Book 1 Flashcards
(173 cards)
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Therapeutic massage is what?
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Manipulation of soft tissue
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Three common reasons for massage therapy?
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- stress relief
- stress relief
- treating medical conditions
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Hippocrates
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Author of physicians oath
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Per Henrick Ling
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Developed Swedish massage
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Chareles Fayette Taylor
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Brought massage to the us
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Swedish massage emphasizes
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Relaxation
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As a result of massage burn patients experience reduction of
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Itching
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Massage aids in the recovery of digestive disorders such as
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Constipation
Diarrhea
Spastic colon
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What % of disease is thought to be stress related?
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80%
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Mental health disorders treats by massage are
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Depression
Anxiety disorders
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Pressure point therapy is used as
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Treatment for injury
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What body system is most affected by massage
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Nervous
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Allergies and headaches
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Can be relieved by massage
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One disease massage is contraindicated for is
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Phlebitis
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Swedish massage incorporates
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Long strokes
Kneading and friction
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When in balance mind and body are in harmony
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Yin yang
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Shiatsu
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Pressure of the fingers
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Effleurage
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Applying increasing pressure using slow rhythmic gliding strokes in direction of blood flow to the heart
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Acupuncture
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Encourage flow of body’s own energy
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Energetic body work approaches
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Therapeutic touch
Jin shin
Zero balancing
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Hydrotherapy
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Stimulates circulation by alternating hot and cold
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Polarity therapy
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Treatment that includes energy based bodywork, diet, exercise, self awareness
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Petrisage
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Alternately tightening and lessening grasp on muscles using kneading pressing and rolling
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Trigger points
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Waste build up around nerve receptor
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Reflexology
Stimulating specific points on the surface of the body
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Facia
Connective tissue that binds body structures together
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Myofacial release
Stretching technique used to treat patients with soft tissue problems
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Rolfing
Apply heavy pressure with knuckles forearms and elbows
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Applied kinesiology
Assessing health with general exam and muscle testing
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Structural and postural integration
Manipulating connective tissue structure to restore body alignment
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Integrated massage
Combining bodywork approaches designed to treat a specific problem
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Deep tissue
Physiological and emotional release of tension and tissues
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Lymphatic massage
Developed by Emil voddder
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According to Chinese thought energy circulates through
Meridians
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How many acupoints are there
Over 300
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Rosen practitioner uses what
Genial direct touch that focuses on easing chronic muscle tension
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Reiki
Means universal life force energy in Japanese and is a form of energy body
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Hyper irritable spots that that are painful when compressed
Trigger points
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Reflexology is a form of
compression massage
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Cranial sacral
Subtly manipulate the bones of the face head vertebral column and membranes been ash the skull
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According to Rolfing philosophy structural problems and muscle tension can interfere with the functioning of
Organs
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What kind of therapy can be done through clothes
Bowen therapy
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Human biology
Study of how the body is put together and how it works in health and disease
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Anatomy
The science of the structure of the body
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Gross anatomy
Parts of the body that can be studied with a microscope
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Microscopic anatomy
Parts of the body that have been revealed by the microscope
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Physiology
Study of how the body works
| Macro and micro
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Pathology
Study of body when anatomy and physiology are abnormal
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Contraindications
Parts of the body that shouldn't be massaged
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Transverse section
Divides body in top and bottom
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Saggital section
Divides body in left and right
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Coronal section
Divides body in front and back
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Superior
Top
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Inferior
Under or bottom
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Midsaggital
Divides body in equal right and left halves
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Parasaggital
Unequal right and left portions
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Cephalad
Towards the top of the head
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Caudad
In opposite direction of the head
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Medial
Closer to the midline
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Lateral
Farther away from the midline
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Anterior
In front of
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Posterior
Behind
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Ventral
On belly side
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Dorsal
On spine side
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Proximal
Nearer to the center of the body
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Distal
Father away from the center of the body
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Superficial
Close to skin or surface
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Central
Near the center
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Peripheral
Near rim or edge
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Afferent
Carrying toward a body part
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Efferent
Carrying away from body part
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Prone
Facing down
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Supine
Facing up
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Articulating
Bones that fit into each other
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Cartilage
Acts like rubber bumpers
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Joint capsule
Tough tissue that makes synovial fluid
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Ligaments
Connects bone to bone at joints
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Periosteum
Delivers nutrients
Anchors ligaments
Membrane that covers out side of the bone
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Bursa
Small capsule filled with synovial fluid that protects from friction
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Tendons
Tissue that connects muscle to bone
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Facia
Connective tissue that wraps the muscles
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Adduction
Brings a body part closer to the midline
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Abduction
Moves body part away from center
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Rotation
Movement on the transverse plane
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Lateral flexion
Side bending
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Inversion
Toes pointed inward
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Eversion
Toes pointed out
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Synovial joint
Hip and shoulder
| Wide range of motion
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Fibrous joint
surfaces of bones are in almost direct contact and are not moveable
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Circumduction
Movement that follows a circular path
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Cartilaginous joint
Allows only slight movement
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Cranial nerves process what
Smell
Sight
Taste hearing
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Autonomic system
Serves smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and glands
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Sympathetic nervous
Part of autonomic system which makes the body burn recourses
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Nerve impulses
Electrical messages that travel throughout neurons
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Reflex arc
Nerve pathway of a reflex
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Proprioceptors
Nerves that provide muscles with their intelligence
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Motor neurons
Cary nerve impulses from the brain or spinal cord to muscles or glands they control
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Simple reflex
Sensory and motor neurons that system pass into and put of the spinal cord without consulting the brain
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Brain stem
Relay center carrying messages to and from the brain
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Hypothalamus
On charge of the entire autonomic nervous system
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A type of oriental massage that stimulates meridian flow
Shiatsu
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Flowing massage stroke
Effleurage
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Percussive massage stroke
Tapotement
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Electrolyte
Conducts electrical impulses in the body
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Meninges
Tissue surrounding brain and spinal cord
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Makes melatonin hormones
Pineal
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Thymus
Stimulates development of immune cells
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Neuron
Functional unit of the nervous system
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Stores energy and nutrients to convey nerve impulses
Neurons
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Axon
Conduct impulse away from cell body
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Golgi tendon organ
Can measure amount of tension in muscle cells and monitor the amount of force pulling on a bone
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Spindle cell
Measure changes in length in the muscle as it shortens and lengthens
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Cerebrospinal fluid
Acts a shock absorber for the brain and spinal cord
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What part of the brain controls speech, sensation, memory, reasoning, will, and emotions?
Cerebrum
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What serves as a path for nerve impulses coming to and from the brain
Spinal cord
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What consists of all the nerves that connect the CNS to the rest of the body
Peripheral nervous system
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Responses like increased respiration, dilated pupils and increased heart rate are caused by stimulation of what
Sympathetic nervous system
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Swedish massage most directly accesses the
parasympathetic nervous system
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Most of the digestive processes take place in the small intestine
Small intestine
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Failure of the sphincter between the esophagus and the stomach is called
Acid reflux
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What system manufacture EPO which tells the bone marrow to make more blood cells
Urinary
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What system works with the nervous system to control and coordinate all other body systems
Endocrine
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What gland produces hormones that stimulate growth of bones, muscles and organs
Pituitary
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Stress can exhaust what glands
Adrenal and thyroid
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Largest sensory organ
Skin
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Outer layer of skin
Epidermis
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Waterproof protein in skin
Keratin
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Pigment in epidermis
Melanin
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Cells that construct bone
Osteoblasts
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Axial skeleton
Bones of head vertebral column and rib cage
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How blood flows through the heart
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Right atrium
Right ventricle
Lungs
left atrium
Left ventricle
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Meat of your body
Skeletal muscle
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Atrophy
Process by win muscle wastes away
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Sol state facia
Facia wrapping muscles is in free condition
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Hypertension
High blood pressure
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Thymus gland
School for white blood cells
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Inflammation
Contraindicated
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Arteries
Carry blood away from the heart
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Fluid that bathes cells
Interstitial fluid
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Scar tissue can be
Prevented with light massage
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How many sections is the spine divided into
5
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Fibrosis
Facia takes over muscle tissue
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Pathogens are filtered out of the tissues by the
Lymphatic system
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Tissue injury is followed with what
Inflammation
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When you flex a body part you are flexing what
Joints
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Glenohumoral joint
Shoulder joint
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Coracobrachialis
Arm muscle
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Insertion
Where the muscle attaches to the more stationary or stable bone
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Origin
Where the muscle connects to a more moveable bone
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Muscles make up the rotator cuff
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Supraspinatus
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Active ROM
Motion you make across your own joint
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Circumduction
Extension
Adduction
Flexion
Abduction
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Glenoid fossa
Shoulder socket
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Xyphoid process
Distal end of sternum
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Number of thoracic vertebra
12
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Osteoporosis
Deterioration of the bone
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Physical barrier to infection
Skin
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Fever and infections are
Contraindicated
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Two main goals of draping
Modesty and warmth
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For lower back pain place a bolster
Underneath the knees
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Grooms and fine movements
Movements that involve bigger bones and smaller bones
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Chi
Force of life
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Shen chi
Results from having good family and friends relationships
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Jing chi
Life force inherited from parents
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Da chi
Shallow breathing or smoking results in decreased da chi
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Wei chi
Combination of all forms of chi
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Gu chi
From what we eat and drink
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Chi flows through channels called
Meridians
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Wood element
Green
| Liver and gallbladder
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Metal element
Integrity
| Grief
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Water element
Black
Energy
Direction
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Earth element
Excess results in smothering
| Deficiency results in absentmindedness
