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Chapter 4 Career Longevity Wellness, Wellbeing, and Self-Care
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- Massage therapy
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- Advanced Massage Therapeutics
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Chapter 04: Career Longevity: Wellness, Wellbeing, and Self-CareMULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Studies about career longevity in nursing, education, and athletic training can be correlated to
massage therapy because all these professions have what in common?
a. Being health related
b. A physical component
c. Comparable pay rates
d. Same amount of schooling
ANS: B
While investigations into factors contributing to career longevity in the massage field have not
been conducted, studies have been carried out in nursing, education, and athletic training. The
information from these studies can be related to massage therapy because all these professions
have commonalities – they involve taking care of others, and there is a physical component in
the performance of duties.
2. Which approach do professionals use to help prevent burnout?
a. Being minimally active
b. Keeping concerns to self
c. Spending time with family
d. Avoiding spiritual interests
ANS: C
Many professionals persistTedEiSnTthBeAirNcKarSeeErsLaLnEd Rpr.eCveOnMted
burnout by utilizing self-care
strategies such as exercising, talking with peers and supervisors, spending time with family,
practicing spirituality, and performing mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques.
3. Which term means a conscious, self-directed, and evolving process of achieving full
potential?
a. Wellness b.
Perfection c.
Tranquility
d. Independence
ANS: A
Wellness is a conscious, self-directed, and evolving process of achieving full potential,
according to the National Wellness Institute. Wellness involves programs of self-care which
are learned, proactive, deliberate, purposeful, and continuous activities to reduce stress, avoid
burnout, prevent illness and injury, and live a more balanced life.
4. According to Bonnie Prudden, massage therapists are placed in which classification based on
their degree of physical activity?
a. Active
b. Walking
c. Standing
d. Strenuous
, ANS: D
Prudden classifies massage therapy as a strenuous occupation.
5. According to Bonnie Prudden, someone in a sitting occupation may develop trigger points
where?
a. Feet
b. Chest
c. Abdomen
d. Forearms
ANS: B
Sitting occupations often put trigger points in the chest, neck, shoulders, and upper and lower
back.
6. According to Bonnie Prudden, barbers, physicians, and teachers are all in what category of
physical activity?
a. Active
b. Walking
c. Standing
d. Strenuous
ANS: C
According to Bonnie Prudden, barbers, physicians, and teachers are all in the physical activity
category of standing rather than walking, active, or strenuous.
7. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, how many minutes of
moderate-intensity cardiorespiratory exercise should adults achieve each week?
a. 30
b. 60
c. 100
d. 150
ANS: D
Cardiorespiratory exercises are activities involving prolonged body movements to increase
heart and respiration rates to increase stamina, lose or maintain weight, and reduce the risk of
cardiovascular disease. The current recommendation is 150 minutes of moderate-intensity
exercise per week.
8. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, how often should adults participate in
resistance exercises?
a. Every day
b. 2 or 3 days each week
c. 1 day each week
d. Every other week
ANS: B
Resistance exercises are activities involving resistance to contract skeletal muscles to improve
strength and muscular endurance. Current recommendations are to perform resistance
exercises two or three non-consecutive days each week on all major muscle groups.
9. Which type of exercise specifically helps prevent falls in older adults?
a. Cardiorespiratory
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