Spa Bodywork

As mentioned earlier, wellness is difficult to define but could be simply described as the state of being comfortable, healthy, and happy while making daily choices that lead to more self-fulfillment, meaning, and success. Wellness is broad and multidimensional. For example, physical health is only one aspect of wellness. Even top athletes in the prime […]

Having completed this lesson, you will be able to: Describe the purpose of a post-session client interview. List three pieces of information a therapist can learn from a post-session client interview (e.g., how has the pain changed, what did the client feel was most beneficial from the session, etc.). At the end of the massage,

Having completed this lesson, you will be able to: Define the term client interview. Describe the purpose of a pre-session client interview. Outline the school-selected steps in a client interview process (e.g., establish rapport with the client, communicate clinic policies, clarify written information on the health form, determine client session goals and expectations, identify body

In Chapter 6 (Ethics and the Law), you learned about informed consent, the process where a fully informed client consents to participate in the massage treatment. To review briefly, informed consent originates from the legal right of the client to direct what happens to his or her body. Therapists have an ethical obligation to involve

Having completed this lesson, you will be able to: Define the term health form. Describe the purpose of a health form. Review the components of a health form (e.g., parts and sections). List three pieces of information a therapist can learn from a health form (e.g., health history, prior treatments and attempts at resolving problem

In a healthcare massage you perform the same assessments after the session that you performed before the massage session. If, for example, you conducted a posture and range of motion assessment before the session, you conduct a second posture and range of motion assessment after the session. This way you can document and compare the

In many cases the sequence of events in a health care massage is the same as in a wellness massage, as discussed in detail in Chapter 10, Topic 10-1 (Overview of a Wellness Session). Described here are the events that do not occur in a wellness massage but are specific to health care massage. Every

The initial health care session interview can be fairly complex and involve much physical assessment (e.g., posture, gait, range of motion, palpation). As with the wellness session described in detail in Chapter 10 you are likely to begin with a review of policies and procedures, a discussion of the client’s general medical information to rule

Fascia has more ground substance than other forms of connective tissue, which causes it to move between a sol and gel state easily when manipulated by massage techniques. The superficial layer of fascia is often compared to a knit sweater that wraps the entire body to explain how fascia links all body regions together. Tension

Connective tissue is widely distributed throughout the body and in various forms creates the body’s supportive network. Types of connective tissue include fascia, bone, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, joint capsules, the periosteum of bones, blood, and adipose tissue. This section focuses on fascia, the type of connective tissue that plays many important functions in the body