Chapter 4 Keyterms Fundamentals

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Abbreviations

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Shortened words or phrases

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Assessment

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An appraisal or evaluation of the condition of a client

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Body, mind and spirit

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The three primary, interrelated, interacting and integrated layers that compromise a healthy, balanced, and unified human being

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Bodywork

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Any therapeutic, healing or professional self development practice, which may include massage, touch, movement or energetic work

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Care or treatment plan

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The documented process of determining a treatment plan to address the therapeutic goals of the client/patient

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Charting

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A systematic form of documentation

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Client

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A recipient of service, be it from a wellness or a health care professional, regardless of his or her health status.

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Client records

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All information related to the client

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Clinical massage

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Massage therapy practice involving more extensive use of assessment and specific focused techniques and applications with the intention of achieving clinical treatment or functional outcomes and remediation of symptoms

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Contraindication

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Any condition that renders a particular treatment improper or undesirable

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Database

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All the information available that contributes to the therapeutic interaction

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Deep tissue

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The tissues beneath the superficial structures being treated

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Deep tissue work/ massage

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A generic term commonly used to describe a variety of techniques to address specific deep tissues and structures, regardless of the force or pressure extorted or the level of discomfort or pain experienced during or after the application

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Discipline

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An area of stufy involving particular concepts, a specific vocabulary, and so on

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Documentation

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The process of creating and maintaining client records

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Goals

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Desired outcomes

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Indication

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A therapeutic application that promotes health or assists in a healing process

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Language

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Made of socially shared rules that involve sounds and symbols, definitions, ability to make up new words, and grammar

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Massage therapist

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A term that means the same thing as massage practitioner

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Massage therapy

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The scientific art and system of assessment of an manual application of certain techniques to the superficial soft tissue of skin, muscle, tendons, ligaments and fascia and the structures that lie within the superficial tissue

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Medical therapy

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A synonym for clinical massage

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Medical massage

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A synonym for clinical massage

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Mobilization

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The process of making a fixed part moveable or releasing stored substances, as in restoring motion to a joint, freeing an organ, or making substances held in reserve in the body available

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Modality

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A method of application or the employment of any physical agents and devices

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Motor tone

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The nervous systems control of how long or short a muscle is by regulating the degree of muscle fibers contraction

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Nomenclature

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A system of names

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Patient

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Recipient of care

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Physical agent

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Tools or materials used in the application of therapeutic modalities

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Prefix

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A word element placed at the beginning of a root word to change the meaning of the word

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Progress or session notes

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The use of a charting process to record each massage with the client

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Qualifiable

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A term that describes goals measured by a criteria determined by the practitioner that indicate when the goal is achieved

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Quantifiable

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A term that describes the measurement of goals by objective criteria that can demonstrate an increase or a decrease in the ability to perform an activity or an increase or a decrease in a sensation

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Root word

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The part of a word that provides its fundamental meaning

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SOAP notes

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A problem oriented method of medical record keeping

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Soft tissues

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The skin, fascia, muscles, tendons, joint capsules, and ligaments of the body

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Special tests

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Methods used to assess the presence and degree of a client's or patents condition.

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Standards of care

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Treatment guidelines developed by the profession for a given condition, which identify the appropriate treatment based on scientific evidence and clinical experience

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Standards of practice

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The principles that form specific guidelines to direct professional ethical practice and quality care, including a structure for evaluating the quality of care

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Suffix

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A word element placed at the end of a root word to change the meaning of a word

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Taxonomy

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The science of classification according to a predetermined system

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Technique

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Methods of therapeutic massage that provide sensory stimulation or mechanical change of the soft tissue of the body

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Terminology

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Language specific to a specialized field of knowledge

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Therapeutic process

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The capacity of the musculoskeletal system of the body to self-correct, come into balance, and achieve equilibrium through the skillful normalization of tissue tone by a massage therapist

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Wellness

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The efficient balance of body, mind and spirit, all working in a harmonious way to provide quality of life