Exam 4 Pre-Check Quiz Qs Flashcards
What energy therapy utilizes physical forms, focused breathing, and deliberate movement to access and redistribute energy?
qigong
In which energy therapy are practitioners said to serve as a channel for life force energy and use their hands to transmit life force energy to the ill?
Reiki
Reiki is different from Therapeutic Touch (TT) in that Reiki practitioners do not touch the person (client) but they do direct energy flow like those who practice TT. (True or False)
False
The majority of research in the use of magnets for health purposes is in the area of:
pain control
Although the exact history of Reiki involves some uncertainty, the development of Reiki is attributed to
Dr. Mikao Usui
It is possible to measure:
bioelectrical energy, but not biofield energy
Which statement about the human biofield is false?
Most practitioners of Western medicine believe the biofield can be manipulated for personal wellbeing
Qigong is a reference to the skill or practice of:
cultivating energy
A review of studies noted that qigong was found to increase:
the volume of blood flow to the limbs
Reiki movements are used through each of the following methods EXCEPT:
by spelling the symbol name five times
Examples of mind-body interventions include all of the following EXCEPT:
dietary supplements
The stage of hypnosis in which the participant can let go of critical thoughts and gain the capacity to compartmentalize his or her experience is called:
dissociation
The mind-body intervention used by many professions to train people to improve their health using their own body’s electrical signals from the muscles or brain is called:
biofeedback
Which statement about meditation is true?
Meditation may stimulate people to become aware of feelings such as mental anguish
Which statement about hypnosis is false?
It is used to make sure that thinking and behavior stay the same
The mind-body intervention used by many professions to train people to improve their health using their own body’s electrical signals from the muscles or brain is called:
biofeedback
One of the effects of meditation is that it:
helps drop cholesterol levels
How does meditation impact the nervous system?
It reduces the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and increases the activity of the parasympathetic nervous system
The Alexander Technique is a process in which people can learn to:
release muscular tension
Many health and medical specialists use biofeedback to help their patients:
cope with pain
Chiropractic medicine is a method of treatment based on the belief that the _____ systems interact, and if that interaction is blocked, disease and/or pain will occur.
nervous, skeletal, and muscular
The chiropractic spinal manipulation, or _____, is a process of manipulating misaligned vertebrae or other joints in the body.
adjustment
The theory of reflexology is that the body is divided into 10 energy loops that start at, and then return to, the:
hands and feet
The former schoolteacher, farmer, and grocer who founded the concept of chiropractic medicine in Davenport, Iowa was:
Daniel D. Palmer
The misalignment of a vertebra is called a(n):
subluxation
Which of these people CANNOT have a chiropractic adjustment?
Elijah, who is on an anticoagulant medication
Which type of massage is a form of Eastern massage?
tuina
Massage is NOT thought to:
increase blood glucose levels in children with diabetes
Which statement about massage therapy training is false?
An associate’s degree is a prerequisite to massage therapy school
What massage technique involves striking the body using different parts of the hands, keeping the wrists loose, beginning slowly and increasing to moderate speed, then building to a crescendo and stopping abruptly?
percussion