AMT MT1 Written Test 3
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- Who's writings mentioned that massage was used to treat sprains and dislocations?
- Hippocrates
- What was the series of 8 books covering all of the medical knowledge of the Roman Empire called?
- De Medicina
- Who was the Roman physician who is credited with compiling De Medicina?
- Aulus Cornelius Celsus
- Who developed a system of medical gymnastics to treat chronic ailments?
- Pehr Henrik Ling
- Who categorized soft tissue manipulation into effleurage, petrissage, friction and tapotement?
- Johann Mezger
- Who first brought the Swedish Movement cure to the United States?
- George Taylor
- Who's text was a compliation of the manual therapeutics of Europe and considered his book to be a rationale of massage treatment?
- James Mennell
- When was chair massage invented?
- Late 19th & early 20th centuries
- What was the original concept of chair massage?
- It was part of employee benefits for large factories and retail stores
- What is end feel?
- The feeling of a limb as it is moved through ROM
- What is hard end feel?
- This is an abrupt limitation that happens at the normal end of ROM
- What is soft end feel?
- This is a cushioned limitation where soft tissues prevent further movement
- What is spring end feel?
- The limitation is due to the stretch of fibrous tissue
- What is not within our scope of practice?
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1. Join manipulations or adjustments
2. Specific attempts to realign a misaligned joint usually with thrusting
3. Cracking/popping necks and backs - What is a static stretch?
- Passive joint movements performed by moving the parts to be stretched into position and holding for 10-15 seconds at the limit of movement.
- What is a contract-relax-stretch?
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1. Ask the recipient to contract the muscle against your resistence.
2. Ask to relax & take a deep breath in
3. Apply the stretch as they breathe out - What is reciprocal inhibition?
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1. Ask recipient to contract target muscle's antagonist against resistence
2. Ask to relax & take a deep breath
3. Apply the stretch as they breathe out - What is a passive stretch?
- Movements initiated and controlled by the practitioner.
- What is sidelying position used for?
- Conditions which contraindicate prone positioning or which require access to specific side areas
- What are the benefits of sidelying position?
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1. Allows deeper access to neck, shoulder, scapula, hip side of leg
2. Allows access to back when prone position is unavailable
3. Variation in routine. - What are contraindications for sidelying position?
- Sore shoulder, client feels unsafe with position, lack of trust between client & therapist, new client