Massage & Bodywork
The stance used when the target area(s) of the massage technique is toward the side and not directly in front of the practitioner’s body is known as the
What is Archer Stance?
The "A" in SOAP stands for
What is Assessment?
The space in the front at the bend of the elbow
What is Antecubital?
Arthrosis and articulation are terms synonymous with a
What is Joint?
What is the number of times or speed that massage techniques are repeated and described as slow, moderate, or rapid/fast?
Rate
The study of disease is
What is Pathology?
Transparent surfaces that divide the body into three dimensions are
Body Planes
The action or movement of the body when the sole of the foot turns inward
What is inversion?
Touching with purpose or intent is called
What is Palpation?
Any condition that might render massage inadvisable or may cause harm
What is Contraindication?
This body plane bisects the body side-to-side to create anterior and posterior sections:
Coronal (Frontal)
The joint type containing an external dense fibrous capsule and an internal cavity lined with a fluid-secreting membrane
What is synovial?
The uninterrupted flow of strokes and to the unbroken transition from one stroke to the next.
What is Continuity?
When an impulse has passed once through a certain set of neurons to the exclusion of others, it will tend to take the same course on future occasions. Each time it traverses the path; the resistance will be less...also known as the path of least resistance
What is the Law of Facilitation?
The process of moving substances outside the cell
What is Exocytosis?
This directional term would allow movement of the ankle so that the toes move superiorly
What is dorsiflexion?
The description of massage strokes was credit by Johann Metzger using terminology from what country?
What is France (French)?
The Laws of Unilaterality, Symmetry, Intensity, Radiation, and Generalization are called
What are Pfluger's Laws?
This tissue provides communication between body structures
What is Nervous?
The other term used for ball and socket joint is
What is Enarthrodial?