Therapeutic massage - Syllabus
Unit three - Therapeutic groin, abdomen, chest, shoulder, arm and hand / DVD 6: internal organs
Unit overview - highlighted area's will be on the final at the end of the program
Anatomy and physiology - Trail guide and SD anatomy DVD book and paper work - Weekly quiz
Quarterly requirements - due at the end of the quarter - Quarterly quiz
Anatomy charts - study throughout the program - Final exam
Weekly practice - movements and sequence for Thai "hands on" final
Pin pointing pain - know for hands on " bodywork final, be able to locate origin, insertion and joint
Unit overview
unwinding the abdomen muscle tightness Synergist Shoulder
Anatomy and physiology
View Acland's Atlas of Human Anatomy DVD 6: The internal organs
Trail guide textbook pgs 115 - 166, work book 52 - 78
Anatomy chart
Muscular abdomen digestive system abdomen artery Tennis elbow Carpel tunnel
Quarterly work
Journal palpating -read pages 11 - 20 trail guide textbook journal weekly palpating findings how does the body portion look or feel is it tight, lose, hard, soft, cold, hot wirey, taunt, bubbly, grainy, long or short. Look up in your book what you are feeling and where it is located what surrounds it be detailed and descriptive.
Journal movements of the arm, forearm and hand what did you find with in yourself in these area's pain, stiffness, temperature hot/ cold and strength/ weakness compare sides and flexibility
Home practice Therapeutic Massage Bodywork
You can find synergist muscles in your book or go to these links to practice
Synergists muscles working together
Chest arm elbow
wrist hand
Antagonist are the muscles from the opposite movement
Pin Pointing Pain (origin, insertion and joint) for the - Groin - psoas, Abdomen - rectus and transverse abdominal, internal and external obliques, Chest - pectoralis major, anterior Shoulder - anterior deltoid Arm - brachialis, pronator teres, brachioradialis
Groin Genital
Abdominal Chest Anterior shoulder Anterior arm