Essential knowledge: The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role This includes knowledge of: Advanced assessment procedures and options allowing complex regional assessments Atheroma formation and oedema and their effects within the human body Awareness of critical information required for assessment and treatment according to massage therapy framework Best practice massage therapy principles Bioenergetic concepts and the cardio-respiratory concepts in relation to exercise Digestive, integumentary, nervous, urinary, endocrine and reproductive systems Disease causation, acute and chronic inflammatory processes, wound healing and haemorrhage processes Environmental physiology and the effects of drugs on the individual Ethical and legal implications of enquiry Further testing procedures History, philosophy and beliefs of massage therapy within a health framework Indications, possible reactions and contra-indications to treatment Infectious and immunity process Main paths of the human respiratory and cardiovascular systems and their physiology Neoplasms and pathological skin conditions Normotensive and hypertensive characteristics Pain and chronic pain syndromes Physical signs and symptoms of disease Structure and function of anatomical systems appropriate to massage therapy and the scope of practice Structure and function of cells, tissues, blood and organs Structure and function of skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular and lymphatic systems Symptomatology and pathology Technical and practical knowledge of treatment Temperature control, homeostasis, feedback mechanisms, neurological, psychological and psychogenic foundations and issues Terminology correct to epidemiology and massage practice The pathological process of thrombosis and embolism continued ... |