BODY MOVEMENTS
This cardinal plane usually has flexion and extension of the thoracolumbar spine (trunk)
What is Sagittal?
This is the distance term of the wrist in relation to the elbow.
What is Distal?
The effect of stimuli that result in muscle contraction and localized muscle guarding is part of this cycle.
What is the pain cycle?
This Dr. popularized a type of friction that is precise and penetrating in massage therapy called Cross-Fiber.
Who is Dr. James Cyriax ?
These sites on the body are cautionary in that they:
Often contain bony prominences and pulse points.
Require deep pressure
Cannot ever be worked.
What is Often contain bony prominences and pulse points?
This term is known as lymph nodes behind (posterior) the knee.
What is popliteal?
Scapular refers to this bone.
What is scapular?
This can be a psychologic effect of massage therapy.
Decreases focus in those with ADHD.
Separates the mind from the body.
Reduces anxiety, depression, and stress.
What is Reduces anxiety, depression, and stress?
This massage technique involves light finger tracing over the skin.
What is Nerve Stroke?
This is an absolute contraindication for massage.
Skin rash on the forearm
Enlarged cervical lymph nodes
Fever
What is Fever?
When the pelvis elevates on one side, this action occurs on the other.
What is Depresses?
The umbilicus is in relation to the ilium using this term.
What is medial?
This is how massage therapy can improve skin health.
What is Stimulating blood flow to the tissue?
This can be an effect of localized muscle guarding.
Movement of the affected area increases.
Metabolic wastes build up in the affected tissues.
Insulin production increases.
What is Metabolic wastes build up in the affected tissues?
The exchange of information through words, actions, behaviors, body language, and feelings.
What is Communication?
This is the principal component of pronation at the subtalar (tarsal) joint.
What is Eversion?
The heart in relation to the vertebral column.
What is Anterior?
This can be produced from massage therapy to influence the body's physiologic response to stress.
What is cortisol?
This therapeutic technique lengthens and elongates soft tissues.
What is Stretching?
This signed document gives permission to the therapist to release certain client information.
What is a Release Form?
This is the principal component of supination of of the foot at the subtalar (tarsal) joint.
What is Inversion?
Massage may improve sleep and decrease stress by doing this.
What is Increasing dopamine levels?
This is why it is hard to assess the effects of massage therapy on the endocrine system.
What is It influences most of the other body systems?
This massage therapy technique helps lung congestion by loosening and moving phlegm.
What is Tapotement?
"How are you feeling today?" is an example of this type of question.
What is an Open-ended question?