Category: Kinesiology

If you are just looking into massage school or are in the midst of schooling, one of the most common concerns is how long will it take you to start and run your own massage business?   Many massage schools mistakenly will tell you that it will take many years – 4-5 at least.  Be sure…

Laws of Physiology Studying the laws of physiology can give you a deeper understanding of what you are doing when you are working with clients.  A law of physiology (as found in Taber’s medical dictionary) is a scientific principle that is uniformly true for a whole class of natural physiological occurrences.   Law of Facilitation When…

Stages of Inflammation: Acute and chronic are terms commonly used to refer to the duration or the length of the problem, giving inaccurate information about the actual stage of inflammation.   For clarity of treatment, we need to define healing by the stage of inflammation and the symptoms, not the duration of the problem. The three…

Muscle Contraction – Skeletal Muscles Sliding Filament Theory Motor Neuron sends nerve impulse to the muscle cell.  They can carry messages to contract or inhibit contraction. Nerve impulse signals the release of acetylcholine (neurotransmitter) from the synaptic vesicles into the synaptic vessel Acetylcholine moves across the synaptic cleft and starts the action potential that moves…

Types of Muscle Tissue: Skeletal – moves bones, contract by will.  Striated or striped in appearance- voluntary Visceral – not consciously controlled, smooth muscle – involuntary Cardiac- involuntary unique to the heart, ability to contract continuously Naming Skeletal Muscles Master Muscle List for Massage Therapists Anatomy of Muscles Bundles of Fibers Nerve and Blood Supply…