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5 Written Questions

1. This energy work focuses on the energy field that surrounds the body. Practitioners report that by balancing this energy field that it can help heal wounds, relieve tension headaches, and reduce stress. According to Nurse Healers Professional Associates it also reduces pain and anxiety, promotes relaxation, and facilitates the body's natural restorative processes.
2. NMT identifies soft tissue abnormalities and at the same time manipulates the soft tissue to normalize its function. In so doing the perpetuating cycle is broken, much of the referred pathologic activity is reversed, and over function is improved.
3. A practioner of massage or similar hands-on healing techniques
4. involves squeezing, rolling and kneading the muscles and usually follows effleurage during Swedish massage
5. An ancient healing art with 5000-year-old roots in ancient Egypt is the art and science of using pure essential oils for various therapeutic purposes, primarily those related to smell. Practitioners claim that essential oils can heal emotional and physical imbalances when applied so that one can inhale their aroma and/or absorb their essence.

5 Matching Questions

1. Jostling
2. Deep tissue
3. Swedish Massage
4. Raindrop Therapy
5. Wringing

1. a It's similar to rocking, only more abrupt, usually used in stimulating or sports massage.
2. b A type of massage that targets the deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue
3. c An effleurage technique used on limbs. Wringing, exactly as the name implies, is a light counter-twisting action designed to stimulate blood flow and relax muscles. It is best when used sparingly.
4. d Based on Western concepts of anatomy and physiology and employs the traditional manipulative techniques of effleurage, petrissage, vibration, friction, and tapotement. The Swedish system also employs movements that can be slow and gentle, vigorous or bracing, according to the results the practitioner wishes to achieve.
5. e Essential oils are applied to the spine and worked in lightly. The properties of the oils kill the viruses that are imbedded along the spine, reduce spinal inflammation and help to straighten spinal curvatures.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A massage on the limbs is termed centripetal if it strokes toward the center of the body.
   1. Centrifugal Massage
   2. Centripetal Massage
   3. Sports Massage
   4. On-site massage
2. Guided visualization uses mental images to promote physical healing or changes in attitudes or behavior, or simply to facilitate relaxation. It allows one to by pass the rational brain and access subconscious aspect of self where the root of healing lies. The imagery can be practitioner led, interactive or used as a self-help tool.
   1. Body Worker
   2. Effleurage
   3. Guided Imagery
   4. Trager
3. Deep massage work on fascia that realigns the body with gravity
   1. Trager
   2. Drape
   3. Rolfed
   4. Rocking
4. A variety of smooth-surfaced stones of various shapes and sizes are heated with hot water to approximately 130 degrees. Selected stones are sprinkled with various aromatherapy oils before being slowly rolled along the skin. The stones seem to dissolve tension throughout the area. Pointed, warm stones are ideal for pressing and an excellent way to incorporate acupressure and reflexology. A pointed stone also works wonders around the jaw for TMJ discomfort. For lower back stress, a large warm stone placed on the sacrum of a prone client assists the spine in relaxing.
   1. Cryotherapy
   2. Aromatherapy
   3. Raindrop Therapy
   4. Warm Stone Therapy
5. Massage that realigns the body's structure
   1. Structural Work
   2. Friction
   3. Energy work
   4. Parlor

5 True/False Question

1. Acupuncture → a traditional Chinese medical practice whereby the skin is punctured with needles at specific points for therapeutic purposes which is done only by highly trained practitioners.
   

   True        False

2. Centrifugal Massage → A massage on the limbs is termed centripetal if it strokes toward the center of the body.
   

   True        False

3. Stripping → A deep tissue massage technique where the therapist applies intense, precise pressure at one end of a muscle (usually the distal end) and then, with constant, slow pressure, follows the muscle to its other end. For reasons that should be immediately obvious, this really works best on long, thin muscles and not quite as well on big, sheet-like muscles.
   

   True        False

4. Shiatsu and Acupressure → a traditional Chinese medical practice whereby the skin is punctured with needles at specific points for therapeutic purposes which is done only by highly trained practitioners.
   

   True        False

5. Knots → Health facility where people go to learn holistic practices, eat healthy food, exercise, and recieve massages and spa treatments
   

   True        False