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General Massage Information

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Massage therapy means the _____ of the soft tissue   manipulation  
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Areas to massage with caution are sometimes referred to as   endangerment points  
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Texas law describes effleurage as   stroking  
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Massage enhances the function of ____ and _____   joints, muscles  
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Massage improves ____ and general tone   circulation  
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The classical definition of Swedish massage is "From the ____ to the ___, and from the ___ to the ___   superficial, deep, general, specific  
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Texas law desribes petrissage as   kneading  
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An ____ is a reason for doing massage   indication  
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A ____ is a reason not to massage or to massage with caution   contraindication  
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The five basic strokes of Classical Swedish massage   Effeurage, petrissage, friction, tapotement, vibration  
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The four elements of a successful massage   contact, pressure, rhythmn, duration  
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An absolute contraindication would be an area to   avoid completely  
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Massage can have ___, ___ and ___ effects   psychological, physiological, therapeutic  
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Texas law describes tapotement as   percussion  
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Areas to avoid completely   breast, genitals, anyplace client doesn't want touched  
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reasons not to massage   recently broken bones, recent sugery, serious illness, adhesions, blood clots, infectious disease, open skin, contageous illness, fever, damaged tissue, extremes of blood pressure, cancer, recent accident  
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areas to avoid completely   breasts, genitals, any place client does not want touched  
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massage with caution   any place painful, scapula, temples, vertebrae, popliteal, xiphoid process, throat, face  
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