Ancient Foundations
This early Chinese massage method is considered a precursor to other Chinese manual and energetic therapies.
What is Amma?
Known as the Father of Modern Western Medicine, he advocated the therapeutic use of rubbing.
Who was Hippocrates of Cos?
Ida Rolf developed this form of bodywork, commonly called Rolfing.
What is Structural Integration?
This ethical principle protects a competent client’s right to make decisions and refuse treatment.
What is autonomy?
This is the professional affiliation through which a therapist uses knowledge and clinical expertise to help a client reach treatment goals.
What is the therapeutic relationship?
At a grocery store, between the theraptist and the client, who should initiate any conversation so the therapist does not reveal the professional relationship.
Who is the client?
This Japanese method means “finger pressure.”
What is Shiatsu
This Roman physician wrote extensively about massage and recommended rubbing gladiators until their skin became red.
Who was Galen of Pergamon?
This organization administers the Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination.
What is the FSMTB?
This principle is the obligation of truth telling, including honesty about credentials and advertising.
What is veracity?
This quality means accepting the client without judgment even when the therapist holds different beliefs.
What is unconditional positive regard?
A client wants deep pressure over an acutely inflamed and bruised area. This is the therapist’s safest response.
What is modify or refuse the technique to prevent harm?
These are the specific points pressed during shiatsu treatment.
What are tsubos?
This Swedish educator developed the Swedish Movement Cure and is commonly called the Father of Swedish Massage.
Who was Pehr Henrik Ling?
This examination became the only entry-level licensing examination for the U.S. massage profession in 2014.
What is the MBLEx?
This principle requires the therapist to avoid causing harm.
What is nonmalfeasance?
Unlike sympathy, this quality seeks to understand the client’s experience while the therapist maintains a separate perspective.
What is empathy?
A client treats the therapist like a parent and seeks approval unrelated to treatment. This emotional-boundary process may be occurring.
What is transference?
This classical Chinese medical text contains descriptions of massage procedures.
What is the Nei Ching?
This Dutch physician helped establish the French terms effleurage, petrissage, and tapotement.
Who was Johann Mezger?
Hartvig Nissen opened this institution in Washington, D.C., in 1883, considered the first U.S. massage school.
What was the Swedish Health Institute of Washington, D.C.?
This principle requires fairness, equality, nondiscrimination, and equitable access to care.
What is justice?
The cultural competence model includes awareness, knowledge, skill, encounters, and this final element.
What is cultural desire?
A therapist’s feelings about someone from the past are being redirected toward a client. This process may be occurring.
What is countertransference?
This ancient culture was the first discussed in the chapter to study essential oils and codify their therapeutic effects.
Who were the ancient Egyptians?
This nursing pioneer developed standards of care for soldiers that included massage.
Who was Florence Nightingale?
This Battle Creek Sanitarium director promoted massage and hydrotherapy and wrote The Art of Massage.
Who was John Harvey Kellogg?
One of these paired principles promotes client well-being; the other requires avoiding foreseeable harm.
What are beneficence and nonmalfeasance?
A therapist keeps appointments, honors commitments, and maintains current knowledge and skills. This ethical principle is being demonstrated.
What is fidelity?
A client intentionally touches the therapist sexually during a session. This is the most appropriate immediate action.
What is end the session, state that the conduct is unacceptable, and follow safety and documentation procedures?