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MT Terms VI
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| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Reciprocal Inhibition | The effect that occurs when a muscle contracts, obliging its antagonist to relax in order to allow normal movement to take place |
| Referred Pain | Pain felt in an area other than the source of the pain |
| Reflex | An involuntary response to a stimulus. Reflexes are specific, predictable, adaptive, and purposeful. Reflexive methods work by stimulating the nervous system ( sensory neurons ), and tissue changes occur in response to the body's adaptation to the neural |
| Reflexive Methods | Massage techniques that stimulate the nervous system, the endocrine system, and the chemicals of the body |
| Refractory Period | The period after a muscle contraction during which the muscle is unable to contract again |
| Resourceful Compensation | Adjustments made by the body to manage a permanent or chronic dysfunction |
| Soft Tissue | The skin, fascia, muscles, tendons, joint capsules, and ligaments of the body |
| Somatic | Pertaining to the body |
| Somatic Pain | Pain that arises from stimulation of receptors in the skin ( superficial somatic pain ) or in skeletal muscles, joints, tendons, and fascia ( deep somatic pain ) |
| Spasticity | A state of increased muscle tone with exaggerated muscle tendon reflexes |
| Spindle Cells | Sensory receptors in the belly of the muscle that detect stretch |
| Sporadic | Occurring irregularly or haphazardly |
| Stimulation | Excitation that activates the sensory nerves |
| Stress | Any substantial change in routine or any activity that forces the body to adapt |
| Stressors | Any internal perceptions or external stimuli that demand a change in the body |
| Subluxation | An incomplete dislocation creating contact between joint surfaces |
| Subtle Energies | Weak electrical fields that surround and run through the body |
| Superficial Fascia | The connective tissue layer just under the skin |
| Superficial Pressure | Pressure that remains on the skin |
| Sympathetic Autonomic Nervous System | The energy-using part of the autonomic nervous system, the division in which the fight-or-flight response is activated |
| Systemic Massage | Massage structured to affect one body system primarily. This approach usually is used for lymphatic and circulation enhancement massage. |
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