Massage core & variations (Steiner) – Flashcards
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Advanced Tools
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Knuckles, Fists, Forearms, Elbows
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Resting/ Initial Contact
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Flat hand contact, Compression ( Creates trust/Safety)
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Warming
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To warm superficial tissue first to access deeper tissue
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Erythema
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Reddening of the skin
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Sculpting
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Working around/over bone (bony landmarks)
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Traction
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The act of drawing or pulling to create tension
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Optimal therapy zone
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On a scale from 1 to 10 aim for a 7 to 8 (" hurts so good")
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Palpitations
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Feeling for skin temperature /tension/fiber orientation
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Pressure Vs.Depth
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Bodyweight verse sharp tools
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Feedback/nonverbal cues
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Listen and share
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Non-verbal cues
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Hand clenching, facial tension, flinching
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Bodyweight
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Pressure
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Tools
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Depth
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Preparing for advanced work
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1) Lower table to utilize bodyweight and tools 2) Warm tissue first 3)Use less lotion
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How to get deeper work without too much pressure?
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Switch your tools from broad (flat hand) to sharp (elbows/ knuckle)
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How do you increase power and conserve energy while giving a massage?
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Bodyweight
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What is the sharpest tool that can be used during a massage?
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The elbow
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When using what type of advanced tool should you always up protect your alignment?
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The soft fist
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When using your forearm what is the most ideal part to use?
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The proximal one third
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What is another name for the elbow?
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The olecranon.
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Kyphosis
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And exaggerated thoracic curvature
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How do you bolster somebody with kyphosis in the supine position?
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Place support under the head and knees
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How do you bolster somebody with kyphosis in the prone position?
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Place support under the chest and ankles
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Lordosis
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An exaggerated lumbar curvature
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How do you bolster somebody with lordosis in the supine position?
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Place support under hips and knees
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How do you bolster someone with lordosis in the prone position?
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Place support under the pelvis/abdomen and ankles
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How do you drape somebody who is breast-feeding in the supine position?
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Place a towel across the chest
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How do you treat somebody who is breast-feeding in the prone position?
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Lay towels across the table
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Systemic contradiction
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Full body contra indications mean the client may not receive any form of massage at all
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Local contraindication
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Partial body contraindications eliminate massage from only that particular part of the body where the concern exists
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Special populations
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Are a group of individuals who require specific care to accommodate conditions contra indications or needs.
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True or false a massage therapist has the right to stop a treatment
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True
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When a client is having an somatic emotional response you should do what?
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Stop treatment and ask if you may continue
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What is a must with dealing with special populations?
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1) ask what the client needs 2) ask what position is most comfortable 3) when dealing with under the age of consent take precaution
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Service
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Shares an association with the conscious incolvement and contribution to the human condition.
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Massage helps people fell less stress by?
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1) Reducing the effects on the body 2) Increasing feelings of well being ness 3)Calming the central nervous system
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Creating a protocol for a stressed out client should include what type of strokes?
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Slower, lighter and rhythmical
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Light effleurage and low frequency vibration
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May create a relaxing response for a client in pain.
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Coping mechanism
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When a person finds a way to deal with a stressful situation.
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Malaise
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When a client has been injured or unwell for a period of time. (Can cause feelings of depression)
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Effects of positive coping mechanisms
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Increases feelings of well being ness as well as stress resistance
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How to treat a client who may be feeling malaise?
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Focus on techniques that create a feeling of well being ness
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Client centered approach
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Client protocol for client goal and therapist listening to clients needs.
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Horizontal relationship
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Both the therapist and the Client occupy the same level of importance.
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How do you ensure quality service?
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Balance quality with quantity. The quality depends on how well the therapist can integrate techniques within the massage successful integration of techniques depends on transition and flow.
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Service
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Service through bodywork becomes a selfless act filled with compassion and kindness conveyed through quality of interaction in touch as awareness and presence.
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What is the empathetic relationship that is the foundation of all great therapy?
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Being ness
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Doingness
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Is applying verbal skills concepts hands on techniques or other mechanisms to achieve results.
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Empathetic relationship
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A horizontal approach that encompasses tolerance respect and listening. To create an empathetic relationship each person acknowledges boundaries and responsibilities.
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Professional relationship
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Qualities of a professional relationship are those responsibilities that the therapist must acknowledge, speak or enforce an order for the massage to be legal, ethical and therapeutic.
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Holding the client in high regard
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To value a client unconditionally regardless of the clients background religious or political affiliation race ethnic to city sexual preference etc.
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Impeccable space
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The intentions and clear approach of the therapist in addition to the cleanliness and professional atmosphere of the office area equipment and massage room. It also may be defined by the organization of other healthcare professionals that that the therapist trust and to whom they may refer clients.
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Intrinsic intelligence
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Is the body's innate design that allows it to adjust, improve, grow, make choices, change, respond, learn, communicate, and heal itself. It plays a large role in personal evolution and allows personal growth.
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Existentialism
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Is that an individual acknowledges that they are responsible for choices made, the outcome of the choices and their perception around that choice. Also that we are ultimately responsible for our lives.
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Intuition
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The flash of insight that occurs without the use of any rational or empirical process.
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Stress
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Can be positive, negative, or neutral and is nothing more that the interface with the environment. The two type are physiologic and psychologic.
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Physiologic stress
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Induces a stimulus, like a cool temperature, and the body responds with a specific response: shivering.
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Psychologic stress
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Is more dependent on how a person perceives the stressor and how well or able they can create a coping mechanism.
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Pain
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A warning light in the body that something is not right.
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True or false A massage therapist is a healer
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False A massage therapist should not be perceived as a healer because then the client may have too many expectations and rely on the therapist to make choices.
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If a client requests a full body massage with emphasis on the head, feet, hands and back in a 50 minute session what should you do?
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Discuss the time limits with the client and have them identify their chief complaint and primary goal for their treatment and then discuss options.
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If a client requests a 50 minute session of only neck work for headaches and neck pain what should you do?
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Discuss the importance of also addressing the shoulders and back in order to help their current condition.
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Beingness and doingness
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Means a great bodyworker never stops learning and seeking to improve their therapeutic relationship.
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Professional relationship with a client
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Therapist follows ethical conduct and establishes clear boundaries
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"Open ended" questions
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Help the client give an honest description of their massage experience
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Impeccability
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Includes keeping a clean office a clear in our space and good hygiene
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Important components of being a wellness practitioner
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Physical fitness and healthy lifestyle habits
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Why a massage therapist would want to be a wellness practitioner?
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1) clients will be less likely to hire a therapist with bad habits and poor hygiene 2) we want to have stamina to treat as many clients as possible 3) we want to model wellness for clients
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During a service you go to undrape your clients leg and you noticed they have tiny red bumps all over their leg what do you do?
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Stop the massage and send the client to a physician.
