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health advisory Hospital Alternative Medicine 2007-11-16 3:11:14

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Massage therapists need to know the different parts of the body because massaging wrong can cause injury. Also Reflexology....like pressure points on certain body parts can release pressure in other areas.

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Massage therapy affects every system in the body, some directly, some indirectly. The anatomy is important so you know the muscles, where they are located, their movements, their attachments. Tension in the hamstrings, the glutes, the quads, can contribute to low back pain. Tightness in one muscle, can cause overstretching in another muscle. Knowing your anatomy helps you to put the body in balance. Physiology is as important, (if not more) so you know how the systems in the body work, how imbalance in one system can cause imbalance in others. You need to know how stress affects the WHOLE body and how massage therapy can help.

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You need to know your anatomy when your giving a massage, so 1 you don't hurt anyone and 2 so you can visualize exactly what your doing to them.

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anatomy is very important.

in order to provide a proficient massage the MT must know where a muscle originates and inserts (attaches). since they connect to bones, muscles move bones so we also need to know about the skeletal system. and further, we must learn about innervation (where nerves are and what nerves are associated with which muscles) so we must get a level education of the nervous system as well.