Therapeutic Thai Traditional  Massage - Syllabus


Week twelve
Therapeutic lateral neck, shoulder, spine, oblique, hip, thigh, leg and ankle / Thai chi / DVD 1: Upper extremity

Weekly 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
Weekly overview

Free radicals
Anatomy and physiology
View Acland's  Atlas of Human Anatomy DVD 1: Upper extremity
Trail guide textbook pgs 53 - 108, workbook pgs 25 - 50
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 wiry, 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.

Listening to your client journal three conversations that you have with others throughout the week that you just listened no contributing to the conversation.

Anatomy charts

This weeks class and at home bodywork

Find in your student folder bodywork "hands on" final

Movements shoulder & arm #1 , #2 , #3 and #4
you can find synergist muscles in your book or go to these links to practice

Synergist muscles working together Scapula  

Pin Pointing Pain ( origin, insertion and joint ) for the  - lateral shoulder - lateral deltoid, Rotator cuff: supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres major and subscapularis, latissimus dorsi, gluteus maximus, iliopsoas, lateral thigh - tensor fasciae latae (iliotibial tract) 


 Lateral shoulder   Oblique  Gluteus Lateral thigh and hip   

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Week thirteen