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Board 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The direction of nerve strokes should be | Centrifugal |
| The condition affects the medial epicondyle of humerus | Golfer's elbow |
| When the client performs ROM by applying pressure against the therapist this is referred to as | Active Restive Range of motion |
| Which term below best describes the rotation energy vortices along the central line of he body which are considered focal areas for the re-absorption and transmission of energy in the body | Chakras |
| What type of joint is the radioulnar joint? | Pivot |
| A person reports that he scraped his leg while hiking last week, the wound is tender, red, and swollen. He has a headache and mildly feverish. You can see reddish streaks forming from the wound up his leg. What is the most likely sitiation | Strep infection |
| What form of therapy did Dr. Ida Rolfe develop | Connective Tissue release |
| Who developed craniosacral therapy | Dr. John Updedger |
| What us the best description of malignant melanoma | A mole that is asymmetrical with irregular boarders and mottled colors |
| What type of therapy is a gentle stretching and elongation of the connective tissues in and around the muscles | Myofascial release |
| The biceps brachii insertion is the | radius |
| Value as opposed to moral are beliefs about what is intrinsically | worthwhile or desirable |
| What provides the where, when and how a professional may provide their services or function as a professional | Scope of practice |
| Which is the most appropriate action for a practitioner to take when a client experiences an erection or arousal during a treatment | Discern the intent of the arousal to be merely physiological or sexually desirous |
| What action is turning a doorknob performing | Pronation/supination |
| Self disclosure of personal information to a client during a session is appropriate when | The practitioner wants to share part of themselves with the client |
| What does the therapist do if a client disassociates on the table | Stop the massage and gently bring client back to present |
| When muscles are chronically tight and we develop postural and movements patterns that may be asymmetrical and inefficient this is an example of | Functional deviation |
| Which of the following best describes why it is important to clearly communicate your expectations of client | So that they don't become uneasy, which would derail your therapeutic efforts |
| A regular client wishes to receive a massage. During this you notice the rhomboids are hypertrophied. Which muscle do you need to release | Pectoralis major and minor |
| Ethical behavior surrounding sex and sexuality in the treatment room means practitioners | Take steps in the moment to shift the feelings to a non-sexual nature |
| What condition cannot be massaged | Thrombophlebitis |
| Which business model has the more responsibility for the practitioner | Sole Proprietorship |
| Which method of elimination pathogens ist the most common practice in a massage clinic | Sanitation |
| What type of joint is the knee joint | Hinged |
| The three divisions of the nervous system | PNS, ANS, CNS |
| What nervous system controls fight or flight | Sympathetic |
| What stroke should be avoided for someone that has osteoporosis | Compression |
| Localized tissue anemia is referred to by the term | Ischemia |
| Which stroke would most benefit ischemic tissue | Petrissage |
| When fibroblast become too active and produce significantly more collagen than necessary the scar is called | Keloid |
| What is the double-layered membrane that encloses the heart | Pericardium |
| Of all the blood vessels in the body the ones that have ducts or valves are | veins |
| What does the prefix "endo" mean | Inside |
| The abdomen is massaged | Clockwise |
| What are the most abundant fibers in fascia | Collagen |
| The wavelike muscular action of the alimentary canal is called | Peristalsis |
| A 55 year old client with a history of diabetes has peripheral neuropathy, when would this be a congtraindication | When numbness interferes with the client's feedback |
| Plane that divides the body into front and back | coronal plane |
| The elbow is proximal to the | Wrist |
| The chest pain associated with atherosclerosis and the risk of heart attach is called | Angina Pectoris |
| Which system produces hormones | Endocrine |
| One of the functions of the skin is | Heat regulation |
| Which movement produces a stimulation effect | Fast Tapotment |
| To assist a client with the reduction of edema which direction would a massage therapist focus the massage strokes | Centripetal |
| The muscle mainly responsible for production a particular movement is called | Agonist |
| Which item below is a clients written authorization for services based on adequate information from the therapist about the massage | Informed consent |
| A local application of cold will | Have an analgesic effect |
| A local application of heat with cause | Vasodilation |
| A decubitus ulcer is known as | Bed sore |
| Your client has a stiff neck that is a residual consequence of a car accident from several months ago what is your best strategy | Work slowly and incrementally to improve ROM |
| Which bones are in the axial skeletal ystem | Hyoid, ribs, spine and skull |
| Example of a diarthrotic joint | Hip |
| Over exaggerated thoracic curve is also called | Hyperkyphosis |
| Which muscle is the antagonist to the hamstrings | Quads |
| The stroke that pushes and squeezes skin over an area is | Kneading |
| Chucking, rolling and wringing are examples | Superficial friction |
| Which is the broadest muscle of the back | Latissiumus Dorsi |
| The tensor fascia latae action is | Flexion, medial rotation and abduction |
| What separates one sarcomere from another | Z bands |
| A muscle that cases a desired action is called | Agonist |
| Which term refer to the art of touching and exploring the body | Palpation |
| Client has 2 month old mild strain injury to gastronemius. What type of massage is helpful to her | Lymphatic drainage or other work to limit edema as plossible |
| Where is the insertion of the upper trapezius | Clavicle, acromion and spine of scapula |
| Which muscle extends the shoulder | Deltoid and pectoralis minor |
| Which muscles abduct the shoulder | Deltoid and suprapinatus |
| What is the condition could occur if the Serratus Anterior is weak | Winged scapula |
| Name the muscle of the hamstrings | Bicep Femoris, semitendinosus and semimebranosus |
| What would you apply to a sore muscle after exercise | Ice |
| The body is a unit constructed of the following smaller units | Cells, tissue, organs sytems |
| Plantar warts occur on the | foot |
| Disease production bacteria are called | Pathogenic |
| How many pairs of cranial nerves | 12 pair |
| Along with erector spinae which muscles maintain posture | Hamstrings and rectus abdominus |
| Grounding and centering are examples of what | Self care techniques |
| Describe why evaluation dual relationships is a major concern | Mutual and equal consent is highly variable |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome involves entrapment of which nerve | Median |
| What are energy pathways | Meridian |
| What is a carbuncle | A group of local infections of hair follicles with connecting sinuses a group of boils |
| Movement of the head, neck and shoulders is controlled by | Cervical plexus |
| The Japanese system called Shiatsu is the concept that the body has a series of energy points called | Tsubo |
| 70 year old client has stoke last month, lost function on left side, is in PT but wants to try massage therapy. He is taking a blood thinner and medication to manage hypertension how do you proceed | Get permission to consult with his PT and desine a plan and minimize risk of bruising due to meds |
| Client has fibromyalgia, doctor recommends massage, how will therapy affect her | Shown to be helpful for several symptoms of fibromyalgia, including pain, anxiety adn quality of life |
| Which step of therapeutic procedure examines the outcome of the session in regard to the effectiveness of the selected procedure for the condition | Evaluation |
| Before you can share personal client information with other health professional the client must sign which form | Release of medical info |
| Lymph is moved through the lymph system by the pumping action of | Heart |
| A massage stroke that manipulates soft tissues with one layer of tissue is moved over or against another | Friction |
| Direct physical effects of massage techniques on tissues they contact are called | Mechanical effects |
| What type of joint would be found in the spine | Gliding |
| Where is a facet joint found | Ribs |
| 30 year old in diving accident last year and had spinal cord laceration at C5. Partial use of arms, wants to see if massage could help what do you do | Work within pain tolerance with his arms and hands, encouraging him to stretch and exercise food muscles to retain use |
| Client suffers from psoriasis which technique would you use | Light Swedish |
| What is the appropriate massage for a person with whiplash | When contraindication injuries have been ruled out and the acute stage of inflammation has passed. |
| What is the force energy called | Chi |
| When a muscle contraction and the ends of the muscle do not move on the body part that the muscle affected does not move the is what type of contraction | Isometric |
| When a practitioner is feeling about a client as he had felt about another person in his life is called | Countertransference |
| The concern for dual relationships used to be limited to worry that they might | Cloud practitioner judgement |
| A rotator cuff injury is most likely a muscle | Strain |
| Referred pain originates with a | Trigger pioint |
| If some asks you to come to work for them and they supply all materials, set your hours and your pay you are | Employee |
| A sole proprietor fills out what tax form | 1040 ES |
| If a client complains of tension in the neck you'd release the | Scalenes and levator scapula |
| What action results from activation of the infraspinatus and teres minor | Lateral rotation |
| An overuse condition involving the supraspinatus tendon is | Subacromial impingement |
| Finding and reducing this is the most effective ways of treating soft tissue pain and dysfunction | Trigger points and taut bands |
| This skin layer contains adipose tissure | Subcutaneous |
| What is the first step in massage treatment for soft tissue dysfuncton | Restore circulation adn neuromuscular response to the tissues |
| Client has DX of atherosclerosis and hypertension, takes a statin, beta-blocker and blood thinner. Training for triathlon, runs 3 mile/day, sims 5 times/week, can you work with him | Give massage focused on relaxation and calming do not do any work that requires a major adaptive response. |
| 77 year old HX of heart attack, COPD, and heart failure. On several meds adn PCP referred due to sever back pain and decrease pain med use, what do you do | Wok carefully for stress and pain relief with her capacity to adapt, no big changes |
| When using massage table what is the first consideration for therapist | the height of table |
| nutrient and gas exchange occurs at | Capillaries |
| Which gland is located in the throat | Thyroid |
| Membrane that covers bones | Periosteum |
| An agonist is what | Opposes the agonist |
| The break up scar tissue and adhesion's use | Petrissage |
| Serratus anterior and pectoralis minor act to depress the | Scapula |
| The supraspinatus inserts into the | Humerus |
| Lay a pregnant woman on her side to prevent compression of the | Aorta |
| When you twist your ankle the injured ligament is the | Talocrural |
| If you injure the anterior cruciat ligament you twisted your | Knee |
| The purpose of tapotement and percussion is to | tone muscles |
| Is compartment syndrom a potentially life threatening condition | Yes |
| 66 y/o retired teacher DX with stage III ductal breast caner. Surgery done, margins clear but CA in several lymph nodes, under radiation TX what is your best option | Find out what her worst side effects are and work with team to desine a session without creating a hoemostatic challenge |
| The end of the muscle anchored to the more immovable part of the skeleton is | Orgin |
| After releasing trigger points muscles should be | Stretched |
| When moving a clients hurt leg through a ROM when do you stop the movement | At end feel |
| What muscles are stretched when hip extension is performed while lying prone with the knee flexed to 90 degrees | Quads |
| The smallest functional unit of a muscle is the | Sarcomerre |
| What is quadriceps muscle | Rectus femoris, Vastus Lateralis, intermedius and Medialis |
| You raise your arm to reach for a bag of flour the deltoid is performing | Shoulder flexion |
| Most synovial joints are | Diarthrotic |
| They knee is a hinge type | Synovial joint |
| Cash and receipts are recorded in a | Expense report |
| Reciepts and expenses are recorded in a | Disbursement ledger |
| Sensory organs in a muscle belly that detect the rate of stretch are | Spindle cells |
| Where does lateral flexion occur | Neck |
| What is the term for fascia in a gelatinous state | Thixotropy |
| Published the first American textbook about massage history in late 1800's | Dr Douglas Graham |
| Muscle stripping does what to the muscle | Lenghtens |
| CSherrington's law states that when a muscle recieves a nerve impulse to contact it's antagonsist simultaneosly recieves an impluse to reacted called | Reciprocal inhibition |
| Tic douloureux is a condition involving sharp electric stabbing pain along one or more branches of the CN5 also know as | Trigeminal Neuralgia |
| Sensor neurons that detect posion, rate and ROM are known as | Proprioceptors |
| The anterior tilt to the pelvis would likely cause a need to work on which muscles | Quadratus lumborum and psoas |
| If a practitioner is being paid as a contractor and make more then $600 what form would they recieve | 1099 |
| Describe client rights and duties of healthcare professionals | Rights are what clients are entitled to and duties are the societal demand |
| A client has hyper tonic rectus femoris and is wincing in discomfort from deep pressure what do you do | Lighten the pressure and work within the pain threshold of the clients |
| Your client is recovering from frozen shoulder what is the best technique to reduce pain in your clients | Teach and encourage diaphragmatic breathing |
| A 50 y/o bicycle rider feels like shes getting old, while massaging her hamstrings client express feeling of pain in gluteal and calf muscle what is she expereiencing | Referred pain |
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