Tests Flashcards
Chinese body work + massage + acupuncture - pressure a acupoint with massage may be Asian or more western
Tuina
Energy channels through body + connect to organs - points on mediarns = acupoints
Mediarns
= where energy is easily accessed + influenced for health
Acupoints or accupressure pts
China 5000 years ago_________ ;massage text book/medical text book
Yellow emperor classic of internal medicine
TCM =
Traditional Chinese medicine
= india
Prana
Like acupuncture without needles “finger pressure”
Shiatsu
= China and Japan
Qi,uni,ki
= US
Bio energy
=energy of all living matter
-stimulates pts to improve function of entire body or certain areas away from pt of stimulation
Nitals life force
Dates back 4000 years to Egypt -zone therapy
Reflexology
Devoted life to reflexology
Dr. William Fitzgerald + Eunice Ingram
_______ stimulates body’s own healing forces by using certain points that effect organs + functions in other parts
-can be done on foot,hand + ears
Reflexology
-clean parts that client touches
-disaffect + sanitize
-could have Bp drop caution for fating,light headed,nausea sweating,clammy,fidgeting
-touch,friction,compression,percussion,
Stretches are used plus accepressure
Chair massage!
Gilding + effleurage Strokes not used
Usually 5-20 minutes
1$ per minute average cost
Chair massage!
“On site” Japanese several centuries ago
David Palmer