Medical Massage Exam

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Which of the following best describes the use of techniques for pain management and physical rehabilitation? Reflexology, Reiki, Aromatherapy, Clinical Massage

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Clinical Massage

Front

Which of the following is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage? Pain, Psychosis, Rehabilitation, Assessment

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Pain

Front

Which of the following best describes the maximum amount of pain an individual can tolerate or endure before outwardly responding to it?
Primary motivation,
Pain tolerance,
Terminal acquisition,
Parasympathetic arousal

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Pain tolerance

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Pain that is sudden and that is usually associated with injury and trauma is called _______ pain; _________ pain usually persists longer than 3 months, and is often difficult or impossible to determine when it started or what it’s cause is.

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Acute;chronic

Front

Which of the following best described methods used to correct imbalances and reduce physical or psychosocial discomfort? Self-efficacy, Self-actualization, Compensatory patterns, Systematic desensitization

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Compensatory patterns

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Which of the following best describes the massage technique called compression? Options: Technique that slowly stretches the skin in one or several directions, Non-gliding massage technique that includes sustained and rhythmic types, Lifting and compressing skin and hypodermis with no downward force used, Slow, deep gliding of one hand while the other anchors the tissue where the glide began

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Non-gliding massage technique that includes sustained and rhythmic types

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Which of the following best describes the clinical massage techniques called pin and glide? Technique that slowly stretches the skin in one or several directions, Non-gliding massage technique that includes sustained and rhythmic types, Lifting and compressing skin and hypodermis with no downward force used, Slow, deep gliding of one hand while the other anchors the tissue where the glide began

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Slow, deep gliding of one hand while the other anchors the tissue where the glide began

Front

Which of the following best describes the clinical massage technique called skin rolling? Technique that slowly stretches the skin in one or several directions, Non-gliding massage technique that includes sustained and rhythmic types, Lifting and compressing skin and hypodermis with no downward force used , Slow, deep gliding of one hand while the other anchors the tissue where the glide began

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Lifting and compressing skin and hypodermis with no downward force used

Front

Which of the following best describes the ability of fascia’s ground substance to change from a solid state to a gel state and back again? Torqueing, Skin rolling, Thixotropy, Conditioning

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Thixotropy

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Which of the following best describes palpable nodules or thickened areas that are found in taut bands within muscles? Reflex points, Trigger points, Muscle spasm, Hypertonicity

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Trigger points