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: Awareness of critical information required for diagnosis and treatment according to massage therapy framework Awareness of time management requirements during consultation Atheroma formation and oedema and their effects within the human body Ayurvedic indications for massage Ayurvedic physiology and anatomy Ayurvedic symptomology and pathology 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 Ethical and legal implications of enquiry Further testing procedures Infectious and immunity process Main paths of the human respiratory and cardiovascular systems and their physiology Marmas Neoplasms and pathological skin conditions Normotensive and hypertensive characteristics Physical signs and symptoms of condition Relevant testing and assessment options and procedures Structure and function of anatomical systems Structure and function of cells, tissues, blood and organs Structure and function of skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular and lymphatic systems Terminology correct to epidemiology and massage practice The 14 major nadis The effects of hormones on the body The pathological process of thrombosis and embolism Tri-Dosha theory |