Swedish Massage Quiz 1 Flashcards
Taking care of your space
Make space for table put belongings outside table area/below table adjust table height adjust lighting adjust music maintain quiet peaceful atmosphere have bolster & blanket ready
Main benefit of Swedish massage
Improved circulation
Blood and lymph flow
Taking care of yourself & client
remove jewlery wash hands enter gently establish intent maintain good body mechanics stay grounded and sensitive
What are the rules for good body mechanics.
Good posture breathing stacking Core strength Balance Weight transfer Back straight Warm up
Name the basic massage strokes
Resting Effleurage/ gliding Petrissage/ kneading Vibration Joint movement/R.O.M. Percussion/tapotement Friction
relationship to client
You need to be: sensative caring compassionate respectful loving give them what they want/not what you think they need
What are the components in the application of massage techniques?
Quality of touch
How do you use all the tools?
- depth of pressure
- drag,
- direction,
- duration,
- speed,
- rhythm
- frequency -
What is the resting position-why is it so important?
Initial touch
Acclimated them to your touch
First entry into their personal space
Define sympathetic and parasympathetic states.
Sympathetic: fight or flight
Parasympathetic: rest or relax
What are some specific uses of gliding strokes?
Apply lotion Assessment Transition Increases lymph and venous flow***** Most versatile stroke Warms up the tissue Allows deeper work
depth of pressure
light, moderate, deep, variable
pressure through each layer (skin, superficial fascia, middle, deep, etc)
Define petrissage
Kneading or milking
Soft tissue is lifted, rolled and squeezed
Drag
amount of pull or stretch
lotion effects
also return stroke
Define skin rolling.
Separating skin from muscle and rolling it
Direction
away from midline-Centrifugal
toward misline- centripetal
origion to insertion or reverse
with or across fibers
duration
length of time method lasts
length of time remain in one location
Define compression
Pressing superficial against deeper and holding
What are the beneficial effects of petrissage and compression.
Reducing motor tone
Enhancing circulation or blood flow
speed
fast
slow
variable
What massage method is safe to use over the spine?
Skin rolling
rhythm
refers to regularity
rhythmic (predictable)
What conditions interfere with the use of petrissage?
Scaring
Excessive weight
Over development of muscles
Excessive body hair
frequency
how many times repeat strokes before moving on
3 times approximately
What type of vibration is used when the muscles seem extremely tight?
Shaking
Qualities of touch
additional components
inntention flow transitions continuity medium used positions of client and therapist
Which massage method is used to achieve entrainment?
Rocking
What is the best massage technique for stimulation?
Tapotement or percussion
Percussion techniques include what 6 movements?
Hacking Cupping Slapping Tapping Beating Pounding
What is best stroke to break up congestion in the lungs?
Cupping
Where on the body should tapotement never be performed?
Over the spine
Any area in pain
What are the distinguishing characteristics of friction?
Generates heat
Deep movement
Small, local area
Name three ways to produce friction?
With the muscle fiber
Across/transverse the muscle fiber
Circular
List the therapeutic effects of friction
Best for breaking up adhesions/scar tissue Produces hyperemia (heat) Especially useful over tendons/joint spaces
Which type of joint movement is useful in cases of weakness or pain with movement?
Active assisted
What is movement produced by the client called?
Active
What is movement produced by the massage practitioner called?
Passive
Which technique stimulates the production of synovial fluid?
Joint movement
Friction.
General notes from class review
Friction - most beneficial for breaking up adhesions/scar tissue
Effective for tendons and joint spaces
Produces hyperemia -generates heat/blood flow
Used in small local areas
Not surface
Superficial tissue against deep tissue with movement - compression plus movement
With fiber, across fiber or circular
Vibration
General notes from class review
Wakes up the nerves - stimulating moves
Used for short periods
Similar to mechanical massage tools
Sub-categories:
shaking - lift
rocking - calming movement, put person in entrainment or synchronization to a rhythm
Joint movement or range of motion
General notes from class review
- Active: client does work–assessment
- Passive: therapist does work (most common)—take client through a stretch
- Active assisted: together, mostly client with therapist assist– help with pain
- active restive: client mostly against therapist using antagonist muscle–increase range of motion
- produces synovial fluid
Hinge joints - hard end feel
Other joints - soft end feel
Range of motion produces synovial fluid
