Chapter 15

Question 1

Contract-Relax Technique

Answer 1

this states that as soon as an isometric muscle contraction releases it relaxes

Question 2

Strain-Counterstrain

Answer 2

This technique was developed by Lawrence Jones and happened by accident

Question 3

Passive Positioning Technique

Answer 3

PRT stands for what

Question 4

Taut Band

Answer 4

This forms when the sarcomees are stretched to capacity because of the formulation of a TP

Question 5

Post Isometric Relaxation

Answer 5

following a isometric contraction, there’s a brief period of relaxation in which impulses are delayed.

Question 6

Gait analysis

Answer 6

when you perform a bilateral comparison while a client is in motion

Question 7

Posture Assessment

Answer 7

when you do a bilateral compression of a persons body while standing

Question 8

Attachment TP

Answer 8

these are located at the musculotendinous Junction of osseous attachment sites and often deactivated when the central TP is deactivated

Question 9

Myosfascial Mass

Answer 9

maintaining or restoring the functional capacity of the muscle and fascia system

Question 10

Thixotrophy

Answer 10

the ability of a substance to soften as a result of warmth, pressure or manipulation

Question 11

Flat Palpation

Answer 11

this is done with the fingertips or thumb in line with or perpendicularly across the muscle fibers

Question 12

Gradual Onset

Answer 12

when the TP forms due to chronic overuse / overload like poor posture, bad habits, emotional issues

Question 13

Primary / Key TP

Answer 13

this can activate a secondary or satellite TP in another muscle

Question 14

Arndt-Shultz Law

Answer 14

the idea that “weak stimuli activate physiologic possess. whereas, strong stimuli inhabits them” is what?

Question 15

Active TP

Answer 15

a palpable noddle located in a taut Band and has definable sensations to referral areas

Question 16

Neuromuscular Techniques / Therapy

Answer 16

NMT stands for what?

Question 17

Position Release

Answer 17

a method of passively moving the body or a body part towards its preference and away from pain

Question 18

Hilton’s Law

Answer 18

this states that: when a joint is injured the surrounding muscles contract to immobilize and protect the joint

Question 19

Single Onset

Answer 19

when a TP forms due to sudden trauma like a fall, sprain, fracture, ect

Question 20

Trigger point

Answer 20

a hyper irritable module associated with dysfunctional contractile tissue

Question 21

Satellite TP

Answer 21

this forms as a direct result of dysfunction of the primary TP and can appear in the referred pain area, antagonist or synergist muscles

Question 22

Gate Control Theory

Answer 22

this states that: a stimulus that activates non-nociceptor nerves can inhabit pain

Question 23

Muscle Energy Technique

Answer 23

MET stands for what

Question 24

Latent TP

Answer 24

this has all the characteristics of an active TP but has no familiarity with the pain or referred pain patterns

Question 25

Reciprocal Inhabitation

Answer 25

when a muscle acting on joints is contracted the antagonist is inhabited

Question 26

Janet Travell and David Simons

Answer 26

this persons mapped out trigger point referred sensations into a publication

Question 27

Central TP

Answer 27

an active or latent TP thats located near the middle of the muscle fibers and motor and endplate

Question 28

Tensegrity

Answer 28

an architectural term that refers to the integrity of a structure as being based in a synergy between balanced tension and compression

Question 29

Stretching

Answer 29

this can be active or passive with the goal of lengthening the involved tissue

Question 30

Nimmo and Vannerson

Answer 30

this persons developed and published papers on 'receptors tonus Technique'

Question 31

Piezoelectricity

Answer 31

the characteristic of certain materials to create and conduct an electrical current

Question 32

Myotherapy

Answer 32

a term coined by Bonnie Purden

Question 33

Dysfunction

Answer 33

inflammation, ischemia, trigger points, weakness, tension, are all signs of what

Question 34

Pincer Palpation

Answer 34

this is used in areas where the muscle can be picked up between the thumb and fingers

Question 35

MET

Answer 35

uses active muscle contraction, relaxations and passive stretching to reduce contrictions and boost ROM

Question 36

Ischemic Compression

Answer 36

also know as " TP pressure release" where you apply digital pressure to the TP

Question 37

Fascia

Answer 37

this is connective tissue composed of fibers and cells suspended in a matrix of ground substance

Question 38

Dr. Stanley Leif

Answer 38

NMT was developed in the 30's by whom?

Question 39

Ortho-Biomomy

Answer 39

this is a healing system based on the body's self-correcting reflexes

Question 40

Law of Falicitation

Answer 40

after an impulse has traveled thru a certain set of nerves future impulses will use that same path

Question 41

Bell's Law

Answer 41

this states that: the spinal cord reflexes can be initiated by pressure along the spine