Basic Science and Business Practices For Bodywork Professionals

Course: 5 CE hours
Location: Emerald Bodywork Education Facility
3700 W. 15th Street, 300D, Plano, TX 75075
Contact: emeraldbodyworkeducation@gmail.com
Christina - 806-584-6268

Course Description:

The student learns proven methods of disease prevention including sterilization and sanitation as applied to bodywork. A personal prevention burnout plan is created to assist students in maintaining optimal wellness for both themselves and their clients. Learning objectives are understanding universal precautions, basic first aid, sanitary conditions, personal hygiene, and personal care; understanding the benefits of therapeutic exercise for the bodywork practitioner, the need for physical development, and stress management for the practitioner.

Resource/Required text:

Mosby's Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage: Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics, and Pathology 6th Editionby Sandy Fritz MS NCTMB
ISBN-10 ‏:‎ 0323672299
ISBN-13‏ :‎ 978-0323672290

Health and Hygiene Terms / Vocabulary

acute pain	Pain that is usually temporary, of sudden onset, and easily localized. Acute pain can be a symptom of a disease process or a temporary aspect of medical treatment.
afferent	Toward a center or point of reference.
allodynia	Pain, generally on the skin, is caused by something that wouldn't normally cause pain.
anaplasia	Meaning "without shape"; the term describes abnormal or undifferentiated cells that fail to mature into specialized cell types. Anaplasia is a characteristic of malignant cells.
benign	Usually describes a noncancerous tumor that is contained and does not spread. More broadly, benign also can be defined by a term such as "non-threatening" to cover instances when the word is not associated with cancer.
biological rhythms	The internal, periodic timing of an organism; also known as a biorhythm
cancer	Malignant, nonencapsulated cells invade surrounding tissue. They often break away or metastasize, from the primary tumor and form secondary cancer masses.
chakra	A wheel-like energy center believed to receive, assimilate, and express life force energy.
chronic pain	Pain that continues or recurs over a prolonged time, usually for longer than 6 months. The onset may be obscure, and the character and quality of the pain may change over time. Also called persistent pain.
Circadian rhythms	Biological rhythms that work over a 24-hour period to coordinate internal functions, such as sleep.
dosha	Physiological function; described in Ayurveda.
efferent	Away from a center or point of reference.
etiology	The study of the factors involved in the development of disease, including the nature of the disease and an individual's susceptibility.
health	A condition of homeostasis that results in a state of physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being; the opposite of disease.
hyperalgesia	An abnormally increased sensitivity to pain results in hypersensitivity to stimulus.
hyperplasia	An uncontrolled increase in the number of cells of a body part.
inflammation	A protective response of the tissues to irritation or injury; this response may be chronic or acute. The four primary signs are redness, heat, swelling, and pain.
malignant	Describing an abnormal tissue growth that invades normal tissue; cancerous.
neoplasm	The abnormal growth of new tissue. Also called a tumor, a neoplasm may be benign or malignant.
neuropathic pain	Pain is caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system.
nociceptive pain	Pain as a result of the activation of type C and A-delta nociceptive neurons. The receptors of these neurons have high stimulation thresholds, which makes them sensitive to stimuli that can damage normal tissues or may become damaging if prolonged.
opportunistic pathogens	Organisms that cause disease only when a host's immunity is impaired.
pain	An unpleasant sensation. Pain is a complex, personal, subjective experience with physiological, psychological, and social aspects. Because pain is subjective, it is often difficult to explain or describe.
paraesthesia	An abnormal sensation is typically described as pins and needles or crawling insects.
pathogen	A disease-causing organism; is a type of infectious agent.
pathogenicity	The ability of an infectious agent to cause disease.
pathology	The study of disease is observed in the structure and function of the body.
phantom pain	A form of pain or other sensation experienced in a missing extremity after a limb amputation.
resilience	The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
salutogenesis	The process of healing, recovery, and repair. The term was first used by Aaron Antonovsky to contrast with pathogenesis.
seasonal rhythms	Annual functions, such as feeling more alert in the spring and wanting more sleep in the winter.
sensitization	An increased responsiveness to stimuli.
somatic pain	Pain that arises from the body wall. Superficial somatic pain comes from the stimulation of receptors in the skin, whereas deep somatic pain arises from the stimulation of receptors in skeletal muscles, joints, tendons, and fascia.
stress	Any external or internal stimulus that requires a change or response to prevent an imbalance in the internal environment of the body, mind, or emotions. Stress may be any activity that
Ultradian rhythms	biological rhythms that repeat at a rate ranging from every 90 minutes to every few hours. (e.g. appetite)
Virulent	a quality of organisms that enables them to readily cause disease.
Visceral pain	pain that results from the stimulation of receptors or an abnormal condition in the visceral

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