Mblex Overview
of Bodywork and
Massage
Modalities
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HIPAA - answer Means: Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996
AMTA - answer Means: American Massage Therapy
Association
,AFMTE - answer Means: Alliance for Massage
Therapy Education
FSMTB - answer Means: Federation of State
Massage Therapist Boards
MTF - answer Means: Massage Therapy Foundation
NCBTMB - answer Means: National Certification
Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
Mblex - answer Means: The MBLEx (Massage &
Bodywork Licensing Examination) is governed by
the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
FSMTB). It is designed to provide a standard
examination for students of Massage for entry-level
professional scope of practice in gaining licensure.
Depth of pressure - answer Means: (compressive
force) can be light, moderate, deep, or variable.
, Drag - answer Function: is the amount of pull
(stretch) on the tissue (tensile force).
Direction - answer Means: that the massage may
proceed from the center of the body outward or
from the extremities inward to the center of the
body.
Speed - answer Function: speed of techniques can
be fast, slow, or variable.
Rhythm - answer Function: a method that is
applied at regular intervals is considered even, or
rhythmic.
Frequency - answer Function: is the rate at which
the method repeats itself within a given time
frame.
Duration - answer Function: is the length of time
the method is applied or that the technique
remains in one location.
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