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| Acute. Must give attention right away. Use stretch and compresion. |
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| Can be chronic. Hypercontracted muscle. Tight. Like a rock. Can't be moved. Effleuage is best used slowly. |
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| Q: What is the primary effect of Sweedish Massage? |
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| A: It mechanically increases lymph and venus flow. |
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| Q: What is the primary stroke of Sweedish Massage? |
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| Q: What is the appropriate stroke for a muscle in spasm? |
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| A: Deep gliding or effleurage. |
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| What are some characteristics of Effleurage/Gliding? |
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It is the base stroke; other strokes build from it and add onto it.
To apply lubricant.
Assessment (tension, dry, oily texture etc.)
Transitional movement.
Warm up the tissue.
Initiate the parasympathetic response (rest and digest.) |
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| Q: What are the benefits of Petrissage? |
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| A: Milks toxins from the tissue, breaks up adhesions, and softens tissues. |
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| Describe how, where and in what position is Petrissage performed? |
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Compress-Lift-Squeeze.
Best done on the belly of the muscles.
Done in Horse position. |
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Compresion is a subcategory of Petrissage.
In what type of massage modality is it used? When is best done?
Where is it done? |
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Compression is done in Thai, Shiatsu, Chair, Sweedish, and Sport massage modalities.
It is best done at the beginning and/or end (either of the session as a whole or each body part-"hello and goodbye."
It is done on muscle NOT over joints (ex. don't compress directly over the knee.) |
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Skin Rolling is a subcategory of Petrissage.
Why is it done? |
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| Skin rolling is done to lift the skin away from the fascia thus loosening the fascia. |
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| True or False: Skin Rolling is not safe to do directly over the vertebrae of the spine. |
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| FALSE. It is safe to do Skin Rolling over the vertebrae of the spine. |
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| Q: What is the term used for the skin turnig red? |
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A: Hyperemia
(hyper-more, abvove normal; emia-blood) |
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| True or False: Skin Rolling is done without lubricant. |
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| Q: What are the two subcategories of Petrissage? |
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1. Compression
2. Skin Rolling |
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| Name the 8 Techniques of Percussion/Taporment. |
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1.Hacking-Karate Chop with loose wrists.
2.Cupping-rounded hands to break up lung congestion.
3.Fist Beating-The "pinky" side of loose fists with loose wrists.
4.Slapping-Best done of calf and bottom of feet.
5.Finger Tapping-Light. Like little drops of walking rain (feels good on forehead.)
6.Beating over Palm-Flat hand on body. Fist beats back of hand into body.
7.Pincement-Holding, Snapping and Pulling off with the finger tips.
8.Quacking-ASK SEAN'S BICEPS (just kidding) Hands together but loosely open. Contact is made with the pinky side of hand with loose wrists and fingers. |
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| 3 effective ways to produce Friction |
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1. In the same direction of the muscle fiber-Transverse.
2. Across the muscle fiber
3. Circular motion |
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| How do you perform Friction? |
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Definition
With the thuumb apply compression to a specfic spot on the muscle. Keeping contact with the same part of the skin, move the thumb deeply in a direction against the muscle.
It is done in a localized area-one spot. |
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| True or False: Friction is rubbing up and down the skin. |
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| FALSE Friction is done against the muscle, on the same spot on the skin. |
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| List therapeutic effects of Friction |
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Break up adhesion and scar tissue.
Good for the low blood supply structures of ligaments, tendons and joint spaces (where tendonitis exists.) |
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| True or False: Friction does not cause hyperemia. |
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| FALSE Friction can cause hyperemia (redness color of the skin) |
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| True or False: Friction is least effective to treat a spasm. |
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Textbook p. 242
Summary: Wakes up the superficial nerves. |
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| Keep the shoulder and biceps/triceps contractd. Allow the forearm to become loose and abke to move more freely. The wrist is loose and the hand follows the wrist. |
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| Q: What are the 2 subcategories of Vibration? |
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| When and how to use Shaking, a subcategory of Vibration? |
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Use it when a client is guarded and not quite calm and relaxed yet.
Lift a limb up off the table and gently shake. |
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| True or False: Shaking, a subcategory of Vibration, is used more than Vibration itself. |
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| Q: which massage method is used to achieve entrainment? |
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| A: Rocking, a subcategory of Vibration. |
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A: Synchornization to rhythm.
Examples: all women in a close group mentrate together. All grandfather clocks will eventually click together. When a mamma sways with a baby, you end up swaying too. |
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| Q: What tyoe of joint movement is useful in cases of weakness or pain in movement? |
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| Q: What does ROM-Range of Motion do? |
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| A: Stimulates the production of synovail fluid. |
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| Q:What is synovial fluid? |
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A: It is ECF, extracellualr fluid, that is contained within a joint capsule. A joint capsule surrounds a joint.
"Motions is Lotion!" Movement of Synovial fluid provides nutrient exchange and lubricatiin for ease of joint movement. |
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| Q: How do you know the limit of ROM? There are two. |
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A: there is a hard end-push it and something will break.
Soft end-feel tension but can go with client cooperation a little farther. |
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| True or False: Sweedish Massage uses only light touch. |
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| FALSE. Sweedinsh is NOT just light touch. It includes depth of pressure. |
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| What are the 3 types of ROM, range of motion? |
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1. Active-the client moves
2. Passive-the client is completely relaxed and the therapist does the work. Must be adept at feeling hard end or soft end of range of motion.
3. Active Resisted-client actively moves to end range. Therapist applys resistance while the client contracts muscle. Then client relaxes muscle and the therapist passively moves to end range as tolerated. |
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When is active ROM used?
When is passive ROM used?
When is active resisted used? |
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Active is used to help client achieve mind/body awareness through their own "work".
Passive is used to help relax the client and have them release tension. The therapist does the work. Must sense hard and soft end range.
Active Resisted-used for tentative client, hard to relax and release client, or a client in pain. |
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| Movement away. (Hint: there is an 'F' in the word "centrifical". Think 'F' = FAR or FROM |
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| What are the components in the application if massage tequniques? |
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| Effleurage/Gliding to warm up the tissues, asessment and for transition. Depth of Pressure, Drag, Direction, and Duration. |
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| What are the general rules for good body mechanics? |
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| Warm up. Engage the core. Breath. Posture. Balance. Weight transfer. Stay behind the stroke. Stack the joints. |
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| Name the 7 basic massage strokes: |
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1. Resting
2. Efllerage/Gliding
3. Petrissage
4. Kneeding
5. Tapotment
6. Vibration
7. ROM Range of Motion |
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| Q: When muscles are assessed as extremely tight, what is the best stroke to use? |
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| A: Shaking which is a subcategory of Vibration. |
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| Q: Which type of joint movement is useful in cases of weakness or pain wuth movement? |
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A: Active Assisted ROM (range of motion).
This is done by asking the client to move the joint on their own to their own limit. Then the therapist assists in joint movement a little farther. |
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| Describe Active Resisted ROM |
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| The client and the therapist work together. The client moves to their soft end of ROM. The therapist apply's pressure in order to produce a muscle contraction. When the resistence is removed, the therapist passively moves the joint a little farther to soft end range of motion. |
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