Massage Final

Question 0

What (4) moves are in effleurage?

Answer 0

Aura/ethereal stroking
Feathering
Superficial effleurage
Deep effleurage

Question 1

What is in the massage tripod?

Answer 1

Honesty
Awareness
Compassion

Question 2

What (6) moves are in petrissage?

Answer 2

Skin rolling 
Two-finger petrissage 
One-handed petrissage 
Two-handed petrissage 
Opposing petrissage 
Fulling

Question 3

What 2 categories are in friction? What moves are in each category? 1. (5) 2. (4)

Answer 3

1. Gliding
   Palmar friction, ulnar friction, wringing, chucking,rolling.
2. Non-gliding
   Cross fiber friction, longitudinal friction, circular friction, compression

Question 4

What moves are in vibration?(4)

Answer 4

Vertical vibration
Horizontal
Jostling
Shaking

Question 5

What moves are in tapotement? (5)

Answer 5

1. Tapping
2. Hacking
3. Cupping
4. Slapping
5. Beating

Question 6

Who is per Henrick ling?

Answer 6

Father of Swedish massage

Question 7

Professional touch vs. therapeutic touch

Answer 7

Professional- ethical and legal conduct is maintained, boundaries are followed, asking for feedback, works within clients comfort zone, provides draping.
Therapeutic- causes no harm, feels good, non sexual, nurturing, expresses care, safety, and trust.

Question 8

What did per Henrick suffer from? Ling focused his life’s work on what?

Answer 8

Debilitating joint disease

Treatment of disease

Question 9

What is effleurage’s general purpose

Answer 9

Creates length or the sensation of leng in the body. Enhance circulation.

Question 10

What is the purpose of petrissage?

Answer 10

Kneading movement encourages the movement of the blood and lymph from deeper tissues and helps increase the health and elasticity of tissue.

Question 11

Purpose of friction?

Answer 11

Increases circulation breaks up adhesions and aids in absorption of fluid around the joints.

Question 12

Purpose of non gliding and gliding

Answer 12

Gliding- create heat, increase circulation

Non gliding- increased range of motion in joints, increases circulation

Question 13

Purpose of vibration?

Answer 13

Releasing tension, breaking chronic pain cycles by confusing nervous system into relaxing, desensitizes tissues, creating a numbing effect, sedative, bring awareness to client

Question 14

What is the purpose of Tapotement

Answer 14

Stimulation, sedated muscles, causes them to relax

Question 15

Benefits of massage

Answer 15

Pushes blood to the heart, pushes lymph back to the heart, tones vessel walls, temporarily increases blood flow to an area, increases system function, increases range of motion, prevents disease and injury, decreases stress and anxiety feelings, increases feelings of well being, increases body awareness, increase bodies secretions and excretions, affects nervous system, enhance skin condition, affects organs,loosens scar tissue, relieve mental and physical fatigue

Question 16

Non-vernal cues

Answer 16

Signs of holding- tense muscles, shallow breathing, flinching, ticklish, moves extremities for therapist, nervous laughter or talking, goose bumps, sweating.
Signs of releasing- odors from breath, softening of tissue, healthy glow to skin, deeper breathing, twitching, rapid eye movement, gurgle stomach, ser, goosebumps

Question 17

Supine vs prone

Answer 17

Supine- face up

Prone-face down