WEEK 1 Manual Skills 1

Question 1

What is the age of consent?

Answer 1

19/under - Minor

Question 2

What will happen if someone is non verbal?

Answer 2

There will be someone there who gives consent on their behalf

Question 3

What are the regulations for someone who gives consent?

Answer 3

Must be 19+/Needs to have had a relationship of over 1 year

Question 4

What is muscle guarding?

Answer 4

Limb stiffness

Question 5

How can you find the appropriate table height?

Answer 5

Stand in athletic lunge position and let your knuckle glide along the table smoothly

Question 6

Prone

Answer 6

Face down

Question 7

Supine

Answer 7

Face up

Question 8

Anterior

Answer 8

Front

Question 9

Posterior

Answer 9

Back

Question 10

In prone position where do pillows go for support?

Answer 10

Below knees/Under the abdomen/Mid abdomen or pelvic area(Situational)

Question 11

In supine position where do pillows go for support?

Answer 11

Under the neck/Under the head/Under the knees

Question 12

In sidelying position where do pillows go for support?

Answer 12

Under the head/Between the knees/One pillow to hug

Question 13

What are the 4 T’s of Palpation

Answer 13

1. Temperature
2. Texture
3. Tone
4. Tenderness

Question 14

What is hypertone?

Answer 14

High muscle tone

Question 15

What is hypotone?

Answer 15

Low muscle tone

Question 16

What is a somatotype?

Answer 16

A set of generalized body types

Question 17

What are the 3 somatotypes?

Answer 17

1. Ectomorph
2. Endomorph
3. Mesomorph

Question 18

What is an Ectomorph?

Answer 18

Slender, wiry and slim build

Question 19

What is an Endomorph?

Answer 19

Round and fleshy build

Question 20

What is a Mesomorph

Answer 20

Muscular and broad build

Question 21

Does a treatment begin at a distal or proximal part of a limb?

Answer 21

Proximal and progressively move distally

Question 22

What is a faster massage for?

Answer 22

Stimulating = pre-event sports

Question 23

What is a slower massage for?

Answer 23

Soothe and relax = insomnia or post-event sports

Question 24

What are the components of massage therapy?

Answer 24

1. Pressure
2. Rate
3. Rhythm
4. Duration

Question 25

List some goal or aims of a treatment

Answer 25

1. Help improve general health 2. Provide symptomatic relief 3. Restore optimal function 4. Address compensatory changes 5. Prevent further injury or dysfunction 6. Prevent complications

Question 26

List what you should maintain or increase

Answer 26

1. Circulation 2. Respiratory function 3. Joint ROM 4. Muscle tone or flexibility 5. Parasympathetic nervous system response(sedative)

Question 27

List what you should prevent or decrease

Answer 27

1. Adhesive tissue formation 2. Edema 3. Pain 4. Muscle hypertonicity 5. Sympathetic nervous system firing (promote relaxation) 6. Muscle spasm