Massage Exam 3 – Therapeutic Massage Study Guide, Advanced Concepts and
Practice Review
True - ✔✔Massage and chiropractic therapies together can address structural alignments
issues and the soft tissue conditions that so often accompany them.
True - ✔✔Heavy oils, cream and lotions get embedded in the pores of the stones causing them
to harbor bacteria.
True - ✔✔The portion of the service fee that the patient is responsible for at the time of
service is the co pay.
True - ✔✔The orgins of chair massage can be traced to the earliest history of bodywork.
False - ✔✔Mssage can help stimulate contractions and ease the birth process in birthing
centers
False - ✔✔Acupressure is a significant part of tcm practice whereby the skin is punctured with
very thin needles at specific points for therapeutic purposes.
True - ✔✔It is the therapists responsibility to make sure the client is not burned with hot
stones.
False - ✔✔Stone massage is contraindicated for clients with fibromyalgia
False - ✔✔Swedish massage is a medically prescribed massage performed to improve
pathologies diagnosed by a physician.
, False - ✔✔Western alloathic medical practices are rarely combined with a variety of
alternative or complementary health services in the same location in the us.
True - ✔✔In eastern thought, the yin/yang relationship is considered to be the source of all
change and movement.
True - ✔✔Alternating hot and cold stones is a good way to do vascular gymnastics
True - ✔✔Pure basalt stones get hotter and stay hotter longer than most stones making them
perfect for use in hot stone massage.
False - ✔✔In mild cases of varicose veins, massage may be performed directly on affected part.
True - ✔✔Integrative medicine recongnizes that mind, body, spirit, emotion, and
neuromuscular technique (NMT)
True - ✔✔English ostepaths stanley lief and and boris chaitow developed the neuromusclar
technique(NMT)
True - ✔✔Current procedural technology codes were developed and maintained by the
american medical association and catgorize and quantify medical services and provide a
common language and a base for communication among physicians, therapists, patients, and
insurance companies.
False - ✔✔Unlike other types of massage, clients do not need to be screened for a chair
massage.
True - ✔✔For initial stroke with cold stones, the therapist first touch the skin with the back of
the hand. Then, while the client takes a deep breath, the therapist turns his/her hands over and
Practice Review
True - ✔✔Massage and chiropractic therapies together can address structural alignments
issues and the soft tissue conditions that so often accompany them.
True - ✔✔Heavy oils, cream and lotions get embedded in the pores of the stones causing them
to harbor bacteria.
True - ✔✔The portion of the service fee that the patient is responsible for at the time of
service is the co pay.
True - ✔✔The orgins of chair massage can be traced to the earliest history of bodywork.
False - ✔✔Mssage can help stimulate contractions and ease the birth process in birthing
centers
False - ✔✔Acupressure is a significant part of tcm practice whereby the skin is punctured with
very thin needles at specific points for therapeutic purposes.
True - ✔✔It is the therapists responsibility to make sure the client is not burned with hot
stones.
False - ✔✔Stone massage is contraindicated for clients with fibromyalgia
False - ✔✔Swedish massage is a medically prescribed massage performed to improve
pathologies diagnosed by a physician.
, False - ✔✔Western alloathic medical practices are rarely combined with a variety of
alternative or complementary health services in the same location in the us.
True - ✔✔In eastern thought, the yin/yang relationship is considered to be the source of all
change and movement.
True - ✔✔Alternating hot and cold stones is a good way to do vascular gymnastics
True - ✔✔Pure basalt stones get hotter and stay hotter longer than most stones making them
perfect for use in hot stone massage.
False - ✔✔In mild cases of varicose veins, massage may be performed directly on affected part.
True - ✔✔Integrative medicine recongnizes that mind, body, spirit, emotion, and
neuromuscular technique (NMT)
True - ✔✔English ostepaths stanley lief and and boris chaitow developed the neuromusclar
technique(NMT)
True - ✔✔Current procedural technology codes were developed and maintained by the
american medical association and catgorize and quantify medical services and provide a
common language and a base for communication among physicians, therapists, patients, and
insurance companies.
False - ✔✔Unlike other types of massage, clients do not need to be screened for a chair
massage.
True - ✔✔For initial stroke with cold stones, the therapist first touch the skin with the back of
the hand. Then, while the client takes a deep breath, the therapist turns his/her hands over and
