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Therapeutic Massage Assessment
Pathology
Muscles
Bones/Bony Landmarks
Licensure Standards of Practice
100
A cycle of walking that can be observed as an assessment tool.
What is gait?
100
a condition also known as hypertension
What is high blood pressure
100
The muscle of the forearm responsible for pronation
What is pronator teres
100
There are three fossae found on this bone that houses the SITS muscles
What is the scapula
100
application of high velocity/low amplitude force further defined as thrust techniques should not be applied by a massage therapist but is reserved for
What is a chiropractor
200
Assessment procedure using touch and feeling to determine dysfunction and abnormalities in tissue
What is palpation
200
When a client reports with scaly dry red skin around the toes this condition is contraindicated and is called this
What is Athlete's Foot
200
The only quadricep muscle that crosses two joints
What is rectus femoris
200
The infraspinatus sits in what fossa
What is infraspinous fossa
200
external application of heat for therapeutic purposes is allowed by massage therapists and is called this
What is thermotherapy
300
If one hip is higher than the other, you should observe these other areas for symmetry
What are shoulders, knees, ankles, feet
300
A condition when the thyroid under functions
What is hypothyroid
300
The muscle group found along the lateral spine responsible for holding us erect
What is erector spinae
300
The tuberosity on the humerus that serves as an attachment site for the deltoid
What is deltoid tuberosity
300
application of cold for therapeutic purposes is allowed by massage therapists and is called
What is cryotherapy
400
Information your client tells you about their conditions
What is Subjective
400
A condition that is indicated by painful, inflamed joints and is contraindicated if in an acute stage
What is arthritis
400
Smooth, Cardiac, Skeletal are examples of what kind of tissue
What is muscle
400
The bones that serve as an attachment site for the sternocleidomastoid muscle
What is sternum, clavicle,and mastoid
400
all decisions of the massage therapist should be of sound reasoning, and current principles of practice and in the best interest of
What is the client
500
Information you observe through palpation, visual assessment,
What is objective
500
A General Contraindication that is an increase in internal body temperature which indicates systemic infection
What is fever
500
Muscle that attaches to the thoracic vertebrae and medial border of the scapula
What is rhomboids major and minor
500
The ASIS stands for what
What is anterior superior iliac spine
500

The length of time required by the LA State Licensing board to maintain massage therapy records.

What is 5 years