Professional communication
The physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual space people hold around themselves.
What is Personal Space
A communication style where the speakers use an open body position, reflect thoughts and feelings back to the each other, and try to avoid Communication Blockers.
What is Active Listening?
The type of Swedish Massage stroke consisting of a muscle squeeze and tendon stretch
What is petrissage?
An acronym reresenting a widely used method of documentation for healthcare providers.
What is a SOAP note?
When the therapist's joints are aligned properly aligned in order to be able to withstand more pressure.
What is Stacking Joints?
A form of communication that requires awareness, active listening, and the ability to communicate a message honestly.
What is Active Communication
Receiving information through touch about the client's tissue, tone, texture, and temperature
What is Palpation?
Using the ulnar side of the open hand to deliver tapotement strokes.
What is Hacking?
The client's complaints, symptoms, and reasons for seeking massage, written under the S of the SOAP note.
What is Subjective Data?
The table height mistake that may cause the therapist feel lower back pain.
What is a table that is too low?
A communicator that holds back their own opinions and always agrees with the statements of others.
What is a passive communicator?
A question that should always be asked during the session intake in order to be informed about where the client does not want to be touched.
What is "Is there anywhere you don't want me to work on today?"?
It is an oscillating stroke that briefly activates the sympathetic nervous system or can relax the body depending on how it is applied.
What is vibration?
The A from the SOAP note, it is where the therapist writes what they did and what happened during the session.
What is Assessment?
The table height mistake that may cause the massage therapist to feel shoulder pain.
What is a table that is too high?
A communication blocker where one person expresses pity or sorrow for the pain and distress of someone else.
What is sympathy?
The type of information that the therapist directly assesses during a palpation session?
What is Temperature?
A form of Vibration where the body is pushed and released.
What is Rocking?
The P portion from the SOAP note where the therapist describes the future recommended treatment for the client.
What is Plan?
The stance where your knees are bent, and feet are wide and parallel.
What is Horse Stance?
The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. They have a whole universe inside them.
What is Sonder?
In medical shorthand, it is DT
What is Deep Tissue?
The treatment where the therapist uses fingertips to pick up and release small bits of superficial tissue.
What is Pincement?
What is Quantifying Information?
The Massage Therapist's forearms, knuckles, soft fists, fingers, and thumbs.
What are their (the Massage Therapist's) tools?