Booklet Questions

Question 1

Give 3 total contraindications for massage

Answer 1

Cancer
1st trimester of pregnancy
No consent

Question 2

Give a complication of total inactivity

Answer 2

Muscle atrophy

Question 3

What are 2 benefits of using ice?

Question 4

How long should you ice and acute injury?

Answer 4

10-15 minutes

Question 5

Name 3 different types of tapotement

Answer 5

Cupping
Hacking
Pounding

Question 6

Name 3 different types of petrissage techniques

Answer 6

Kneading
Skin Rolling
Picking Up

Question 7

Name 3 aims of a pre-event massage

Question 8

Name 2 tendon pathologies

Answer 8

Tendonosis

Tendinopathy

Question 9

What are the benefits of deep friction techniques?

Question 10

What different applications are there for effleurage?

Answer 10

Palms
Forearm
Fingers
Reinforced hand

Question 11

What is a latent trigger point?

Question 12

What type of MET involves the therapist shortening the tissue, putting a lock in and then lengthening the muscle?

Answer 12

Soft tissue release

Question 13

Name 3 areas to look at when assessing feet with a postural exam

Question 14

What is an active trigger point?

Question 15

What does PIR stand for with MET techniques?

Question 16

Why would you use MET techniques?

Question 17

What does NMT stand for?

Answer 17

Neuro Muscular Techniques

Question 18

How long do you hold an isometric contraction for with an MET?

Question 19

Name 2 things a trigger point may elicit with pressure?

Question 20

What is the name of the thin fibrous connective tissue that surrounds each muscle compartment?

Answer 20

Fascia

Question 21

Give 2 causes of plantar fasciitis

Question 22

What is the origin of the gastrocnemius?

Question 23

Name 2 sites of stress fracture

Answer 23

Vertebrae

Question 24

What does MTSS stand for in relation to shin pain?

Question 25

Name some potential treatment methods for shin splints

Question 26

Name 2 causes of achilles bursitis

Question 27

Name 2 symptoms of tendonosis

Question 28

Give 2 symptoms of compartment syndrome

Question 29

Name 3 muscles in the anterior compartment of the lower leg

Question 30

What post treatment advice would you give for achilles tendonosis?

Question 31

What are the most common age group and sex for Osgood Schlatters Disease?

Question 32

What are the 3 parts of the 'unhappy triad'?

Question 33

Name all 3 hamstring muscles

Question 34

What is the name of the condition where there is degeneration of the posterior patella surface?

Question 35

Name 2 risk factors for OA of the knee

Question 36

What are the attachments for the ITB?

Question 37

Which 3 muscles attach at the fibular head?

Question 38

Name 2 tests for meniscal damage

Question 39

What are the actions of the piriformis muscle?

Question 40

What is the name for the test for a tight ITB?

Question 41

Name the 4 rotator cuff muscles

Question 42

What is the most common site of rotator cuff damage?

Question 43

Which direction is the most common shoulder dislocation?

Answer 43

Anterior

Question 44

Name 2 causes of lateral epicondylitis

Answer 44

Overuse | Poor technique

Question 45

What is an alternative name for golfer's elbow

Question 46

Name 3 elbow flexors

Question 47

Name 3 muscles that attach into the ribs

Question 48

What is an alternative name for adhesive capsulitis?

Answer 48

Frozen shoulder

Question 49

Name 2 treatment methods for lateral epicondylitis