
Supraspinatus
Touching an area on a client to feel for inflammation, adhesions, tenderness, etc
Palpation
Physical changes that occur in the body as a direct result of massage therapy
Mechanical effects
Form issued to independent contractors detailing income or royalties earned during the previous year
1099
Type of question used when seeking feedback from a client
Open-ended questions
Largest lymph vessel in the body
Thoracic duct
Form of tendonitis causing inflammation of the lateral epicondyle of the humerus
Tennis elbow
Primary action performed by the pectoralis major
horizontal adduction of the shoulder
To most effective way to properly assess a client
Listening
Stoppage of range-of-motion due to muscle
Soft end feel
Insurance used to protect a business in cases such a as malpractice or negligence
Professional liability insurance
Taking a step back psychologically when faced with emotional stress
Regression
Body plane that splits the body into anterior and posterior
Frontal plane
Highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory tract
Influenza
Action of the hamstrings and gastrocnemius
Knee flexion
Act created to ensure client privacy while still allowing client information to be distributed between healthcare professionals with client approval
HIPAA
Client stretching into resistance without assistance from the massage therapist
Unassisted stretch
Form issued to partnership members detailing income from the previous year
Schedule K1
A massage therapist personalizing the relationship with a client, building an emotional attachment
Counter-transference
Organ that filters blood and creates urine
Kidneys
Degeneration of alveoli, reducing gas exchange
Emphysema
Bipennate muscle that crosses the hip and knee on the anterior thigh
Rectus femoris
A condition that prohibits the use of massage therapy in any form
Absolute contraindication