Core II Exam Flashcards
Define Beingness
A State of consciousness,Creates feelings of
Connection
Self-Awareness
Define the Triangle
Honesty - Being honest about your skill set
Awareness - Being professional with speech and manors
Compassion - Work from heart, vision and commitment.
Therapist Hygiene
No Order breath, skin clothing
Tools are clean
The is Draping important
It sets a non - verbal boundary between client and Therapist.
What are the 5 basic Swedish Strokes
Effleurage: Aura /Ethereal stroking, Feathering, Superficial, Deep Effleurage.
Petrissage: skin rolling, two finger Petrissage, one handed, two handed, opposing, and fulling.
Friction:
Gliding, palmar fiction, ulnar friction, wringing, chucking, rolling.
Non-Gliding cross fiber friction, longitudinal friction, circular friction, compression.
Vibration: Mechanical
Manual, vertical, horizontal, jostling, shacking.
Tapotement (percussion: tapping, hacking, cipping, slapping, and beating.
What are the general purpose of each stroke
Effeurage: creates length or sensation of length
Petrissage: Kneading encourages movement of blood and lymph
Fiction:
Gliding: Create heat and increase circulation
Non Gliding: Increased range of motion.
Vibration: release tension in a group of muscles
Tapotement: stimulation
Beneficial effects of massage are?
Increases systems functioning Increase range of motion Increases body awareness Increases feeling of well being Prevents disease and injury decreases feelings of anxiety and stress.
Name the endangerment sites for massage:
Anterior Triangle Posterior Triangle Sternal notch and anterior throat inferior to the ear Axillary area Medial brachium Medial epicondyle Femoral triangle Umbilicus area Twelth rib Cubital area
What are the two Contraindications
Full Body: means the client may not receive any form
Partial Body: eliminates massage to only particular part of the body
What does Professional and Theraputic Touch mean
Professional touch means that ethical and legal conduct is maintained when interacting with client.
Non sexual no harm to client.
Transition and flow means?
Transition: refers to how smoothly the therapist moves, switches from one technique or tool to another, drapes moves around table,
Flow: how well therapist integrates transition. beingness, awareness, professionalism
Whats is Non - verbal cues?
Holding: when a therapist needs to ask for feed back regarding the touch or surroundings. Tense muscles, shallow breathing, flinching, ticklish.
Releasing: sign client is responding well to session. doers from breath or body,softening of tissues, breathing becomes deeper.
What is Somato-Emotional response
Body releasing emotion
What is intuition
A hunch or gut feels
What is Existentialism
Let the client have their own experience
