History of Massage
This ancient physician is known as the "Father of Medicine."
Who is Hippocrates?
This document outlines what a massage therapist is legally allowed to do.
What is the Scope of Practice?
Clients must give this before massage begins.
What is informed consent?
The first step before every massage is gathering this information.
What is the health history/intake?
This is a common indication for massage.
What is muscle tension?
He developed the foundation of Swedish Massage.
Who is Per Henrik Ling?
These guide professional behavior toward clients.
What is the Code of Ethics?
Clients have this right at any time during the massage.
What is the right to stop or withdraw consent?
Therapists use this type of thinking to determine the safest treatment.
What is clinical reasoning?
What is clinical reasoning?
Massage is generally indicated to help reduce this emotional condition.
What is stress or anxiety?
This nurse helped develop modern manual lymphatic drainage.
Who is Emil Vodder? (Accept "Dr. Emil Vodder.")
Practicing outside your legal authority is called working outside your ________.
What is scope of practice?
This explains office rules, cancellations, payments, and expectations.
What is an office policy statement?
A client reports numbness during treatment. Your first action is to do this.
What is stop and reassess?
A client has a high fever. Massage is generally this.
What is contraindicated?
This ancient medical system from India includes massage as part of whole-body wellness.
What is Ayurveda?
This protects client information from unauthorized disclosure.
What is confidentiality?
Before beginning treatment, the therapist should explain benefits, risks, and this.
What are alternative options?
When unsure whether massage is appropriate, the therapist should do this.
What is consult or refer to a healthcare provider?
Deep massage should not be performed directly over this type of blood vessel condition.
What are varicose veins?
This French physician introduced the terms effleurage, petrissage, friction, and tapotement.
Who is Dr. Johann Mezger?
This protects client information from unauthorized disclosure.
What is confidentiality?
Consent is considered invalid if the client is forced, threatened, or ________.
What is coerced?
Good decision-making always prioritizes this above everything else.
What is client safety?
This type of contraindication means massage should not be performed at all.
What is an absolute contraindication?