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These types of muscles maintain erect posture during locomotion.
What are primary postural muscles?
The creator of Connective Tissue Massage.
Who is Elizabeth Dicke?
This technique is applied much slower than a traditional Swedish massage and focuses on one or two areas of musculoskeletal dysfunction.
What is Deep Tissue Massage?
This is the most common musculoskeletal condition seen by massage therapists.
What is Upper Trap Syndrome?
This is the measurement of the range of motion of a joint.
What is goniometry?
These types of muscles produce movement “on demand”. These muscles typically are not responsible for posture but rather for dynamic movement.
What are phasic muscles?
The creator of muscle energy techniques, such as Positional Release.
Who is Dr. Leon Chaitow?
This technique uses sustained ischemic compression and stretching to address hyperirritable spots within a muscle.
What is Trigger Point Therapy?
This condition causes pain at all times whether being palpated or not and creates a familiar sensation to the client.
What is an active trigger point?
This will cause an exaggeration of lumbar lordosis (hyperlordosis).
What is anterior pelvic tilt?
This occurs occurs when the head is pulled forward out of alignment, usually by hypertonic posterior cervical muscles
What is anterior head carriage?
He discovered the precursor to reflex zones in the 1800s.
Who is Henry Head?
Connective Tissue Massage induces a gel-to-sol liquifying effect on the ground matrix of connective tissue. What is this gel-to-sol effect referred to as?
What is thixotrophy?
This occurs over time as the result of a muscle being forced to remain in a contracted position for a prolonged period of time. This causes a reduced range of motion, a feeling of tightness in the muscles, and added stress on the connected tendons
What is adaptive shortening?
Muscle guarding or splinting is generally accepted as a contraindication for this technique.
What is trigger point therapy?
This type of pelvic tilt gives the appearance of a very flat back and buttocks that are “tucked under”.
What is Posterior Pelvic Tilt?
This individual is considered the father of Swedish Massage--think back to last semester! (Board review!)
Who is Pehr Henrik Ling?
This technique is often referred to as strain-counterstrain and involves placing the client in a position of comfort in order to allow a neurological reset for hypertonic, restricted muscle tissue
What is Positional Release?
This condition is only painful with palpation and produces a sensation that is unfamiliar to the client. Often, they are not aware that the area being worked on hurts.
What is a latent trigger point?
Contraindications for this technique include use of blood thinners, a history of blood clots or clotting disorders, osteoporosis, and current cancer treatment including chemotherapy and/or radiation.
What is deep tissue massage?
Commonly referred to as "knock knees", this condition can cause increased pressure on the lateral meniscus and the lateral aspect of the tibial plateau. Increases tensile stress on the joint capsule of the knee and the Medial Collateral Ligament. Affects patellar tracking which can increase the likelihood of soft tissue pain around the knee.
What is genu valgum?
Simons et al. stated that trigger points are located in the referral pattern this percentage of time.
What is 27%?
This technique uses resisted muscle contractions to induce a stretch in the antagonistic muscle.
What is Post Isometric Relaxation?
This type of breathing is detrimental to muscle health and posture.
What is paradoxical breathing?
These are are areas of skin that are innervated by a specific spinal nerve.
What are dermatomes?