Booklet Questions Flashcards
Give 3 total contraindications for massage
Cancer
1st trimester of pregnancy
No consent
Give a complication of total inactivity
Muscle atrophy
What are 2 benefits of using ice?
How long should you ice and acute injury?
10-15 minutes
Name 3 different types of tapotement
Cupping
Hacking
Pounding
Name 3 different types of petrissage techniques
Kneading
Skin Rolling
Picking Up
Name 3 aims of a pre-event massage
Name 2 tendon pathologies
Tendonosis
Tendinopathy
What are the benefits of deep friction techniques?
What different applications are there for effleurage?
Palms
Forearm
Fingers
Reinforced hand
What is a latent trigger point?
What type of MET involves the therapist shortening the tissue, putting a lock in and then lengthening the muscle?
Soft tissue release
Name 3 areas to look at when assessing feet with a postural exam
What is an active trigger point?
What does PIR stand for with MET techniques?
Why would you use MET techniques?
What does NMT stand for?
Neuro Muscular Techniques
How long do you hold an isometric contraction for with an MET?
Name 2 things a trigger point may elicit with pressure?
What is the name of the thin fibrous connective tissue that surrounds each muscle compartment?
Fascia
Give 2 causes of plantar fasciitis
What is the origin of the gastrocnemius?
Name 2 sites of stress fracture
Vertebrae
What does MTSS stand for in relation to shin pain?
Name some potential treatment methods for shin splints
Name 2 causes of achilles bursitis
Name 2 symptoms of tendonosis
Give 2 symptoms of compartment syndrome
Name 3 muscles in the anterior compartment of the lower leg
What post treatment advice would you give for achilles tendonosis?
What are the most common age group and sex for Osgood Schlatters Disease?
What are the 3 parts of the ‘unhappy triad’?
Name all 3 hamstring muscles
What is the name of the condition where there is degeneration of the posterior patella surface?
Name 2 risk factors for OA of the knee
What are the attachments for the ITB?
Which 3 muscles attach at the fibular head?
Name 2 tests for meniscal damage
What are the actions of the piriformis muscle?
What is the name for the test for a tight ITB?
Name the 4 rotator cuff muscles
What is the most common site of rotator cuff damage?
Which direction is the most common shoulder dislocation?
Anterior
Name 2 causes of lateral epicondylitis
Overuse
Poor technique
What is an alternative name for golfer’s elbow
Name 3 elbow flexors
Name 3 muscles that attach into the ribs
What is an alternative name for adhesive capsulitis?
Frozen shoulder
Name 2 treatment methods for lateral epicondylitis
