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A method of manually manipulating soft tissues using compression and traction for therapeutic, palliative, and self-care or wellness purposes is called?
Massage Therapy
The symptoms of stress are a result of activation of which branch of the central nervous system is?
Sympathetic
Research indicates that massage positively influences serotonin and dopamine levels in the body and is associated with increased well-being. Based on this research, massage is?
Indicated for people with depression
Massage has been shown to decrease this type of brain wave, thus stimulating greater ralaxation:
Beta
While completing an intake you client states she needs stress reduction as her primary goal due to her workload, missing deadlines and overwhelmed with stress in her personal life. You explain how massage can reduce anxiety and stress levels and increase feelings of well-being and mental clarity. Which type of benefit are you describing?
Psychological
A full body change in body chemistry as a result of massage is best described as?
A systemic effect
When a client remarks that they are feeling a "good pain" during the massage, this is an example of?
Counterirritation
A physiological effect of massage that supports stress management is?
Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system response
One somatic reflex that can be manipulated by massage application methods is?
The tendon reflex
The environment, the attitude of the massage therapist, and the client's confidence in the effectiveness of the treatment all contribute to the __ effect?
Placebo effect
These types of effects are the direct result of manual manipulation of soft tissue, for example, the separation of muscle fibers that occurs with moderate to deep pressure.
Mechanical
Combined effects of massage refers to?
Effects that occur because two or more therapies are used together (Massage & Hot Packs).
This theory explains how massage, heat, and cold, can interrupt pain signals by stimulating faster, larger nerves.
Gate Theory
The increase in serotonin production stimulated by massage is linked to a decrease in symptoms of depression and__?
Stress
Which massage technique is most commonly used to loosen and discharge phlegm?
Tapotement
By decreasing the activity of this enzyme, massage helps decrease chronic muscle contraction:
Creatine Kinase
This elongated stroke glides across the client's skin with minimal drag, warming the tissues and promoting relaxation.
Effleurage
Aside from the positive physiological effects of massage, hospice patients and others with chronic illness benefit emotionally from the compassionate application of?
Touch
Adrenaline is associated with the "Flight or Fight" stress response and is also known as?
Epinephrine
Massage has been shown to stimulate more rapid and elaborate development of this part of the brain, which is related to memory.
Hippocampus
Physical changes that improve the health of soft tissues in the body are referred to as?
Structural effects
Massage can reduce stress by regulating the body's wake and sleep cycles, also known as?
Circadian rhythm
Secondary effects of massage are effects that occur as a result of__ effect?
Primary Effect
Physiological effects of massage are effects that occur__?
In the body
The lifting, twisting, and stretching techniques used in massage therapy break down adhesions in soft tissue. This is a positive ___ of massage?
Mechanical effect
When soft tissue such as muscles and ligaments exert excessive pressure on nerve tissue, this is known as?
Entrapment
Substance P is a neuropeptide that relates sensory information to the brain associated with?
Pain
By decreasing the activity of this enzyme, massage helps decrease chronic muscle contractions.
Creatine kinase
Massage encourages the coordination or synchronization of the body's rhythms. This reflexive effect is known as?
Entrainment
Stimulation of large-diameter fibers that suppress the sensation of pain, transmitted by small-diameter fibers is known as?
Hyperstimulation analgesia
The application of cross-fiber friction and with-fiber friction to scar tissue is designed to cause?
A physiological effect or massage
The relaxation response brought on by activation of the parasympathetic nervous system in an example of this effect?
Reflexive
Neuromuscular and somatic mechanisms can be manipulated by massage techniques to alter muscle tension patterns and "re=educate" proprioceptors. This is an example of?
A Reflexive effect on the nervous system that produces a physiological effect on the muscular system.
By introducing this type of nervous system response, massage promotes relaxation.
Parasympathetic
In a study, 19 women diagnosed with anorexia nervosa were given a standard treatment plus massage, then the others were just given standard treatment with no massage. The massage group had lower cortisol levels and reports less stress, anxiety, and body dissatisfaction than those receiving just the standard treatment. Based on this study massage is?
Indicated for people with anorexia nervosa
Massage increases available amounts of "feel-good" chemicals in the body such as dopamine, oxytocin, and__?
Seratonin
The nervous system branch that is responsible for slowing the heart rate, increasing digestive activity, and encouraging rest is the__?
Parasympathetic nervous system
The movement of the therapist's hands over the skin desquamates dead skin cells. This is a physiological effect of massage on the?
Integumentary system
One way massage might decrease sensations of pain in the hamstring is by?
By reducing muscle spasms that splint and guard an injury
Dr Tiffany Field of the Touch Research Institute began her research on the effects of touch by working with__?
Premature babies