Massage Paper 1 Revision

How should the workplace be prepared for massage?

• clean, tidy, well ventilated, with stimulating music and soft ligting

• clean, tidy, well ventilated, with relaxing music and soft lighting

• dirty, tidy, unventilated, with relaxing music and good lighting

• clean, tidy, unventilated, with stimulating music and good lighting

How would you recognise a combination skin?

• a shiny appearance with slight thickening, a coarse texture, enlarged pores, congestion and comedones

• loss of elasticity with loose muscle tone, line and wrinkles

• congestion and a shiny appearance on the nose and forehead with normal to fine texture on the cheeks

• fine texture, thin, tight skin, small pores and lacking in moisture

why would a client who suffers from a dysfunction of the nervous system not be able to have a treatment?

• the condition will make them very nervous

• their sensation may be reduced

• the circulation will be overstimulated

• the nerve endings will become distended

What do you call a skin that is thick, red, flaky with silver plaques and is hereditary?

• dermatitis and would restrict treatment

• bruising and would prevent treatment

• psoriasis and would restrict treatment

• keloids and would prevent treatment

One of the following is a treatment objective for massage, which is it?

• sense of wellbeing

• lifestyle change

• to diminish cellular functions

• to reduce peristalsis

Which of the following is a physiological effect of massage? Choose one answer

• a sense of wellbeing

• feeling relaxed and uplifted

• increase in blood pressure

• stimulates the immune system

A dehydrated skin can be recognised by what?

• irregular pigmentation and redness

• puffiness and seborrhoea

• superficial flaking and tightness

• hyposensitvity and pigmentation

Where is visceral fat found?

• immediately below the skin's surface

• specifically around the ankles

• surrounding the organs

• predominantly around the knees

Clinical waste should be placed in a

• general household waste disposal sack and collected within two weeks

• sperate waste sack which is collected with the general waste

• yellow sealed bag which is collected by a special carrier

• separate sealed bag and taken to the local council recycling plant

A gyratory mechanical massager is used to

• relieve muscular tension

• improve systemic oedema

• strengthen muscle tone

• increase adipose tissue