Pathology
A situation where massage therapy should NOT be performed on any part of the body.
Absolute contranindication
This practice is considered the best method for controlling infection.
Handwashing
This ancient traditional health care system from India is based on balancing mind, body, and spirit.
Ayurveda
He developed the Swedish Movement System.
Pehr Henrik Ling
This stress hormone can be significantly decreased through massage therapy.
Cortisol
A situation where massage therapy is avoided only in a specific, affected area of the body.
Local contraindication
Bacteria can come in these three basic geometric shapes.
Cocci, Bacilli, Spirilla (spherical, rod, spiral)
China has written records documenting massage practices dating back to this timeframe.
3000 BCE
He is credited with using French terms (like effleurage and pétrissage) for massage techniques.
Johann Mezger
The ethical principle defining a client's right to self-determination and decision-making.
Autonomy
A disease caused by abnormal chemical reactions that disrupt normal body processing.
Metabolic disease
The type of location or setting where a nosocomial infection is contracted.
Hospital/healthcare facility
This physician wrote the famous medical text titled Canon of Medicine.
Avicenna
This professional organization was originally named the "American Association of Masseurs and Masseuses".
AMTA (American Massage Therapy Association)
The ethical principle that means acting in the best interest of the client to promote well-being.
Beneficience
A condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own healthy tissues.
Autoimmune disease
The transfer of harmful microorganisms or pathogens from one person, surface, or object to another.
Cross-Contamination
The year in which the Swedish Movement System was introduced to the United States.
1856
This federation developed and administers the MBLEx licensing exam.
FSMTB (Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards)
Boundaries concerning electronic communications, text messaging, email, and social media.
Digital boundaries
A medical forecast predicting the likely outcome or course of a disease.
Prognosis
The number of chest compressions you should perform per minute during CPR.
100-120/min
This famous retreat in California played a central role in the modern human potential movement and massage revival.
Esalen Institute
European countries first widely adopted the term "massage" around this timeframe.
1800s
The appropriate step a massage therapist should take if they become aware of ethical misconduct by another therapist.
Report