Massage Flashcards
6 factors of client-centered approach
- Safety
- Predictability
- Patience
- Clear and explicit process
- Boundaries
- Closure
Sometimes a tissue release is accompanied by an _____________________ response
Emotional
3 parts of outcome-based massage
- Therapeutic relationship
- Clinical decision-making
- EBP
5 therapeutic effects
- Mechanical
- Physiological
- Reflex
- Psychological
- Psycho-neuro-immunological
3 outcomes of mechanical therapeutic effects
- Inc flow
- Mobilize bronchial secretions
- Decrease fibrosis
3 outcomes of physiological therapeutic effects
- Reduce muscle spasm
- Improved modeling of CT
- Inc RBCs
Physio therapeutic effects aim to…
Change biochemical processes
Reflex therapeutic effects = functional change mediated by _____
Nervous system
2 outcomes of reflex therapeutic effects
- Sedation or arousal
2. Facilitate muscle contraction
2 outcomes of psych therapeutic effects
- Improved social interaction
2. Improved physical well-being
Psycho-neuro-immunological therapeutic effects = altered ________ state accompanied by changes in ______________ or ___________
Feeling
Hormone levels
Immune function
Three barriers of tissue that can limit movement
- Physiological barrier
- Elastic barrier
- Anatomical barrier
________ has the least amount of resistance
Midrange (M)
Located anywhere between normal pH and will change end feel
Pathological barrier
Taking up slack = taking up which barrier?
Physiological
6 examples of patho barriers
- Ischemia
- Infection/immune rxn
- Genetics
- Nutrition
- Physical/mechanical
- Chemicals
CT is most responsive to sustained pressure. What is the term for this phenomenon?
Barrier-release phenomenon
Is scar tissue massage a proven way to improve mobility, ROM or alter scar tissue?
Nopers
Regular mobility of affected tissues helps maintain _________ and __________________
Lubrication and critical fiber distance
Immobilization is associated with…
Excessive deposition of CT
Excessive deposition of CT is followed by these 3 things:
- Dehydration
- Increased cross-linking
- Further restricting CT flexibility and extensibility
SR found massage ___________ as PT, relaxation and chiro for migraine
Equally as effective
7 components of massage
- Hand contact
- Pressure
- Engaging (take up slack)
- Direction
- Amplitude/length
- Rate/rhythm
- Duration and frequency
5 contraindications to massage
- Acute inflammation/infection
- Thrombus
- Thrombophlebitis
- Metastatic malignancy
- Infectious skin disease
Massage on someone who has CA _______________ worsen their cancer
Does not
3 precautions for massage
- Hemophilia
- Edema
- Diabetes
Tapotement
Tapping
Write these two things instead of massage
Mobilization and manipulation
4 steps to exam/eval
- Superficial
- Muscle play
- Muscle length/joint mobility
- Bony contours