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SFSM MBLEx Therapy & Techniques
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a form of bodywork based in traditional Chinese meridian theory in which acupuncture points are pressed to stimulate the flow of energy? | acupressure |
| Who cured the loss of his voice and nasal difficulties with improved posture and head positioning? | F.M Alexander |
| What is the first element of the Alexander Technique? | correcting improper posture |
| What is the second element of the Alexander Technique? | elongating muscles and releasing muscle spasms |
| What is the third element of the Alexander Technique? | visualization exercises focusing on seeing the body longer and freer |
| What is the general term for practices involving touch and movement in both Eastern and Western practices where the practitioner may use manual and energetic techniques to promote health and healing in the recipient? | bodywork |
| In the 1900s, who discovered cranio movement? | Dr. William Sutherland |
| In the 1970s, who helped to further Sutherland's discovery as both an evaluative tool and a corrective one? | Dr. John Upledger |
| What therapy is a light touch manipulation of the head and bottom of the spine to restore optimal cerebrospinal fluid movement? | craniosacral |
| What is an umbrella term for bodywork systems that work deeply into the muscles and connective tissue to release chronic aches and pains? | deep tissue massage |
| What is an educational system that uses movement to bring about more effective ways to function? | feldenkrais method |
| Who invented the Feldenkrais Method? | Moshe Feldenkrais |
| Who developed Hellerwork? | Joseph Heller |
| What consists of a series of eleven 90-minute sessions of deep tissue bodywork, movement education and dialogue designed to realign the body and release chronic tension and stress? | hellerwork |
| What is a combination of Chinese acupuncture theory, Taoist Yogic philosophy and breathing methods, and Japanese acupressure techniques? | jin shin do |
| What method promotes movement of lymph into and through the lymphatic vessels? | manual lymph drainage |
| What is the intentional and systematic manipulation of the soft tissues of the body to enhance health and healing? | massage |
| What is the general term for health and healing practices involving touch and movement, which are based in massage and related manual techniques? | massage therapy |
| myo | muscle |
| elastic connective tissue wrapped around muscles and other parts of the body | fascia |
| In what method are restrictions located and gentle sliding pressure is applied in the direction of the restriction to stretch the tissues? | myofascial release |
| What is a systematic approach to myofascial treatment that attempts to interrupt the neuromuscular feedback that maintains pain or dysfunction? | neuromuscular therapy |
| In what technique are points of pain located and then the body is gently moved to fold around the point and rest in a position where there is no pain? | otho-bionomy |
| Who developed Ortho-Bionomy? | Arthur Lincoln Pauls |
| What therapy is a form of bodywork that uses light touch and gentle rocking movements intended to balance life energy by affecting general and muscular relaxation? | polarity therapy |
| Who developed Polarity therapy? | Dr. Randolph Stone |
| universal life energy | reiki |
| What is a form of bodywork based on the theory of zone therapy, in which specific spots of the body are pressed to stimulate corresponding areas in other parts of the body? | reflexology |
| Who developed Rolfing? | Ida P. Rolf |
| What is a form of hands-on manipulation and movement education that works with the connective tissues, in order to balance the whole body in gravity? | rolfing |
| Who developed the Rosen Method? | Marion Rosen |
| What is a system of bodywork and movement that helps the client experience himself in a more accepting and loving way through non-intrusive, subtle touch, awareness of breath, movement exercises and gentle coaxing? | rosen method |
| shiatsu | finger pressure |
| What derives both from the ancient healing art of acupuncture and from the traditional form of Japanese massage, amma? | shiatsu |
| What type of massage is a blend of Swedish strokes, compression, pressure-point therapy, cross-fiber friction, joint mobilization, hydrotherapy, and cryotherapy? | sports massage |
| What is Swedish massage also known as? | western massage |
| Who is Swedish massage credited to? | Per Henrik Ling |
| Effleurage, petrissage, friction, tapotement, and vibration are strokes of what kind of massage? | swedish massage |
| Who was Therapeutic touch developed by? | Dolores Krieger and Dora Kunz |
| What is based on the idea that human beings are energy in the form of a field? | therapeutic touch |
| What ancient bodywork system is designed to unblock energy and improve vitality by applying pressure along energy pathways called sens? | thai massage |
| Who created Trager? | Milton Trager |
| What operates on the principle that one learns to be lighter, easier and freer by experiencing light, easy and free sensations in the body? | trager |
| What utilizes ischemic compression of individual areas of hypersensitivity in muscles, ligaments, tendons and fascia? | trigger point massage |
| Who pioneered trigger point therapy in the United States? | Janet Travell |
| What is a system that employs the stretches of Zen shiatsu in a pool of warm water? | watsu |
| Who originated Watsu? | Harold Dull |
| Who is the innovator of Zero balancing? | Fritz Frederick Smith |
| What is a hands-on procedure for evaluating and balancing the relationship between body energy and body structure? | zero balancing |
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