Professional Standards
This term describes the professional activities that can be legally performed by members of a licensed profession.
Scope of practice
This basic act involves the exchange of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Communication
PPALM stands for this phrase.
Purpose, Pain, Allergies, Lifestyle, and Medical history.
This is the primary benefit of massage for a client who has recently undergone surgery.
Decreased stress and anxiety
This is the term for a client withdrawing or modifying their permission for treatment at any time.
Right of Refusal
To protect client information, you should always apply this specific rule.
Double lock rule
This type of human communication is expressed a staggering 93% of the time.
Body Language
Use this 7-letter acronym to guide a client through a detailed description of their pain.
OPPQRST
After an injury, a therapist should generally wait this long before massaging the recently injured area.
1-2 days
Documentation is vital because it is considered the most credible evidence in these types of proceedings.
Legal proceedings
This federal regulation is designed to protect the storage and transmission of a client's personal health information.
HIPAA
This is the ideal location to conduct a professional client interview to ensure privacy.
Private area
This evaluation identifies a client's health status and treatment goals.
Assessment
This is a major safety concern in the lower extremities for up to 12 weeks following a surgery.
Blood clots/DVT
To ensure professional and accurate informed consent, this quality is essential in a client.
Competency
This is the degree of prudence or caution followed by reasonable individuals with similar training in similar circumstances.
Standard of Care
These types of questions require only an affirmative, denial, or factual answer.
Close-ended questions
This is the documented process of developing a client’s specific therapy.
Treatment planning
This classification is given to clients suffering from long-term or chronic illnesses.
Medically fragile
This documentation format stands for Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
APIE
An example of this, which is something specifically forbidden from a massage therapist's scope of practice, is a chiropractic adjustment.
Exclusion
These questions offer little restriction and allow the client to reflect or clarify their feelings.
Open-ended questions
In SOAP notes, this letter represents information that is measurable and verifiable.
Objective
Insurance companies typically require one of these two documents from a healthcare provider before covering massage.
Prescription or referral
When documenting a client's progress, you should always describe it in these types of terms.
Functional terms