Quiz 1 Flashcards
Define massage therapy
means the health profession in which a person provides, for the purposes of developing, maintaining rehabilitating or augmenting physical function, senileving pain or promoting health, the assessment of soft tissue and joints of the body, and treatment and prevention of physical mobilization and other manual methods.
Hand washing procedure
Use warm water
Lather up with soap
Scrub 30-60 sec
Rinse off, hands down
Turn off taps with paper towel
Proper dress
Short sleeved shirt
Jeans, sweats, shorts
Comfortable shoes
A B C D E
Areas
Benefits
Contradictions
Draping
Empowerment
An appropriate informed consent consists of
- A description of the treatment including treatment techniques and goals.
- A description of the draping (what areas will be undraped to work on).
- The patient will be informed of any risks, benefits, contraindications and or possible complications.
- The patient will be informed that they can ask at any time for the treatment to be stopped or modified.
- The patient will be asked to give a clear YES or NO to the treatment.
What would be considered a substitute decision maker
Spouse, adult child, parent, sibling, or anyone else related by birth or adoption to the adult
Must be at least 19 years old and have been in contact within 12 months
What if there is no one to be a substitute decision maker
Therapist must contact office of the public trustee
Can minors who are under the age of 19 consent to treatment
Yes if the therapist feels they are aware enough
How to decide table height
Should be at the level of your knuckles when in an effleurage stance
Pain scale
1) light pressure
2) solid pressure
3) therapeutic, hurts but feels good
4) painful but can breath through it
5) too painful stop
Texture is
What the skin feels like
Tone is
Feeling the muscles
Ectomorphic
Slender and wiry, slim
Mesomorphic
Muscular, broad
Endomorphic
Fleshy, rounded