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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 A skilled professional application without movement applied with intelligence control and purpose describes | Touch |
| Touch combined with motion moving 1in to 2in per second in one direction only generally in the direction of blood flow in the arteries describes x | Stroking |
| A client reports feeling strange sensations on the skin of his back among which are numbness tingling and crawling sensations. Which combination of modalities would be indicated | Digital stroking palmer strongly passive touch |
| A client is experiencing insomnia. Which combination would be beneficial? | Passive touch digitital stroking palmer stroking |
| A client complains of a headache. What combination would be indicated | Digital stroking palmer stroking. Pressure touch |
| Lightly touching the part with one or more fingers or both hands describes | Passive touch |
| A client describes symptoms of sciatica. Which procedure would best alleviate these symptoms? | Nerve compression at the junction of the sacrum and ilium as well as over the sciatic nerve. |
| a client arrives visibly upset he nearly lost his job he had an argument with his son, and he narrowly escaped a traffic accident on his way to your office. You note that he seems hyper. He is moving quickly, speaking quickly, and you can see signs of stress on his facial features. Which combination of modalities would be indicated? | passive touch digital stroking palmer stroking |
| A client complains of constipation . The reflex stroking of which area is indicated? | abdominal |
| inflammatory autoimmune disease of the joints that has granulated deposits is? | gouty arthritis |
| The following describes the physiological effects of which modality? Produces muscle contraction the result of the formation of a reflex arc through the spinal cord. | reflex stroking |
| knowing physiological effects of massage procedures is important bc? | You will be aware of what is happening in a clients body when you perform massage. It will help you know how to treat specific conditions. It will increase your skill as a limited branch of medicine of massage. |
| what is an effect of heat hydrotherapy | increased circulation |
| A client asks you to massage his prostate, what would be your response | Its illegal |
| Acording to the massage scope of practice document the practioner of massage may do? | Take a written and verbal inquiry to ascertain if massage is advisable. |
| universal precautions as defined by the center for disease control, is designed to prevent transmission of? | HIV hepatatitis B virus bloodborne pathogens |
| A client has been suffering from insomnia. What would you do? | Decrease vascular activity by applying centrifugal friction |
| when the lumph spaces and channels (lymphatic system) are affected | jaundice may occur |
| the following describes what procedure? The whole or part of a hand is moved over the surface with considerable pressure. | friction |
| a patient is prone. You take her arm and lay it over her stomach. The movement of her arm is: | medial rotation |
| The following describes what massage procedure? The skin is simultaneously compressed between the thumb and finger and lifted from the underlying bone or muscle. | superficial kneading pinching fulling |
| list 7 forms of deep kneading | petrissage, rolling, wringing, chucking, palmar kneading, digital kneading fist kneading |
| this describes what massage procedure? The parts should be squeezed or compressied in the hand lifted from the bone or underlying tissues, and rolled and strtched in an upward direction or from the point of insertion. Rate 30-90 per minute. done anywhere on individualized muscles using the palmer surface of the hand and the thenar eminence | petrissage |
| wearing gloves and mask | protects client |
| if you are massaging the manubrium, where are you massaging | sternum |
| A client arrives having driven to your office in 13 degree weather. His heater was malfunctioning and he is very cold. With which procedure should you begin his massage? | petrissage |
| moving the fluid in veins and lymph spaces and channels is an example of what class of effects in friction? | mechanical effects |
| In performing centripetal friction of the thigh above an injured knee as a treatment, a therapist would be drawing mainly from? | the derivative effects of friction |
| Your client appears jaundiced: yellowed skin, yellowed whites of the eyes. which combination of modalites would best address this condition? | friction and superficial kneading |
| A client complains that she has been ill frequently over the past few months. Which modality combination would best address her problem by boosting her immune system? | passive touch, pinching, and palmar stroking |
| To cool down a runner whose body temp is elevated, you should do? | supercicial kneading |
| This procedure stimulates all functions of the skin and addresses dry skin hidebound skin dropsy and edema among others | fulling |
| If a client has impingement of the brachial plexus, what muscle would you massage? | pectorialis minor |
| according to kellogg, which of the following procedures is the best for producing changes (alterative effects)? | kneading |
| Massage therapists may diagnose a persons condition and prescribe a course of treatment? | False |
| Massage therapists may treat TMJ if the patient has been referred in writing by a dentist chiropracter or physician | true |
| massage therapist may externally apply water heat cold topical preparations and mechanical devices? | true |
| Massage therapists may externally apply touch stroking friction vibration percussion kneading stretching compression and joint movements within normal physiologic range of motion | true |
| which massage procedure is this? One or both palms move slowly over the area, a fine trembling movement being executed at the same time | superficial vibration |
| what can you do immediately after a sprain of the ankle? | derivative friction on the thigh |
| what is this massage procedure? The whole hand is used. The palmer surface is shaped to trap air when it comes in contact with the skin. It produces an explosive effect and a loud sound | clapping |
| percussion has a powerful sedative effect? | False |
| what is a rule of percussion | The hand should strike the body transversely with relation to the muscles |
| Is percussion useful in jaundice, chronic sciatica coldness of extremities, and in all cases in which stimulation of the skin is desired? | yes |
| The movement of the wrist should be an elastic one? | performing percussion |
| form of percussion in which tips of the fingers alone are used? | tapping |
| Hacking and spatting of this reflex percussion area improves innervation of the leg muscles. | plantar |
| The best effect will be obtained by placing one finger upon the motor point, pressing firmly on the nerve, and then tapping the fingers of the other hand describes? | point percussion |
| In this percussion procedure, the ulna border of the hand is used chiefly on the chest, spine, and head, although it CAN be used anywhere | Hacking |
| A client reports that after carrying a heavy shoulder bag through the airport, she is experiencing neck and shoulder pain. What muscle is affected? | levator scapula |
| Which pair of joint movements refers only to movements of the hand and forearm via the elbow | pronation and supination |
| which type of joint movements affects almost solely, the joints having only a small effect on the muscles? | passive |
| In this class of joint movement, both the patient and the therapist take equal part in the movement. Either may initiate the movement although the patient usually does. This procedure acts vigorously on both joints and muscles | resistive |
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