TEST ONLY Flashcards
Therapeutic techniques for reducing trigger point activity.
Ischemic compression with gentle stretching after.
Who originally developed neuromuscular therapy (NMT)?
Dr. Stanley Leif
One main massage manipulation used in NMT is…
Gliding
In Muscle Energy Release (MET), one main technique is called…
Antagonist contract. Held for 7-10 seconds.
Three bodywork systems that incorporate Positional Release Techniques are…
Strain-Counterstrain, Ortho-Bionomy, Structural/Muscular Balancing (SMB)
Digital pressure applied directly to the trigger point is called…
Ischemic compression
The “correct application of the normal laws of life” is called…
Ortho-Bionomy
Latent trigger points do not
refer pain to other areas
Pick up entire muscle or muscle group with the intention of sifting and separating muscle tissue
Muscle rolling
Helps reduce adhesions and encourages strong, pliable tissue at the site of an injury
Crossfiber Friction
Longitudinal elongation myofascial technique usually of an extremity to stretch and release fascial restrictions gently throughout the limb.
Traction
What three places where fascia transversed the body cavity?
Thoracic inlet, respiratory diaphragm, & pelvic floor
Tissue felt between finger & thumb as the tissue is rolled back and forth.
Pincer palpation
What are the benefits of position release?
Increased local circulation and neurologic resetting of the proprioceptive mechanisms that maintained the dysfunctional state.
Hypersensitive spot that develops as a direct result of a primary trigger point
Satellite Trigger Point
Hypersensitive to pressure and often associated with trigger points
Neuromuscular Lesions
A valuable adjunct therapy to use after constricted hypertonic muscles have been treated directly by methods such as stretching.
Pulsed MET
MET isolitic technique can be effective in reducing fibrosis and involves a resistance that
Overpowers a muscle contraction
