Indications/Contraindications

Question 1

What are the six types of general therapeutic effects of massage techniques?

Answer 1

–mechanical
– Reflex
– Physiologic
– Psychological
–energetic
–psychoneuroimmunological

Question 2

What’s the description and example outcome of physiological?

Answer 2

Involves a change in biochemical body processes
–improve modeling of connective tissue
– Reduced muscle spasm

Question 3

What’s the description and example of outcome energetic techniques?

Answer 3

Direct effects on patients bio magnetic Fields and possible secondary effects on the clients body structures and function
–improve the biomechanic field pattern
–improved energy flow

Question 4

What are indications for static contact?

Answer 4

– Conditions of overstimulation (conditions of overstimulation. Example: Muscular tension, Anxiety, Excitability, insomnia) where overall relaxation/sedation is desired
–trauma, Illness, dying, emotional distress, Post traumatic stress disorder (Especially following violence or sexual abuse)
–painful conditions in which pressure and/or soft tissue manipulation is painful or contraindicated
– Extreme pain, intractable pain
–where this effect is desired and other techniques are contraindicated
–Post surgery, convalescence, poor physical self-image

Question 5

What are contraindications for static contact?

Answer 5

–if touch is generally or locally undesirable or intolerable

–painful conditions (use caution)

Question 6

What are indications for soothing stroking?

Answer 6

– When an overall sedation effect as desired. Example: anxiety, Tension, insomnia
– Acute pain
– Muscle spasm
– Irritable bowel syndrome
– Maybe permissible after acute myocardial infarction
– Conditions were direct mechanical pressure is contraindicated

Question 7

What are contraindications for soothing stroking?

Answer 7

– Ticklishness or irritation caused by the application of technique
– Acute pain syndromes. Example: reflex sympathetic dystrophy
– Maybe contraindicated locally in areas of acute inflammation because of pain

Question 8

What are indications for stimulating stroking?

Answer 8

– Hypotonicity
– General invigoration
– Flaccid paralysis
–atonic constipation
–conditions meeting stimulation where mechanical pressure is contraindicated

Question 9

What are contraindications for stimulating stroking?

Answer 9

–most painful conditions
– Insomnia, nervous exhaustion
– Spastic paralysis
–Muscle spasm
–ticklishness

Question 10

What are indications for fine vibrations?

Answer 10

–pain (relief with 5 to 40 minutes application)
– Circulatory congestion
–muscle spasm
– Atonic constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, flatulence

Question 11

What are contraindications for fine vibrations?

Answer 11

I’ll touch is painful for contraindicated

Question 12

What are indications for course vibrations?

Answer 12

–when mild stimulating effects are desired generally or locally (e.g.: Hypotonic muscle, flaccid paralysis when used cautiously)
–respiratory congestion
–atonic constipation

Question 13

What are contraindications for the course vibrations?

Answer 13

–overstimulated nerves locally (e.g. muscle spasm, spastic constipation) or generally (E.g. insomnia, anxiety)
–painful conditions(Including neuritis and neuralgia)

Question 14

What are indications for effleurage?

Answer 14

–conditions of overstimulation(e.g. muscular tension, anxiety, excitability, insomnia) where overall relaxation/sedation is desired
– Pain
–to reduce swelling (By increasing lymph return) and increase circulation in conditions in which circulation is temporarily compromised (e.g. in case of musculoskeletal injuries such as: spring, strain, bursitis, contusions, dislocations, separations and fractures)

Question 15

What are contraindications for effleurage?

Answer 15

– Pain(Use caution)
– Conditions in which venous returns compromised(e.g. varicose veins, severe edema, over areas of possible infection)
–conditions in which increased circulation would not be desirable(e.g. shortly after her surgery, congested heart failure)
–conditions in which organic function is compromised(e.g. Serious kidney pathology Serious nutritional deficiency)

Question 16

What are indications of petrissage?

Answer 16

–to increase perception relaxation
–to reduce perception of anxiety
–pain
– Local edema
–most conditions of muscles, especially increased resting muscle tension hypotonicity
–to improve reduced joint range of motion
–adhesions, contracture, fibrosis
– Constipation

Question 17

What are contraindications to petrissage?

Answer 17

–most acute conditions
– Moderate to severe variscosities
–severely atrophy muscles (gentle petrissage only)
–hypotrophied muscles(Gentle petrissage only)
–spastic paralysis(slow, gentle petrissage only)

Question 18

What are indications to tapotement?

Answer 18

– Stimulation of local circulation(May cause local hyperemia)
– Promotion of local metabolism
– hypotrophied muscles (light techniques only) to facilitate contraction and increased neuromuscular tone
-maybe suitable for pain relief in cases of neuralgia or amputation(Phantom limb pain)
– visceral hypo function (remotes reflex response in viscera)
–loosens mucus
–increases metabolism and gaseous exchange
–promotes expectoration and coughing

Question 19

What are contraindications to tapotement?

Answer 19

To all tapotement:
– Spastic paralysis
– Neuritis, neuralgia
–most painful conditions

To heavy tapotement:
–over kidneys
–on abdomen
–over low back
– Sacrum during pregnancy
–hypotrophied, atrophied muscle
–insomnia, and nervous excitability, convalescence, neurashtenia (unexplained chronic fatigue, lack of motivation)
–over bony prominences, local area where bone is subcutaneous
–many heart conditions
–severe osteoporosis
– Arthritis
– High blood pressure, and other cardiovascular conditions
–degenerative disc disease

–where airway clearance is needed(e.g. chronic respiratory conditions such as cystic fibrosis, bronchitis, dyspnea)