PTA 220 Lecture Exam #1 || with 100% Errorless Answers.
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Massage correct answers the use of the clinician's hands to purposefully manipulate the patient's soft tissue to promote healing and restore function
Clinical considerations (Personal appearance) correct answers -short fingernails
-0odor free hands
-removal of rings, watches, and bracelets
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PTA 220 Lecture Exam #1 || with 100% Errorless Answers.
Massage correct answers the use of the clinician's hands to purposefully manipulate the patient's
soft tissue to promote healing and restore function
Clinical considerations (Personal appearance) correct answers -short fingernails
-0odor free hands
-removal of rings, watches, and bracelets
-long hair secured
-perfume and scents kept to a minimum
Clinical considerations (Environment) correct answers -firm treatment tables
-gather necessary equipment ahead of time
P.A.S.S correct answers -Pain
-Asking questions (contraindications/precautions)
-Sensory test (sharp/dull or hot/cold)
-Skin integrity (cuts/bruises/open wounds)
Patient positioning for massage correct answers Supine: pillow behind head and under knees
Prone: pillow under stomach, ankles, cervical headrest
Side-lying: pillow between knees, pillow under head
Body mechanics for massage correct answers -upright posture
-both feet remain in contact w/ floor
-bend with knees instead of back
-avoid twisting
-maintain neutral joints
-Avoid hyperextension of wrist/fingers
Palpation correct answers -perception by the sense of touch
-goal: identify local areas of dysfunction
Massage: effects and indications correct answers -Increase metabolism
-Increased healing
-Muscle relaxation
-Improved lymphatic function
-Increased immunity
-Prevents and relieves muscle cramps and spasms
-Improved blood and lymph circulation
-Enhanced tissue repair
-Breaks up adhesions
Massage: Contraindications correct answers - acute conditions requiring emergency medical care
-Fever
-Acute inflammation
, -skin conditions
-Blood poisoning and infections
-Malignancy
-Bleeding and bruising
Massage: Precautions correct answers -recent surgery
-burns
-recent fractures
-decreased sensation
-increased sensitivity to touch
-cardiovascular disorders
-Edema
-Osteoporosis
Effleurage correct answers slow, superficial, repetitive strokes applied by sliding and gliding the
hands over the body
- Most commonly used stroke in classic massage
- work into the pressure
Petrissage correct answers performed by lifting the skin and underlying soft tissue from its
normal resting state, and then pressing, rolling, squeezing, and kneading it prior to releasing it
Tapotement correct answers Consists of percussion movements performed in a rapid, alternating
manner
Scar massage correct answers -there is no one specific scar massage technique
-lifting, broadening, and applying shear forces can break up adhesions created by scarring
-work perpendicular to the scar
Trigger point (TrP) correct answers a focus of hyperirritability in a tissue that, when compressed,
is locally tender and if sufficiently hypersensitive, gives rise to referred pain and tenderness
Where are trigger points commonly located? correct answers 70% of common trigger points are
located at acupuncture points
T/F: trigger points are classified as active or latent? correct answers True
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