MBLEX Prep

Question 1

A technique that aligns major body segments through manipulation of fascia & connective tissue?

Accepted Answer

Rolfing

Question 2

Therapist performs the joint mobilization/action with client completely relaxed.

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Passive

Question 3

Strokes that move across tissue, increases circulation, breaks up scar tissue.

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Friction

Question 4

Developed by Emil Vodder

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Lymphatic Drainage

Question 5

Shaking or trembling movements. Fast stimulates, slow sedates.

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Vibration

Question 6

Client performs action without assistance from therapist.

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Active

Question 7

Treating points of the hands, feet, and ears that correspond with internal tissues and organs.

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Reflexology

Question 8

Developed Deep Transverse Friction and father of orthopedic medicine.

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James Cyriax

Question 9

Developed Therapeutic Touch, used to rebalance the guests' energy field.

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Delores Krieger

Question 10

Gliding strokes directed towards the heart. Increases circulation and used to apply lubricant.

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Effleurage

Question 11

Client performs the action with the help of the therapist.

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Active Assistive

Question 12

What show does Jimmy Fallon host?

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The Tonight Show

Question 13

An area of the body that must be avoided during a massage.

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Local contraindication

Question 14

Developed by John Upledger, involves flow of cerebrospinal fluid from cranium to sacrum.

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Craniosacral Therapy

Question 15

Jurisdictional requirement to regulate the practice of massage therapy.

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License

Question 16

Introduced Medical Gymnastics to the US, also known as Swedish Movement Cure.

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Charles Taylor

Question 17

Percussive strokes, used to increase muscle spindle activity, loosens phlegm.

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Tapotement

Question 18

Any condition that prevents a massage session from being performed.

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Absolute Contraindication

Question 19

Moral principles, used to direct a therapists' proper course of action in ethical delimas

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Ethics

Question 20

Developed manual lymphatic drainage.

Accepted Answer

Emil Vodder

Question 21

Created the terms effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, and the word massage itself.

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Johann Mezger

Question 22

An area of the body the therapist should take caution on or near while giving a massage.

Accepted Answer

Endangerment Site

Question 23

What's Cari's sons' name?

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Henry

Question 24

Origin of the Ayur-Veda book that details massage treatments as part of personal hygiene.

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India

Question 25

Clothed massage performed on the floor, primarily utilizing stretching techniques.

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Thai Massage

Question 26

What is Cathy's favorite color?

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Purple

Question 27

Preliminary evaluation of the client before, during and after the massage treatment.

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Assessment

Question 28

What is the name of the dwarf on Game of Thrones?

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Tyrion

Question 29

Very light form of effleurage, used at end of massage.

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Nerve Stroke

Question 30

Swedish physiologist who developed a system of moments known today as physical therapy.

Accepted Answer

Per Henrik Ling

Question 31

Who practiced massage as early as 3000BC and used rubbing and pressing movements called amma?

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Chinese

Question 32

Kneading strokes used to increase circulation, loosen adhesions, release toxins.

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Petrissage

Question 33

Lying face up on your back.

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Supine

Question 34

Client resists movement being performed by therapist.

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Resistive

Question 35

Personal comfort zones that help a person maintain a sense of comfort & safety.

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Boundaries

Question 36

Roman physician who wrote De Medicina, detailing massage, baths, & exercise to prevent disease.

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Celsius

Question 37

Wrote The Art of Massage, which details the medical effects of massage therapy.

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John Harvey Kellogg

Question 38

Massage license in one jurisdiction being recognized as licensed in another jurisdiction.

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Reciprocity

Question 39

Credential obtained by completing a certification course. May involve a certification exam.

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Certification

Question 40

Popularized massage in the United States.

Accepted Answer

Douglas Graham

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